Astwood Bank

Astwood Bank
Astwood Bank, Nr Brandon Brook
Astwood Bank is located in Worcestershire
Astwood Bank
Astwood Bank
Location within Worcestershire
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townREDDITCH
Postcode districtB96
Dialling code01527
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°15′37″N 1°56′15″W / 52.260238°N 1.937501°W / 52.260238; -1.937501

Astwood Bank is a district within Redditch.[1][2] Astwood Bank is near the Warwickshire - Worcestershire border, near villages such as Studley, Sambourne, Callow Hill, Feckenham, and Cookhill.

Astwood Bank is noted for its successful cricket team, who have twice played at Lord's in the National Village Knock Out Final. The A441 Evesham Road is the main trunk road through Astwood Bank from Redditch. Astwood Bank has an annual carnival. The carnival has been a big part of the district for over 30 years.

Traction Engines can regularly be seen in the village
  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 150 Worcester & The Malverns (Evesham & Tewkesbury) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231777.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.