Potton is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, about 10 miles east of the county town Bedfo…Potton is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, about 10 miles east of the county town Bedford. The parish had a population in 2021 of 5,727. In 1783 the Great Fire of Potton destroyed a large part of the town. The parish church dates from the 13th century, and is dedicated to St Mary. Potton's horse fairs were some of the largest in the country.