Pilgrims Gate by Miller Homes

Description

Pilgrims Gate

Enjoying easy access to the beautiful surrounding countryside, this fast growing community presents a wonderful selection of high quality houses in a fantastic location. Set within the exciting village of Wixams with all the convenience this has to offer, Pilgrims Gate is also just 3 miles from Bedford town centre. With easy access to the A6, the M1 Flitwick and Bedford rail stations, commuting is conveniently easy.



The day to day

Quality of life. Most often, it’s about the details of everyday living. From the little things, like knowing the nearest place to pick up a pint of milk, to the bigger things, such as choosing the right school, or finding a health centre nearby. You need to know that the community you’re moving to will support you and your family, as well as being a pleasant place to live. So, here’s some useful information about the town of Wixams.



Outdoor Activities

The location of Pilgrims Gate enjoys easy access to the surrounding countryside and rural destinations such as The Chilterns and the Millenium Country Parks. Whilst lying amidst beautiful countryside, Wixams is ideally located to take advantage of a wide range of established visitor attractions including Woburn Safari Park, Wild Britain and Gullivers Land Theme Park. Perhaps enjoy a family day out to nearby Woburn Safari Park, an award winning attraction where you can view giraffes, elephants and many others, set amidst a beautiful environment; an unparalleled close encounter with some of the worlds most magnificent and endangered animals. The Forest of Marston Vale covers 61 square miles of Bedfordshire. With a growing number of beautiful woodlands, wetlands and a wildlife and sensory garden, a conservation centre and children’s activity playground, you will be sure to find the ideal place to enjoy a leisurely walk, picnic or cycle through one of the National Cycle Networks routes running through the forest.



Woburn Safari Park

Milton Keynes



Transport

The development is located near the A6 which provides easy access to both Bedford and Milton Keynes with their extensive leisure and shopping facilities.  For commuting Pilgrims Gate leaves you spoilt for choice with recently upgraded roads providing access to the Motorway network (both M1 and A1M). For train travel Pilgrims Gate is situated close to both Flitwick and Bedford rail stations where regular trains can whisk you to London St Pancreas in under an hour. Access to the London Luton Aiport, just over 15 minutes away completes the transport picture ensuring that whatever your travel plans, they will be catered for from Pilgrims Gate. There are future plans to build a train station in Wixams which will become an intermediate stop on the Bedford to London line. The station is proposed to be built by 2014. In addition, the new transport network within Wixams puts bus stops within comfortable walking distance, and the extensive network of cycle paths makes getting around quick and easy.



Health Care

In addition to several dental surgeries, there is a choice of health centres offering a full range of services and a selection of specialist clinics within around two miles of the development. Further to this, facilities scheduled to be constructed within the Wixams village include a primary healthcare centre, providing even greater convenience.



London Road Health Centre

London Road



Kempston Clinic

Halsey Road



St Johns Doctors Surgery

St Johns Street



Education

There is a choice of pre-school provision as well as primary and secondary schools, all within easy reach of the development. Six new schools will be provided in total at Wixams village, including three lower, two middle and one upper school, an excellent provision for growing families. The settlement will also provide an offering for pre-school and childcare facilities.



Shortstown Lower School

Canberra Road



Abbey Middle School

Mowbray Road



Lakeview School

School Lane



Just Learning Nursery

Progress Park



Shopping

The fast growing exciting community within Wixams village will include all the features and amenities of a true village, including local shops. Yet, Wixams village is conveniently located just 3 miles from Bedford town centre. A thriving town boasting over 300 shops including department stores, independent outlets, shopping malls and open air markets. The shopping centre in Milton Keynes is an exciting, dynamic mix of retail and dining all under one roof. The centre links shopping to the rest of Milton Keynes’ city centre where you will find a choice of over 240 stores, the theatre district and Xscape, an action packed entertainment centre. Nearby to the development are a choice of well-known supermarkets including a small Tesco express and a Sainsbury’s for day to day convenience.



Sports and Leisure

Wixams village is concentrating on developing a sustainable, bustling community. With this in mind, the village will have play areas, a number of sports pitches and open spaces across the development. In addition to the outdoor facilities, a range of indoor facilities are planned, including a central multi-purpose sports centre. Further to the facilities in Wixams, Bedford boasts a variety of leisure facilities including three swimming pools, an international athletic stadium which hosts national and international events and is completed by excellent training facilities.



