Fairfield, Bedfordshire

Fairfield
Fairfield
	; The centre of Fairfield
	Fairfield Location within Bedfordshire
Unitary authority	Central Bedfordshire;
Ceremonial county	Bedfordshire;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HITCHIN
Postcode district	SG5
Dialling code	01462
Police	Bedfordshire
Fire	Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North East Bedfordshire;

Fairfield is a village and civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.

Background

The village was established in the early 2000s in the buildings and grounds of Fairfield Hospital, a defunct psychiatric hospital which closed in 1999. The village consists of some 900 Victorian inspired dwellings of different housing types and about 100 apartments in the former hospital building.[1]

Politics

Fairfield was originally intended to become a new village in its own right, but was designated by planners as part of Stotfold civil parish.[2] However, on 1 April 2013 Fairfield became a separate civil parish,[3] and elected its own parish council in May 2013.[4]

Commercial area

Amenities in the village include a community centre, Fairfield Bowls Club, Fairfield Park Lower School, a cricket club, Bannantynes Gym, The Orchard restaurant, children's parks, hair salon, nursery, Garden House Hospice Care Charity Shop and a small Tesco Express.

Major construction work is now occurring to form more housing on the East side of Hitchin Road. There will be a new school building, however at this stage there are no known plans for any other amenities.

References

"Fairfield Park Lower School - School History". Fairfield.beds.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
"Fairfield Park". Fairfield Park. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
"Bulletin of change to local authority arrangements, areas and names in England" (PDF). Lgbce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
Published on 18/05/2013 10:05 (18 May 2013). "Historic moment for community's parish council - Local News". Biggleswade Today. Retrieved 25 May 2013.

External links

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[1] "Fairfield Park Lower School - School History". Fairfield.beds.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-06.

[2] "Fairfield Park". Fairfield Park. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

[3] "Bulletin of change to local authority arrangements, areas and names in England" (PDF). Lgbce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[4] Published on 18/05/2013 10:05 (18 May 2013). "Historic moment for community's parish council - Local News". Biggleswade Today. Retrieved 25 May 2013.