Edworth

Edworth lies {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} south-east of Biggleswade and {{convert|17.5|mi|km|0}} south-west of Cambridge. The eastern parish boundary borders Hertfordshire.

The hamlet is {{convert|45|m|ft|0}} above sea level. The land falls to {{convert|32|m|ft|0}} in the north-east corner of the parish. The highest point is the A1 road near Topler's Hill at {{convert|69|m|ft|0}}.{{cite web |title=Wrestlingworth: elevation |url=https://routecalculator.co.uk/elevation |website=Route Calculator |access-date=30 August 2019}}

The majority of the parish is arable farmland. The centre, north and west of the parish lie on boulder clay. The remainder is largely gault.{{cite web |title=Sheet 204. Geological Survey of England & Wales |url=http://www.largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/iip/mapsportal.html?id=1003300 |website=British Geological Survey |access-date=30 August 2019}} The whole parish has highly fertile lime-rich loamy and clayey soils with slightly impeded drainage.{{cite web |title=Soilscapes Viewer |url=http://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/index.cfm |website=LandIS – Land Information System |publisher=Cranfield University |access-date=30 August 2019}}

{{Adjacent communities

| Centre = Edworth

| NW = Biggleswade

| NE = Dunton

| SE = Hinxworth

| W = Langford

| SW = Astwick

}}

St. George's Church has not been used for worship since 1974. It is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. Building started around 1200. Highlights include medieval glass, a rare pillar piscina, traces of fourteenth-century wall paintings, a decorated font and fifteenth-century choirstalls carved with animals. There is a ring of three bells, the oldest of which dates to 1480.{{cite web |title=St George's Church, Edworth |url=https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-george-edworth.html |website=visitchurches |access-date=30 August 2019}}

Due to its small size, Edworth has a parish meeting rather than a parish council.

Edworth is part of Potton ward for elections to the Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority.

Prior to 1894, Edworth was administered as part of the Hundred of Biggleswade.

From 1894 until 1974 the village was in Biggleswade Rural District and from 1974 to 2009 in Mid Bedfordshire District.

Edworth is in the Potton Public Water Supply Zone (RW50). The water supplied by Anglian Water comes from groundwater boreholes and is chloraminated and classed as hard.{{cite web |title=Drinking Water Quality Information |url=http://waterquality.anglianwater.com/map.aspx |website=Anglian Water |access-date=30 August 2019}}

The Eastern Power Area of UK Power Networks is the distribution network operator for electricity.{{cite web |title=Check if you're in our area |url=https://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/internet/en/about-us/areas-we-cover/#itop |website=UK Power Networks |access-date=30 August 2019 |archive-date=2 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102192941/https://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/internet/en/about-us/areas-we-cover/#itop |url-status=dead }} There is no mains gas supply.{{cite web |title=The non-gas map |url=https://www.nongasmap.org.uk/ |website=The non-gas map |access-date=30 August 2019}}

The two nearest general hospitals are Bedford (Bedford Hospital NHS Trust) and Lister Hospital, Stevenage (East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust). Ambulance services are provided by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service and Bedfordshire Police cover the parish.

The nearest public library is at Biggleswade.

No bus services run through the village.

The nearest railway station is Biggleswade.

Hinxworth and Edworth Village Hall is in the nearby village of Hinxworth.

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Category:Hamlets in Bedfordshire

Category:Civil parishes in Bedfordshire

Category:Central Bedfordshire District