Mowsbury Golf Club

Kimbolton Road



Bunyan Sports Centre

Mile Road



Entertainment

The bustling town of Bedford, just a 15 minute drive from the development is packed full of entertainment and activities for the whole family to enjoy. The Bedford Corn Exchange plays host to a comprehensive range of entertainment for all the family including the world class Philharmonia Orchestra residency, or perhaps visit the Cecil Higgins art gallery which holds a truly international collection including works by Turner, Picasso and Warhol. There is also a Cineworld multiplex just 3 miles from the development



Bedford Corn Exchange

St Paul’s Square



Cineworld

Newnham Avenue, Bedford

Nearest schools:

• Wilshamstead Lower School - Primary (1.0 miles) 
• Shortstown Lower School - Primary (1.7 miles) 
• Abbey Middle School - Primary (1.7 miles) 

Driving directions

From Bedford

Leave Bedford on the A6 heading south. Cross the A421, staying on the A6 and Pilgrims Gate, Wixams can be found on your right hand side.

From Cambridge
Leave Luton on the A6 heading north. Cross the A507 and continue for approximately three miles and the Wixams development can be found on your left hand side.

From London
Take the A421 east towards Bedford and leave the A421 at the junction with the A6. Head South on the A6, signposted Luton and the Wixams development will be found on your right hand side.

Opening hours

Thursday to Monday 10am to 5pm

Call directly

Tel: 01234 798090

About Miller Homes

Our Background

We’ll keep it brief, because a lot has happened over the past seventy-five years. Around 100,000 new Miller homes, for a start. A lot of new ideas in building technology. Loads of awards, like Major Housebuilder of the Year, Large Housebuilder of the Year, Best Sustainable Development, and Private Housebuilder of the Year. That last one’s important because it’s from First Time Buyer magazine, so it’s about real people and their experiences. We won that one last year. Oh, and the year before.

But awards are about the past. The important thing is what you can expect from us in the future.

Listening to you

Four times every year, we ask an independent research company to find out whether our customers would recommend us to friends. Our current rating is 97% positive (2011 average).

That’s about more than great houses. It’s about keeping in touch, helping you find what you want, helping you buy it once you’ve found it, telling you how the building’s coming along (by email, SMS, or the post). It’s about listening, and being there if you have a question or a problem. It’s about our incentives, offers and assistance schemes (please check them out), and dedicated websites that help people in a new neighbourhood to get to know each other. Yes, we get excited by new ideas and technologies, but essentially we’re just old fashioned, home loving people.

Quality homes. In quality places.

Building homes is what we do, and we do it exceptionally well. Over the past 75 years, we’ve seen what people really like about the homes we build and, well, we build on that experience.

So you know that behind the kerb appeal there’s a structure that meets the highest professional standards. You know that the beautifully proportioned rooms are impeccably finished and decorated. You know that every detail has been checked, inspected (and admired). You know all that because of the way the door feels when you open it, the crisp clean edge of the paintwork, the way your whole home just works. That’s experience.

What you may not realise, at least until you have the pleasant surprise of seeing your fuel bills, is that we are also absolutely committed to the most environmentally friendly movements in homebuilding. This means we use low-carbon construction methods (even zero carbon on occasion) but it also means that our homes are highly energy efficient in everyday life.

And finally, location location location. Some people want country quiet, some want urban convenience. All we can do is try to find the very best spot for every taste. So we try to put urban where it’s also pretty quiet and rural where it’s also pretty convenient. And the views? Well, we can’t move mountains (and wouldn’t if we could) but we will try to make sure your new home is pointing towards one if there’s one available, and something else nice if there’s not.

Service is too small a word.

We think of it as a relationship. Even if it never gets beyond the electronic stage we’ll do our very best to help you find what you’re looking for, and do it as unobtrusively as we can. You choose the channels, and we go away when you ask us to.

When you visit one of our developments, though, we have a chance to meet properly and talk. We enjoy that. We’ll show you homes we think you might like (or ones very like them if they’re not finished yet) and tell you about special offers that might interest you.

If you decide to buy, we’ll help in every way we can. We can give you information about mortgages and lawyers if you want it, although we’re careful not to become too close to anyone working on your behalf because we don’t want any conflicts of interest. Then we’ll keep you informed as your new home is being built, and invite you round at the appropriate time to choose things like kitchen worktops and bathroom tiles. If you want to measure up for carpets and curtains, we’ll do our best to arrange things.

When you get your keys, there’s a meeting to go over all the important stuff like stopcocks and thermostats, and we’ll also leave you full instructions. But here’s the best part. We don’t go away. We’ll leave you in peace, of course, but if you need help or advice we’ll be on hand for as long as you need us. That’s the kind of relationship we like.