Local area

ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is located at Whipsnade, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. The park covers 600 acres (2.4 km²), making it one of Europe's largest wildlife conservation parks. It is home to 2,955 animals, many of which are endangered in the wild. The majority of the animals are kept within large enclosures; others, such as the peacocks and Australian wallabies, roam freely around the park. The Zoo also has a golf club and is great for weddings and corporate events for up to 600 people.

Grebe Canal Cruises Ltd. are a long established pleasure boating business (located just outside Tring in the village of Pitstone) on the Grand Union Canal. Here, the Canal meanders, unmolested by the rigours of 21st Century Life, through some of Englands finest countryside as it struggles to climb from Leighton Buzzard to Bulbourne, along the famous Tring summit, before dropping on it's long slow onward southward journey to London. Private charter party bookings, public canal trips, self steer.

Woburn Abbey has been the home of the Dukes of Bedford for nearly 400 years. As well as being set in 3,000 acres of beautiful grounds, the great house itself is full of unique history and is a remarkable record of 400 years of English history. This includes the story that led the 14th Duke to creating a charity called the Tavistock Trust. Woburn is also a golf club, wedding venue and hosts corporate events.

The team behind Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter wanted to preserve and showcase these iconic props, costumes and sets so that Harry Potter fans could experience the magic of film making first-hand. Many of the original cast and crew returned to reassemble the sets and record their memories from filming, and on 31st March 2012, the Studio Tour opened its doors.