[8] Landscape Biggleswade Common is an area of grassland that extends northwards along the eastern bank of the River Ivel from the Shortmead Street bridge.

Biggleswade Town Council's responsibilities include car parks, allotment gardens, cemeteries (Drove Road and Stratton Way), play and recreation areas and the Orchard Community Centre.

[18] Sherds of late Neolithic pottery from a single Peterborough ware Mortlake bowl were found in a pit excavated south of Biggleswade Hospital.

[19] A Neolithic cursus and five associated ring ditches south of Furzenhall Farm show as crop markings on aerial images.

[21] Iron Age pottery and a bead together with charred cereal grains of wheat and barley have been found in pits to the north of the town.

[18] There is evidence for a probable Romano-Celtic temple and aligned enclosures straddling a tributary of the River Ivel at the north-east corner of Biggleswade Common.

[30] The 4.33 g (0.15 oz) mancus, worth about 30 silver pennies, is only the eighth known gold coin dating to the mid to late Anglo-Saxon period.

[31] Initially sold to American collector Allan Davisson for £230,000 at auction; the British Government subsequently put in place a temporary export ban in the hope of saving it for the nation.

[37][38] On 16 June 1785 a fire started at the Crown Inn and spread rapidly through neighbouring streets, destroying nearly one-third of the town.

[42] A medieval bridge carrying the Great North Road over the River Ivel at Biggleswade is first documented in the early 13th century.

In 1302 Bishop Dalderby of Lincoln gave indulgences to all those contributing to the repair of the bridge, and from 1372 tolls were authorised under the pontage system.

"[52] Though much of the vegetable trade has ended, Bedfordshire Growers on Potton Road still supplies supermarkets with UK-grown potatoes and onions.

[57][58] The Ivel Cycle Works in Shortmead Street, founded by Dan Albone in 1881, made bicycles, motorbikes and light tractors until 1922.

[62][63] Books, diaries, binders and sketch pads were made by Adams & Harrison which moved from Clerkenwell, London to Havelock Road in 1933.

[73][74] In 2011 the five largest employment sectors for Biggleswade residents were: wholesale, retail and vehicle repairs at 18%, manufacturing at 13%, construction at 10%, human health and social work at 10% and education at 9%.

[73][74] A 661,000 square feet (61,409 m2) Co-op Food Group regional distribution facility opened in May 2022 at Symmetry Park to the south of the town.

Edward Peake C of E (VC) Middle School opened in 1974 and is named after a 16th-century local philanthropist who left money for the education of five children in the parish of Holme.

[81] The 17th-century, Grade II listed White Hart is thought to be the town's second oldest building after St Andrew's Church.

Biggleswade has a purpose-built public library in Chestnut Avenue that opened in 1968 and replaced the one housed in the old police station.

Biggleswade cricket club is based at Fairfield and the 1st XI plays in Division 3 of the Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Premier League.

Biggleswade Rugby Club's home is off Langford Road and the 1st team plays in the Midlands 4 East (South) league.

Drove Road Recreation Ground is home to Biggleswade Town Bowls Club and also has three macadam play-for-free tennis courts.

Further funds raised through sponsors and donations have since been distributed to local community groups, sports clubs, schools, public services and charities.

On 5 August 1664, Pepys's wife, on a visit to relations in Huntingdonshire, sent him a message saying she had arrived in "Bigglesworth" on the coach from York and would be home next day.

In the Doonesbury comic strip, the character Zonker Harris buys a British peerage which grants him the title "His Lordship the Viscount St. Austell-in-the-Moor Biggleswade-Brixham".

[109] In February 2019, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority gave outline planning permission for a village of 1,500 new homes east of the King's Reach development.

[110][111] Notable people born in Biggleswade include John Manton, Methodist minister and founder of Newington College in Sydney, Australia and Henry Ryland, the Pre-Raphaelite painter.

[112] Dan Albone, inventor and cyclist, credited with making the first practical farm tractor, the Ivel Agricultural Motor also lived and worked in the town.

[113] Charles Penrose, radio comedian and singer of "The Laughing Policeman";[114] the children's author Christine Chaundler;[115] and science fiction writer Philip E. High[116] were all born here.

Others include Ian Mantle, vehicle engineer and rally driver who grew up in the town;[117] the stage and TV music director of The Muppet Show, Derek Scott;[118] and British Olympic rower William Windham.