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Fairfield, Bedfordshire

Village in Central Bedfordshire, England

Summary

Village in Central Bedfordshire, England

Field	Value
static_image_name	Fairfield Park Bedfordshire.jpg
static_image_caption	The centre of Fairfield
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Fairfield
unitary_england	Central Bedfordshire
lieutenancy_england	Bedfordshire
region	East of England
constituency_westminster	North East Bedfordshire
post_town	HITCHIN
postcode_district	SG5
postcode_area	SG
dial_code	01462

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.

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. However, on 1 April 2013 Fairfield became a separate civil parish, and elected its own parish council in May 2013.

Governance

Fairfield Parish council is the local parish council for the village, with seven members elected every four years.

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).

Amenities

Amenities in the village include a community centre, Fairfield Bowls Club, Fairfield Park Lower School, a cricket club, a Bannatyne health club, the Pavilion Café, children's parks, a hair salon, a nursery school, a Garden House Hospice Care charity shop and a Tesco Express.

References

"School History". Fairfield Park Lower School.
(July 2025). "Seasons on Fairfield". Fairfield Park Residents Association.
"Bulletin of change to local authority arrangements, areas and names in England". The Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
(18 May 2013). "Historic moment for community's parish council". Biggleswade Chronicle.
"Home". Fairfield Parish Council.
"Alistair Strathern". UK Parliament.
"Home page". Fairfield Park Lower School.
"Pavilion Cafe (Fairfield)". Fairfield Community Hall.
"Shops {{!}} Fairfield". Garden House Hospice Care.
"Fairfield Express {{!}} Hitchin {{!}} 70 Dickens Boulevard". Tesco.

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