Views of Sandy Bedfordshire

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A view of Blunham Church, from the footpath running between Georgetown and Blunham

For more pictures and information about the neighbouring village of Blunham click on the link below.

Blunham (1), Blunham (2) (Includes info about wartime Tempsford)

Blunham Church from Sandy

The Bell Inn Sandy

The Bell in Sandy, from the footbridge over the GN Railway.

Laburnum Lower School was opened in 1905 as a council school. The school has undergone substantial internal re-modelling, to bring it up to the modern day standards enjoyed by Sandy's newer schools. The school has a roll of 150 pupils. Laburnum Lower School Sandy
Cambridge Road Sandy - Queens Head on leftCambridge Road in Sandy, leading into the Market Square. The Queens Head pub is in the foreground.
The Market Square looking in from the south eastern side opposite Park Road. This is all pre Market Square re-modelling in 2006.Market Square Sandy
Park Road SandyPark Road, Sandy. The road leads to Sandye Place Middle School. Barclays Bank, on the left corner, has had a facelift in the last few years.
Sandy Market Square, from the west (pre re-modelling in 2005)Mrket Square Sandy from the West
Bedford Road Roundabout in Sandy town centreThe roundabout in the centre of Sandy. Note the fine cedar trees, which alas have been affected by disease and will be cut down eventually. The picture is taken looking down from the Market Square. St Neot's Road is beyond. (Latest: the tree on your right still stands - the other unfortunately has succumbed to disease and has been felled)
Sandy Baptist Church lies on the corner of Bedford Road, at the roundabout in Sandy

For more information, visit the Sandy Baptist Church website

www.sandybaptist.org.uk

Sandy Baptist Church in Bedford Road
Sandy from the Sand Hills A view over Sandy from the top of the Sand Hills.
Steam returns to Sandy. A Merchant Navy Class locomotive pulls a Southern Region train "special" through Sandy on 1st October 2000Sandy Station Oct 2000 - Merchany Navy Class Steam Train
River Ivel Sandy near Sandye PlaceThe River Ivel, winding its way north from Biggleswade, viewed from the southern boundary of Sandye Place. 
New Road, Sandy. In the background is Sandy Warren, with the Sandy Heath TV transmitter dominating the skyline. This scene is only 100 metres or so away from the busy A1 Great North Road (behind as the viewer looks into the picture). The bridge over the Ivel, in the bend of the road, ahs been re-developed since this photo was taken. The houses in the distance on the right, are in Stratford Road.New Road Sandy

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