Astwood Bank

Astwood Bank
Evesham Road, Astwood Bank
Astwood Bank  Astwood Bank shown within Worcestershire
District	Redditch
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	REDDITCH
Postcode district	B96
Dialling code	01527
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Redditch
List of places: UK • England • Worcestershire

Astwood Bank is a district of Redditch. The village is noted for its successful cricket 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)-(Feckenham)
• Cllr Brandon Clayton (Conservative)-(Astwood Bank)

Geography

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

Notable residents

• Lionel Britton (1887-1971) was a working class writer from Astwood Bank.
• Soap star; Charlie Clemmow, who is best known for her role as Imogen 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. The line was closed in 1964 so now Redditch 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