Kempston
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Kempston is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, situated around south-west of Bedford town centre. It had a population of 19,330 in the 2011 census, and forms part of the wider Bedford built-up area. The River Great Ouse separates it from the Queen's Park area of Bedford.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Kempston
- UK place.civil_parish
- Kempston
- UK place.static_image_name
- Parade of shops, Kempston, Bedford - geograph.org.uk - 3188065.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Kempston Town Centre
- UK place.population_ref
- 20,733 (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Bedford
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Bedfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bedford
- UK place.post_town
- BEDFORD
- UK place.postcode_district
- MK42
- UK place.postcode_area
- MK
- UK place.dial_code
- 01234
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL035485
- UK place.london_distance
- 54.6 m
- UK legislation.type
- Act
- UK legislation.parliament
- Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Encyclopedic overview
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Kempston is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, situated around south-west of Bedford town centre. It had a population of 19,330 in the 2011 census, and forms part of the wider Bedford built-up area. The River Great Ouse separates it from the Queen's Park area of Bedford.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kempston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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