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.
- Village with about 310 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 100 feet (30 metres)
- …is also known as “Cardington, Bedfordshire”
- Description: village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, UK
Places of Interest
Discover Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cardington and The Kings Arms Public House.
Church of All Saints, Cople
Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church in Cople, Bedfordshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shortstown and Harrowden.
Harrowden
Harrowden is a one-street hamlet in the civil parish of Shortstown, Bedfordshire, England.
Cople
Cople is a village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire.
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
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Cardington” goes by many names.
كردينغتونArabic
CardingtonBasque
CardingtonCebuano
CardingtonDutch
كردينجتونEgyptian Arabic
CardingtonIrish
CardingtonItalian
カーディントン (ベッドフォードシャー)Japanese
CardingtonKurdish
Cardington, BedfordshireKurdish
CardingtonLadin
Cardington (Bedfordshire)Ladin
CardingtonMin Nan Chinese
Cardington (Bedfordshire)Min Nan Chinese
CardingtonNorwegian
CardingtonNorwegian Bokmål
کاردینگتون بدفوردشیرPersian
CardingtonPolish
КардингтонRussian
CardingtonSwedish
Cardington, BedfordshireSwedish
Cardington, BedfordshireTurkish
کارڈنگٹن، بیڈفورڈشائرUrdu
CardingtonWelsh
Cardington, Swydd BedfordWelsh
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