Flitwick

Also known as Flitwick, Bedfordshire

Flitwick () is a town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, England. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "a hamlet on the River Flitt". The spelling Flytwyk appears in 1381.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.static_image_name: SS Peter and Paul, Flitwick - geograph.org.uk - 345256.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Church of St Peter and St Paul
UK place.population_ref: 13,663 (Parish, 2021)
UK place.official_name: Flitwick
UK place.civil_parish: Flitwick
UK place.unitary_england: Central Bedfordshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Bedfordshire
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Mid Bedfordshire
UK place.post_town: BEDFORD
UK place.postcode_district: MK45
UK place.postcode_area: MK
UK place.dial_code: 01525
UK place.os_grid_reference: TL033350

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Flitwick () is a town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, England. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "a hamlet on the River Flitt". The spelling Flytwyk appears in 1381.

The nearby River Flit runs through Flitwick Moor, a nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

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