Podington

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Podington is a village and parish in north Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. The village is around ten miles north west of Bedford and is close to the county border with Northamptonshire. The parish is sometimes called "Poddington and Hinwick". Poddington is a small picturesque rural village, many of its buildings are stone cottages dated from the 1700s, and some even earlier. Nearby there is paintballing and a garden centre. It has also appeared in past records as "Puddington", and even earlier as "Podintone" and "Potintone".

Located around two miles south east of the village are RAF Podington and Santa Pod Raceway.

Less than one mile to the south is the hamlet of Hinwick; the closest nearby villages between one and two miles away include include, Farndish to the north west and Wymington to the north east. Nearby larger towns include Rushden to the north Irchester to the north west and Wollaston to the west, all around three miles away.


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