other on Meadow Lane in Cardington. Cardington Artificial Slalom Course is an artificial whitewater canoe slalom course located on the edge of Cardington next to Priory Country Park. The course was the first if its kind to be built in the UK, and hosts national canoe slalom competitions and cups. It is also used as a main training area for the Viking Kayak Club. Notable people from Cardington George Gascoigne (1535–1577) – Elizabethan poet Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796) – brewer and MP for Bedford John Howard (1726–1790) – prison reformer and High Sheriff of Bedfordshire References External links Cardington Timeline 2001 Census – Parish Profile for Cardington 134 (Bedford) Sqn – Air Training Corps (On former RAF Cardington Site) St. Mary the Virgin Church in the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland The Airship Heritage Trust – Cardington Sheds Many photos of Cardington Airship Hangars Villages in Bedfordshire Civil parishes in Bedfordshire Borough of Bedford