Astwood Bank is a village

Village

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 adjoining Redditch

Redditch

Redditch is a town and local government district in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district had a population of 79,216 in 2005. In the 19th century it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry...

, Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

 to the south. The village is noted for its successful cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 team, who have twice played at Lords in the National Village Knock Out Final.

Politics

• Politically, Astwood Bank comes under the Astwood Bank & Feckenham ward. The Councillors are;

• Cllr Michael Chalk (Conservative
  Conservative Party (UK)
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  )-(Feckenham)
• Cllr Brandon Clayton (Conservative)-(Astwood Bank)

Geography

Astwood Bank is near to the Warwickshire

Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...

, Worcestershire border, near other villages such as Studley

Studley

Studley is a large village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. Situated on the western edge of Warwickshire near the border with Worcestershire it is southeast of Redditch and northwest of Stratford. The Roman road of Ryknild Street, now the A435, passes...

, Sambourne

Sambourne

Sambourne, formerly spelled Sambourn, is a hamlet and civil parish north-west of Coughton, from Stratford upon Avon and from Warwick in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is situated on sloping ground rising westwards to about 500 feet near the ancient Ridge Way, which forms the county...

, Callow Hill

Callow Hill

Callow Hill is a village on the outskirts of Redditch in Worcestershire, England. Other villages nearby include Astwood Bank, Feckenham, Cookhill and Webheath-History:...

, Feckenham

Feckenham

Feckenham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Redditch in Worcestershire, England. It lies some three miles south-west of the town of Redditch and is around twelve miles north-east of the ancient city of Worcester...

 & Cookhill

Cookhill

Cookhill is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, on the county border near Alcester.-Politics:Cookhill is represented mainly by the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat Party, and is part of the South Redditch ward of Worcestershire County Council and as of January 2010 is...

.

Notable residents

• Lionel Britton
  Lionel Britton
  Lionel Erskine Nimmo Britton was a British working-class author.He was born at Astwood Bank, on the borders of Warwickshire and Worcestershire. His father was a solicitor in the village, although the practice collapsed the year after Lionel's birth...
  
   (1887-1971) was a working class writer from Astwood Bank.
• Soap star; Charlie Clemmow
  Charlie Clemmow
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  , who is best known for her role as Imogen Hollins
  Imogen Hollins
  Imogen 'Immie' Elizabeth Hollins is a fictional character in the BBC soap opera, Doctors. She is portrayed by Charlie Clemmow and first appeared in the show on 4 August 2009 in an episode titles "Tears for Souvenirs". Imogen is the daughter of Karen and Rob Hollins and the sister of Jack Hollins...
  
   in the BBC soap Doctors, was brought up in Astwood Bank.

Railway Station

Formerly, there was a raiway staion called Studley & Astwood Bank, with service going as far north as Lichfield Trent Valley and as far south as Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook...

. The line was closed in 1964 so now Redditch

Redditch

Redditch is a town and local government district in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district had a population of 79,216 in 2005. In the 19th century it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry...

railway station is the end of the line. The staion building still exists as a domestic dwelling house and is located on The Slough, just into Green Lane, Studley, Warwickshire. It is about 2 miles from Astwood Bank and 1 mile from Studley

External links

• Astwood Bank Community Portal/Network & Email