Upper Stondon

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Upper Stondon
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Upper Stondon
Location within Bedfordshire
OS grid reference TL147356
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HENLOW
Postcode district SG16
Dialling code 01462
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52°00′26″N0°19′47″W / 52.00718°N 0.32959°W / 52.00718; -0.32959 Coordinates: 52°00′26″N0°19′47″W / 52.00718°N 0.32959°W / 52.00718; -0.32959

Upper Stondon is a village in Bedfordshire, England, part of the wider Stondon civil parish.

Village Small clustered human settlement smaller than a town

A village is a part of a world clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.

Bedfordshire County of England

Bedfordshire is a county in the East of England. It is a ceremonial county and a historic county, covered by three unitary authorities: Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, and Luton.

Stondon farm village in the United Kingdom

Stondon is a civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish includes the settlements of Lower Stondon and Upper Stondon.

Upper Stondon is a very small settlement with few amenities. However, the village of Lower Stondon and nearby Henlow Camp have extensive local amenities and services.

Lower Stondon village in the United Kingdom

Lower Stondon is a small village in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is located close to the border with Hertfordshire, around 2.5 miles (4 km) south-west of Henlow. It is part of the larger Stondon civil parish, which at the 2001 Census had a population of approximately 2,000 increasing to approximately 2,300 at the 2011 Census.

Henlow Camp village in the United Kingdom

Henlow Camp is a settlement in Bedfordshire, England.


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