10 Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Bedford That You Shouldn't Miss

Are you looking to experience Stand Up Paddleboarding in and around Bedfordshire? Then join us out on the water! 

We began selling chilli pepper plants in 2001. The plants, and later pickles and sauces, gained very favorable attention and in 2007 we purchased Cherwood Nursery in Chawston which we renovated. Known for its 'Pick Your Own' chilli tunnel which is open to the public, the nursery has become the destination of choice for European hot pepper enthusiasts. In addition to fresh retail and wholesale chillies we also produce a selection of gourmet sauces, spice rubs, dried, smoked, frozen, and pickled chillies processed onsite in a 5 'Stars On The Doors' production kitchen. We also 'grow-to-order' for many other European hot sauce producers, restaurants, farm shops, delicatessens, and distinguished retailers such as Harrods and Fortnum and Mason. We host tours and workshops. Our chilli sauces are available from the nursery and local Waitrose stores. Edible Ornamentals has featured in the national daily press, The Economist and leading national trade publications The Grocer and Fresh Produce Journal. Joanna featured as a chilli expert on BBC's 3 Counties Radio, Radio 2's 'Chris Evans Show', and Radio 4's 'You and Yours' and has appeared in many TV programmes including Ready Steady Cook, Economy Gastronomy, Market Kitchen, Countrywise, Gordon Ramsay's 'Ultimate Cookery Course', 'The Hairy Bikers' and ITV's 'Sunday Brunch'. Heston Blumenthol visited and filmed an episode of his Channel 4 series "Great British Food" which featured Shawn and Heston eating a Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, hottest chilli in the world at that time. Edible Ornamentals won an extremely prestigious "Grower Of The Year Award" at the annual Horticultural Weekly sponsored event in 2011. That same year we were crowned "Best Chilli Grower UK" at the Fiery Foods Festival in Brighton. We were also named 'Local Food Hero' for East Anglia by the Good Food Channel's Market Kitchen and in 2015 awarded an extremely prestigious TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence.

Located on St. Peter’s Street, in the heart of Bedford, we are the exciting new performing arts facility for Bedford School and the town. St. Luke’s Church has been sympathetically adapted into a venue that houses a 280-seat theatre, a 60-seat studio-theatre, a spacious bar opening onto the original church garden.

We provide single and multi activity experiences all at one great location for groups and individuals. You can canoe & kayak on the Great River Ouse, rock climb on our indoor or outdoor walls, scale our high ropes course and learn the art of shelter building, fire lighting & cooking using traditional methods (fire!). All of our activities are instructor lead so you have a professional to guide and look after you from arrival to departure helping you get the most out of your time with us. Whether you are looking for a fun experience with friends or family or looking to improve on your existing skills, we have the expertise to help you do that in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Award Winning Best Massage Spa, run by the two sisters, Jay and Joon. A soothing Thai Spa providing unique and fine standard of Thai Massage base treatments incliding Vintage Signature Massage, Traditional Thai Massage, Thai Herbal Compress Massage, Thai Aromatherapy Massage, Thai Hot Stone Massage, Thai Foot Massage with Hot Stone, Deep Tissue / Sports Massage, Back, Neck & Shoulder Massage with Hot Stone. Our Vintage Thai Spa has 3 branches; Kempston - Bedfordshire, Olney - Buckinghamshire, Stony Stratford - Milton Kynes. Out Therapists were trained in both Thailand and UK. Thai Massage Gift Vouchers are available for someone you care for. Online Booking facility is also available.

Independent children's bookshop, original artwork gallery and welcoming space for book lovers! Specialises in books on feminism, LGBTQ+ and social issues.

At Ready Steady Roll - Board Game Cafe and Game Shop - you can play loads of different modern, fun board games. Let our Games Guru recommend a game for you and teach you the rules so you can get straight to the fun. You can even enjoy a slice of delicious homemade cake and a drink while you play! Find a game you love? You get 10% off in our shop whenever you stay and play too!

Our fully immersive escape room experience enables you and your team to use your problem solving skills to solve puzzles, decipher codes and escape the room. All in 60 minutes. Play along with our unique Kudos Challenge and see if you can escape on the Gold level.

Bedford Escape Rooms is an exciting interactive escape room centre where teams of players work together to solve a series of puzzles to try and escape from the room. Players are given 60 minutes to crack the puzzles and escape. The pressure is on! Have you got what it takes?

Hi and welcome to Bedford Cat Café! We are proud to be Bedfords first and only Cat Café. Here at Bedford Cat Café you can come and relax with a book, a hot drink and freshly prepared food and enjoy a cuddle from one of our lovely cats.