[3] Mid Bedfordshire District Council moved to a new office building on a part of the former RAF Chicksands sportsfield, adjacent to the A507, having previously been based in offices at Ampthill and Biggleswade.

The new office, named Priory House, was officially opened by the Queen on 17 November 2006 accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh.

[5] Chicksands is mentioned in the Domesday Book the entry reads: Chichesana/e: William de Cairon from Bishop of Lincoln; Three freemen and Walter from Azelina, Ralph Tailbois' wife (it is of her dowry).

[10] Chicksands Priory, a monastic house built in 1150, is located within the grounds of the Joint Intelligence Training Group.

[15] It is also in the catchment area for Samuel Whitbread Academy, which has an upper school and sixth form.