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Also known as Astwick, Bedfordshire

Astwick is a hamlet and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England. It lies south-east of the county town of Bedford. Its population is included within Stotfold civil parish.

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Place details

Locality
Church End
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.static_image_name
The Parish Church of St Guthlac, Astwick. - geograph.org.uk - 95424.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
St Guthlac's parish church
UK place.label_position
left
UK place.official_name
Astwick
UK place.population
24
UK place.unitary_england
Central Bedfordshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Bedfordshire
UK place.region
East of England
UK place.post_town
HITCHIN
UK place.postcode_district
SG5
UK place.postcode_area
SG
UK place.dial_code
01462
UK place.os_grid_reference
TL215385

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Encyclopedic overview

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Astwick is a hamlet and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England. It lies south-east of the county town of Bedford. Its population is included within Stotfold civil parish.

==Geography== Astwick is by the River Ivel just to the north of Stotfold and lies south of Biggleswade and south-west of Cambridge. The Great North Road forms the eastern parish boundary with Hertfordshire. The A1 was improved around 1958; known as the Edworth to Astwick Turn scheme. It is the first non-motorway section of dual-carriageway north of the Baldock motorway bypass.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Astwick” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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