Wixams
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.- Type: Village with 4,670 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Wixams, Bedfordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lakeview School and Wixams Academy.
Wixams Academy
School
Wixams Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Wixams in the English county of Bedfordshire. The school was constructed by Willmott Dixon and opened in 2017.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elstow and Kempston Hardwick.
Elstow
Village
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elstow is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, about 2 miles south of Bedford town centre.
Kempston Hardwick
Hamlet
Photo: Dennis simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kempston Hardwick is a small hamlet on the edge of the town of Kempston in Bedfordshire, England. Historically it was one of the hamlets or "ends" scattered across the parish of Kempston. Kempston Hardwick is situated 1½ miles west of Wixams.
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. Shortstown is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wixams.
Wixams
- Categories: town, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Wilshamstead, Bedford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.09384° or 52° 5′ 38″ northLongitude
-0.46242° or 0° 27′ 45″ westPopulation
4,670Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)Open location code
9C4X3GVQ+G2OpenStreetMap ID
node 701547562OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11888088Wikidata ID
Q8028704
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