Fairfield, Bedfordshire
| Fairfield | |
|---|---|
The centre of Fairfield | |
Fairfield Location within Bedfordshire | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| 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 | |
Fairfield (originally known as Fairfield Park) is a village and civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.
History
The village was established in the early 2000s in the buildings and grounds of Fairfield Hospital, a defunct psychiatric hospital which closed in 1999. Today the village consists of some 900 Victorian inspired dwellings of different housing types and about 100 apartments in the former hospital building.[1]
Fairfield was originally intended to become a new village in its own right, although for the first few years it remained within the civil parish of Stotfold.[2] However, on 1 April 2013 Fairfield became a separate civil parish,[3] and elected its own parish council in May 2013.[4]
Governance
Fairfield Parish council is the local parish council for the village, with seven members elected every four years.[5]
The village is within the 'Fairfield and Arlesey' ward for elections to Central Bedfordshire Council, with two councillors elected every four years.
Prior to the 2024 General Election, Fairfield was located within the North East Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency. Following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it is now in the Hitchin constituency. Its MP is Alistair Strathern (Labour).[6]
Amenities
Amenities in the village include a community centre, Fairfield Bowls Club, Fairfield Park Lower School,[7] a cricket club, a Bannatyne health club, the Pavilion Café,[8] children's parks, a hair salon, a nursery school, a Garden House Hospice Care charity shop[9] and a Tesco Express.[10]
References
- ^ "School History". Fairfield Park Lower School. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012.
- ^ "Seasons on Fairfield". Fairfield Park Residents Association. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Bulletin of change to local authority arrangements, areas and names in England" (PDF). The Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Historic moment for community's parish council". Biggleswade Chronicle. 18 May 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Home". Fairfield Parish Council. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Alistair Strathern". UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Home page". Fairfield Park Lower School. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Pavilion Cafe (Fairfield)". Fairfield Community Hall. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Shops | Fairfield". Garden House Hospice Care. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Fairfield Express | Hitchin | 70 Dickens Boulevard". Tesco. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
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