At Battlesden once stood the mansion of the Page-Turner family, who were prominent as East India merchants, and several views of the palatial glory were included amongst a magnificent collection of local water-colours, presented by the family to the county of Bedford.
Born in the nearby village of Milton Bryan, during his early career in 1821 Joseph Paxton had been engaged to lay out the gardens of the mansion, and still to be seen is his 13 acre lake, complete with a boathouse and central island. In fact Joseph's uncle kept the pub in the nearby village of Milton Bryan, and was owed money in 1823 by Sir Gregory Page-Turner for supplying beer to the workmen!
Locally the lake became known as 'the new fish pond' -as opposed to an earlier watery expanse lying to the north, which had been dug some 300 years previous but as for Joseph, he would progress to much greater renown, and is today best remembered for his design and construction of the Crystal Palace, built to commemorate the Great Exhibition of 1851.
The cache can be found directly opposite the Boat House. It's a small container covered in black tape.