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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cople Pits and Church of All Saints, Cople.

Cople Pits

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cople Pits is a 2-hectare nature reserve in Cople in Bedfordshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Church of All Saints, Cople

Church

Photo: Andrew Tatlow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church in Cople, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is constructed of sandstone and Dunstable clunch, in the Early English Period and Perpendicular styles.

Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cardington

Church

Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shortstown and Castle.

Shortstown

Village

Photo: G1MFG, Public domain.

Shortstown is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Bedford, on a ridge above the River Great Ouse, originally called Tinkers Hill. The ridge overlooks Harrowden to the north and Cotton End to the south.

Castle

Suburb

Castle is an electoral ward and area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. The Castle area incorporates the site of Bedford Castle and the town's historic centre including its market and High Street, as well as nearby residential streets. Castle is situated 3 miles northwest of Cardington.

Wixams

Village

Photo: Simonxag, CC0.

Wixams is a new town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England, which has been under construction since early 2007. It is expected to become the third largest settlement in the Borough of Bedford after Bedford itself and Kempston, and one of the largest new settlements founded in England since the British new towns movement of the first twenty five years after World War II. Wixams is situated 3 miles southwest of Cardington.

Cardington

Type: Locality
Location: Bedford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.1109° or 52° 6′ 39″ north

Longitude

-0.4025° or 0° 24′ 9″ west

Elevation

85 feet (26 metres)

Open location code

9C4X4H6X+92

GeoNames ID

7291585

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