| Cardington | |
|---|---|
 Church Lane | |
  Cardington Location within Bedfordshire | |
| Population | 317 (2001 census) 288 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TL085475 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bedford |
| Postcode district | MK44 |
| Dialling code | 01234 |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Cardington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.
Part of the ancient hundred of Wixamtree, the settlement is best known in connection with the Cardington airship works founded by Short Brothers during World War I, which later became an RAF training station. However most of the former RAF station is actually in the parish of Eastcotts, as is the settlement of Shortstown, which was originally built by Short Brothers for its workers.[2] The village of Cardington is located to the north east of Shortstown and the RAF station, and houses most of the population of the parish, which was 270 in 2005, making it one of the least populated parishes in Bedfordshire.[3]
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Eastcotts Parish Boundaries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.
- ^ Tranter, N. L. (1967). "Population and Social Structure in a Bedfordshire Parish: The Cardington Listing of Inhabitants, 1782". Population Studies. 21 (3): 261–282. doi:10.2307/2173146. ISSN 0032-4728. JSTOR 2173146. PMID 22091542.