Astwood, Buckinghamshire

Astwood
Astwood Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	420 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SP951473
Civil parish	Astwood and Hardmead
District	City of Milton Keynes
Unitary authority	Milton Keynes City Council
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

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

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

References

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

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