Astwood, Buckinghamshire
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK place Astwood is a village in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the border with Bedfordshire, approximately Template:Convert east of Newport Pagnell, Template:Convert west of Bedford and Template:Convert north-east of Central Milton Keynes.
The village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means "east wood".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Buildings and landmarks
Most of the older buildings in the village have thatched roofs making for a quaint rural setting.
The churchyard of the parish church of St Peter is considered by some as being one of the prettiest in the county.<ref>'Parishes : Astwood', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (1927), pp. 270-274. Victoria History of the Counties of England</ref> The Grade II-listed church dates from 1154 and includes a 14th-century window, bells dating from the 15th and 17th centuries, and a clock installed in 1774. It was closed to public worship in 2015, and in 2025, the church was put up for sale with planning permission for conversion into a three-bedroom home.<ref name="BBC-190525">Template:Cite web</ref>
Astwood and Hardmead civil parish
Together with the neighbouring village of Hardmead, it forms the civil parish of Astwood and Hardmead.<ref>Parishes in Milton Keynes Template:Webarchive - Milton Keynes Council.</ref>