Kempston Hardwick
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. It is served by Kempston Hardwick railway station on the Marston Vale Line, which was one of the least-used stations in the UK railway network.
| Kempston Hardwick | |
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Railway bridge and cottages at the south-east end of the village | |
Kempston Hardwick Location within Bedfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | TL030484 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BEDFORD |
| Postcode district | MK43 |
| Dialling code | 01234 |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
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For many years Kempston Hardwick was technically part of Kempston town. This is a consequence of the division of the old larger Kempston parish in 1896 into Kempston town and Kempston Rural. However, modern boundary changes have meant that Kempston Hardwick is now part of the rural parish of Stewartby (where the 2011 Census population was included).
Kempston Hardwick is the proposed location of Universals newest theme park, which would be their first in Europe. Universal have purchased 480 acres on the west side of the hamlet, on the site of the old Kempston Hardwick brickworks, and neighbouring fields between Interchange Retail Park and Stewartby Village. There has been much confusion on whether they brought the Stewartby Brickworks, with Councillors and MPs mis-announcing this, but this is incorrect.