Campton and Chicksands

Campton and Chicksands
Civil parish
Church of All Saints, Campton
Campton and Chicksands Location within Bedfordshire
Population	1,895 (Parish, 2021)[1]
Civil parish	Campton and Chicksands
Unitary authority	Central Bedfordshire
Ceremonial county	Bedfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Bedfordshire 52°01′41″N 0°21′18″W / 52.028°N 0.355°W / 52.028; -0.355

Campton and Chicksands is a civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. Its main settlements are Campton and Chicksands. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,895.

History

The parish was created in 1985 as a merger of the two former civil parishes of Chicksands and Campton.^[2][3]

Governance

There are two tiers of local government covering Campton and Chicksands, at parish and unitary authority level: Campton and Chicksands Parish Council and Central Bedfordshire Council. The parish council generally meets at Campton Village Hall on Gravenhurst Road.^[4] Central Bedfordshire Council also has its headquarters in the parish, at Priory House on Monks Walk in Chicksands.^[5]

References

1. "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
2. "The Mid Bedfordshire (Parishes) Order 1984" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The National Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
3. "Biggleswade Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
4. "Agendas". Campton and Chicksands Parish Council. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
5. "Priory House". Central Bedfordshire Council. Retrieved 4 October 2025.

External links

Media related to Campton and Chicksands at Wikimedia Commons