RAF Henlow - alternatives
 

We need to know where you're starting from!

Indeed it would helpful to know your starting point. Lacking that, I can only suggest taking a look at a good map:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/52.0733/-0.3074

There are a few airstrips nearby, but it is not clear how useful these could be for you.
And you did look into Old Warden, didn't you?

Meppershall about 3 miles west of Henlow.
Don't bother with Cranfield; they (the University not the operators) are actively discouraging GA tracffic nowadays.

Thanks for the suggestions. I should probably have said, but I am starting from close to Henlow.

As far as I know, there are no aircraft for rental at either Meppershall or Old Warden. I do agree about Cranfield though - best avoided these days. Will it change though with the downturn in commercial pilot training?

It would take you about 45 minutes to drive to us. Send me a PM if interested.

So is that an 'Ordinary Use' license or a 'Public Use' license?
Meppershall as far as I can ascertain is an unlicensed private airfield thus PPR although there may be local planning conditions (not 'license') which restrict its use, however I do know that at least one group owned aircraft was operated there in the past because I knew one of the group members, a controller who worked at Stansted.
Photo on ZoomEarth shows 9 aircraft parked outside including 2 twins, a Cessna with tiptanks (340?) and an Aztec.

Andrews field is just over an hour away.

...or take up gliding at Dunstable Downs, which is much closer by.

Thanks. I did try the gliding at Dunstable about 10 years ago but while it was interesting and gave a completely different outlook on flying, it didn't really grab me. Thanks for the suggestion though.