Kempston
Kempston is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, situated around 2 miles 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.- Type: Town with 20,000 residents
- Description: town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England
- Also known as: “Kempston Urban” and “Kempston, Bedfordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Transfiguration and Grange Academy.
Grange Academy
School
Grange Academy is a coeducational special school located in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. The school accepts pupils between the ages of 5 and 16 years with Moderate Learning Difficulties from all over the Borough of Bedford.
Daubeney Academy
School
Daubeney Academy is an 11–16 coeducational secondary school located in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. It was established in 1972 and is part of the Chiltern Learning Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Denham and Elstow.
Great Denham
Village
Great Denham is a village and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England, on the western outskirts of Bedford. The village is the location of Bedford Golf Course.
Elstow
Village
Elstow is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, about 2 miles south of Bedford town centre.
Biddenham
Village
Biddenham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, located around 2 miles west of Bedford town centre near the A428 road. It forms part of the wider Bedford urban area. Biddenham is situated 1½ miles north of Kempston.
Kempston
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Kempston, Bedford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.1192° or 52° 7′ 9″ north
Longitude
-0.49302° or 0° 29′ 35″ west
Population
20,000
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
Open location code
9C4X4G94+MQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Kempston” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kempston”
- Basque: “Kempston”
- Bengali: “কেম্পস্টন”
- Cebuano: “Kempston (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Kempston”
- Chinese: “Kempston”
- Chinese: “坎普斯頓”
- Chinese: “坎普斯顿”
- Dutch: “Kempston”
- French: “Kempston”
- German: “Kempston”
- Gujarati: “કેમ્પસ્ટન”
- Irish: “Kempston”
- Italian: “Kempston”
- Japanese: “ケンプストン”
- Kannada: “ಕೆಂಪ್ಸ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “켐프 스턴”
- Kurdish: “Kempston”
- Ladin: “Kempston”
- Lithuanian: “Kempstonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kempston”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kempston”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kempston”
- Norwegian: “Kempston”
- Persian: “کمپستون”
- Polish: “Kempston”
- Portuguese: “Kempston”
- Romanian: “Kempston”
- Russian: “Кемпстон”
- South Azerbaijani: “کمپستون”
- Spanish: “Kempston”
- Swedish: “Kempston”
- Tamil: “கவுண்டி டர்ஹாம்”
- Telugu: “కెంప్స్టోన్”
- Turkish: “Kempston”
- Urdu: “کیمپسٹن”
- Volapük: “Kempston”
- Welsh: “Kempston”
- “Kempston”
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