Stotfold

This article is about the town in Bedfordshire. For the former village and parish in Staffordshire, see Statfold. For the Arts & Crafts house, see Stotfold (house).

Stotfold
Stotfold Mill
Stotfold is located in Bedfordshire
Stotfold
Stotfold
Location within Bedfordshire
Population9,014 (Parish, 2021)[1]
12,310 (Built up area, 2021)[2]
OS grid referenceTL2136
Civil parish
  • Stotfold
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHITCHIN
Postcode districtSG5
Dialling code01462
PoliceBedfordshire
FireBedfordshire and Luton
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Bedfordshire
52°01′05″N 0°13′41″W / 52.018°N 0.228°W / 52.018; -0.228

Stotfold is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire,[3] England. The town covers 2,207 acres (8.93 km2) and the River Ivel passes through the town. The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 9,014.[1] The wider built-up area, which the Office for National Statistics defines to additionally include the adjoining Fairfield Park development, had a population of 12,310 at the 2021 census.[2] For the purposes of postal addresses, Stotfold comes under the post town of Hitchin; it was therefore in the postal county of Hertfordshire despite actually being in Bedfordshire.

  1. ^ a b "Stotfold parish". City Population. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". Census 2021. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. ^ 'About Stotfold', Stotfold Town Council. Retrieved 3 December 2019.