Wixams
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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.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- Lakeview Village Hall, Wixams.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Lakeview Village Hall
- UK place.official_name
- Wixams
- UK place.population
- 4,669
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wixams
- UK place.unitary_england
- Bedford
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Bedfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Mid Bedfordshire
- UK place.post_town
- BEDFORD
- UK place.postcode_district
- MK42
- UK place.postcode_area
- MK
- UK place.dial_code
- 01234
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL046443
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 4670
- Official website
- www.wixams.co.uk/index.php
- Image
- LakeviewVillageHall.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01234
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- OS grid reference
- TL046443
- postal code
- MK42
- inception
- 2007-00-00
- Commons category
- Wixams
- P8168
- Pys
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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.
Part of the site is in Central Bedfordshire. At the 2011 Census the population of the new town was included in the civil parish of Wilstead.
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2 mapped locations