Wood End, Bedfordshire

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Wood End
Location within Bedfordshire
OS grid reference TL000467
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Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BEDFORD
Postcode district MK43
Dialling code 01234
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52°06′37″N0°32′26″W / 52.1103°N 0.54056°W / 52.1103; -0.54056 Coordinates: 52°06′37″N0°32′26″W / 52.1103°N 0.54056°W / 52.1103; -0.54056

Wood End (or Kempston Wood End) is a small village located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.

Borough of Bedford Unitary Authority & Borough in England

Bedford is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is based at Bedford, the county town of Bedfordshire. The borough contains one large urban area, the 71st largest in the United Kingdom that comprises Bedford and the adjacent town of Kempston, surrounded by a rural area with many villages. 75% of the borough's population live in the Bedford Urban Area and the five large villages which surround it, which makes up slightly less than 6% of the total land area of the Borough.

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.

The settlement was historically one of the hamlets (or "Ends") of Kempston. Today, Wood End forms part of Kempston Rural, and is the southern most settlement within the parish. Wood End is also close to Keeley Green, and Wootton.

Hamlet (place) Small human settlement in a rural area

A hamlet is a small human settlement. In different jurisdictions and geographies, hamlets may be the size of a town, village or parish, be considered a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet have roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French hamlet came to apply to small human settlements. In British geography, a hamlet is considered smaller than a village and distinctly without a church.

Kempston town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England

Kempston is a town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. Once known as the largest village in England, Kempston is now a town with its own town council. It has a population of about 20,000, and together with Bedford, it forms an urban area with around 100,000 inhabitants, which is the sole significant urban area in the Borough of Bedford. Kempston serves principally as a dormitory town for Bedford.

Kempston Rural

Kempston Rural is a civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.


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Box End village in the United Kingdom

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Kempston Central and East

Kempston Central and East is an electoral ward and area within Kempston, Bedfordshire, England.

Kempston North human settlement in United Kingdom

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Kempston South human settlement in United Kingdom

Kempston South is an electoral ward and area within the town of Kempston, Bedfordshire, England.

Keeley Green village in the United Kingdom

Keeley Green is a hamlet located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.

Hanger Wood ancient woodland in the parish of Stagsden, Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom

Hanger Wood is an ancient woodland and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the parish of Stagsden, Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom. Situated approximately one kilometre east of the village of Stagsden, the 24.12 hectares woodland was declared a SSSI in 1988, being described by Natural England as "one of the best remaining examples of wet ash-maple woodland in Bedfordshire". The name "Hanger" comes from Old English/Anglo-Saxon term for "wood on a hill" or "wooded hill", applied to Hanger Wood due to its situation on a northwest-facing slope of a narrow ridge. Commenting on the wood's character, A. Simco said in 1984 that "It has been strongly influenced by the geology and topography of the area, particularly by the south-west/north-east boulder clay ridge along which the parish boundary runs."

Kempston gravel pit railway

Kempston gravel pit railway was a narrow-gauge tramway which connected a gravel pit in the Hill Grounds area of Kempston, Bedfordshire to Bedford Road. There are a small number of records of its operation in the late 1910s and 1920s and perhaps some years early. The terminus lay by the entrance to the Robert Bruce School site on what is now Bedford Road.

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