Cardington

Cardington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. Part of the ancient hundred of Wixamtree, the settlement is best known in connection with the Cardington airship works founded by Short Brothers during World War I, which later became an RAF training station.
Wikipedia
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  • Village with 288 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 95 feet (29 metres)
  • …is also known as “Cardington, Bedfordshire”
  • Description: village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, UK

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cardington and The Kings Arms Public House.

Church
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pub
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Church
Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church in , , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shortstown and Harrowden.

Village
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is a village and civil parish on the…

Hamlet
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is a one-street hamlet in the civil parish of , , England.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the English county of .

Cardington

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Latitude
52.11794° or 52° 7′ 5″ north
Longitude
-0.41379° or 0° 24′ 50″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB C5T
Open location code
9C4X4H9P+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 14956587
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2653813
Wiki­data ID
Q659945

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cardington” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كردينغتون”
  • Basque: “Cardington”
  • Cebuano: “Cardington”
  • Dutch: “Cardington”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كردينجتون”
  • French: “Cardington”
  • Irish: “Cardington”
  • Italian: “Cardington”
  • Japanese: “カーディントン (ベッドフォードシャー)”
  • Kurdish: “Cardington, Bedfordshire”
  • Kurdish: “Cardington”
  • Ladin: “Cardington (Bedfordshire)”
  • Ladin: “Cardington”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cardington (Bedfordshire)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cardington”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cardington”
  • Norwegian: “Cardington”
  • Persian: “کاردینگتون بدفوردشیر”
  • Polish: “Cardington”
  • Russian: “Кардингтон”
  • Swedish: “Cardington, Bedfordshire”
  • Swedish: “Cardington”
  • Turkish: “Cardington, Bedfordshire”
  • Urdu: “کارڈنگٹن، بیڈفورڈشائر”
  • Welsh: “Cardington, Swydd Bedford”
  • Welsh: “Cardington”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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