Oakley

Oakley is a village and civil parish located in northern Bedfordshire, England, about four miles northwest of the county town of Bedford along the River Great Ouse. It has a population of around 2,500 and is near the villages of Bromham, Milton Ernest, Clapham, Radwell and Felmersham.

Oakley railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1857 on its extension from Leicester to Bedford and Hitchin.It was closed to passengers in 1958 and closed completely in 1963. The station buildings remain in a dilapidated state though the goods yard is used by a haulage company.About a mile (2 km) north of the station is the point where the Midland installed its first troughs to allow locomotives to pick up water.