Bedford River Festival is back for 2024! Fantastic free fun for the family including live music, boat parades, funfair, arts & culture, craft market, raft & dragon boat races, water sports, sports village, green earth village, festival of motoring, and much more! Itās all happening on Saturday 20 July and Sunday 21 July.
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Avoid the traffic and hop on the train into Bedford. The Festival site is just a short walk from Bedford St Johns.
A normal Saturday timetable will be running – plus a Special Sunday Service. The first train leaves Bletchley at 09:40 and the last service departs Bedford at 18:45, 18:49 from Bedford St Johns.
Ridgmont Heritage Centre will also be open especially for Sunday 21 July.
Return tickets from any Marston Vale Line station are just Ā£2, RailcardĀ and Bedfordshire Bus Pass discounts (half-price travel after 10:00 on weekdays and all day on Saturday and Bank Holidays) apply.
Please purchase rail tickets in advance if possible, from any staffed station by cash or card, or via the London Northwestern Railway website >
Tickets purchased online can be collected at staffed station or any Ticket Vending Machine (TVM).
Alternatively tickets can purchased on the day from the conductor on the train (cash or card) or TVM at each Marston Vale Line station (card only).
Collect ideas for days out and giveaways at the Marston Vale CRP stand in the Cultural Area on Mill Meadows (in conjunction with Heritage Bedford).