Astwood, Buckinghamshire#Astwood and Hardmead civil parish

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{{short description|Village in the City of Milton Keynes, England}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|coordinates = {{coord|52.1161|-0.6105|display=inline,title}}

|official_name = Astwood

|population = 420

|population_ref = (2011 Census){{NOMIS2011|id=E04001244|title=Astwood (Milton Keynes)|accessdate= 17 November 2019}}

|civil_parish = Astwood and Hardmead

|unitary_england= Milton Keynes City Council

| shire_district = City of Milton Keynes

|lieutenancy_england = Buckinghamshire

|region = South East England

|constituency_westminster = Milton Keynes North

|post_town = NEWPORT PAGNELL

|postcode_district = MK16

|postcode_area = MK

|dial_code = 01234

|os_grid_reference = SP951473

|label_position = left

| module = {{Infobox mapframe|stroke-width=1|zoom=11|width=240}}

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Astwood is a village in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the border with Bedfordshire, approximately {{convert|6|mi|km}} east of Newport Pagnell, {{convert|7|mi|km}} west of Bedford and {{convert|8|mi}} north-east of Central Milton Keynes.

The village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means "valley of the dammed".

The churchyard of the parish church of St Peter is considered by some as being one of the prettiest in the county.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62583 'Parishes : Astwood', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (1927), pp. 270-274.] Victoria History of the Counties of England Most of the older buildings in the village have thatched roofs making for a quaint rural setting.