On foot

Bedford: Black Tom to Newnham Priory

Bedford's ghosts mostly cluster around its lost buildings. The walk starts at the road junction named for the highwayman Black Tom, passes the Higgins gallery and the castle mound, and finishes by the King's Arms and the cinema built where Newnham Priory once stood.

5 stops · about 2.6 km · allow roughly 1 hr 30 min

  1. 1
    Hauntings
    Black Tom, Bedford

    Junction of Union Street, Tavistock Street and Clapham Road, Bedford

  2. 2
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    The Higgins, Bedford: bowler hat man and the stable boy

    The Higgins Bedford, Castle Lane

  3. 3
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    The creaking gallows of Bedford Castle mound

    Bedford Castle mound, Castle Lane, Bedford

  4. 4
    Hauntings
    The King's Arms, Bedford

    St Mary's Street, Bedford

  5. 5
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    Cineworld Bedford (Newnham Priory site)

    St Peter's Street area, Bedford, on the former site of Newnham Priory

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