Astwood Bank

Astwood Bank is a village south of Redditch.[1][2] The village is noted for its successful cricket team, who have twice played at Lords 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 village for over 30 years.

Traction Engines can regularly be seen in the Village

Astwood Bank

Streets
Astwood Bank
Location within Worcestershire
• Londona
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townREDDITCH
Postcode districtB96
Dialling code01527
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Politics

Politically, Astwood Bank is part of the Astwood Bank and Feckenham ward. The councilors are:

  • Craig Warhurst (Conservative)-(Astwood Bank & Feckenham)
  • Brandon Clayton (Conservative)-(Astwood Bank)
  • Craig Randall (UKIP)-(Evesham)

Geography

Astwood Bank is near the Warwickshire - Worcestershire border, near villages such as Studley, Sambourne, Callow Hill, Feckenham & Cookhill.

Notable residents

Church

St. Matthias & St. George was originally designed by W. J. Hopkins as a large church with a south tower, only the east end was completed by him in 1884. The nave was added by W. Cogswell in 1911. The tower was never built hence the deep sloping roof.  The church was built as a chapelry of Feckenham.

Railway station

Formerly, there was a railway station called Studley & Astwood Bank, with service going as far north as Lichfield Trent Valley and as far south as Tewkesbury. The line was closed in 1964 so now Redditch railway station is the end of the line. The station 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.

References
  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.


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