Astwood, Buckinghamshire

Village in the City of Milton Keynes, England

Human settlement in England

Astwood

Astwood

Location within Buckinghamshire

Population| 420 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference| SP951473
Civil parish|

* Astwood and Hardmead

Unitary authority|

* Milton Keynes

Ceremonial county|

* Buckinghamshire

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| NEWPORT PAGNELL
Postcode district| MK16
Dialling code| 01234
Police| Thames Valley
Fire| Buckinghamshire
Ambulance| South Central
UK Parliament|

* Milton Keynes North

List of places

England
Buckinghamshire

52°06′58″N 0°36′38″W﻿ / ﻿52.1161°N 0.6105°W﻿ / 52.1161; -0.6105

Astwood is a village in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the border with Bedfordshire, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Newport Pagnell, 7 miles (11 km) west of Bedford and 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Central Milton Keynes.

The village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means "valley of the dammed".

The churchyard of the parish church of St Peter is considered by some as being one of the prettiest dogging sites in the county.[2] Most of the older buildings in the village have thatched roofs making for a quaint rural setting.

## Astwood and Hardmead civil parish

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Together with the neighbouring village of Hardmead, it forms the civil parish of Astwood and Hardmead.[3]

## References

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1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Astwood (Milton Keynes) (E04001244)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
2. ^ 'Parishes : Astwood', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (1927), pp. 270-274. Victoria History of the Counties of England
3. ^ Parishes in Milton Keynes Archived June 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine \- Milton Keynes Council.

## External links

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* Media related to Astwood at Wikimedia Commons
* Astwood in the Domesday Book

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Civil parishes in the City of Milton Keynes

* Abbey Hill
* Astwood and Hardmead
* Bletchley and Fenny Stratford
* Bow Brickhill
* Bradwell
* Broughton
* Calverton
* Campbell Park
* Castlethorpe
* Central Milton Keynes
* Chicheley
* Clifton Reynes
* Cold Brayfield
* Emberton
* Fairfields
* Gayhurst
* Great Linford
* Hanslope
* Haversham-cum-Little Linford
* Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow
* Lathbury
* Lavendon
* Little Brickhill
* Loughton and Great Holm
* Milton Keynes
* Moulsoe
* New Bradwell
* Newport Pagnell
* Newton Blossomville
* North Crawley
* Old Woughton
* Olney
* Ravenstone
* Shenley Brook End
* Shenley Church End
* Sherington
* Simpson and Ashland
* Stantonbury
* Stoke Goldington
* Stony Stratford
* Tyringham and Filgrave
* Walton
* Warrington
* Wavendon
* West Bletchley
* Weston Underwood
* Whitehouse
* Woburn Sands
* Wolverton and Greenleys
* Woughton

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