Chicksands is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Campton and Chicksands in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The village is on the River Flit and close to its parish village of Campton and the town of Shefford.
In 1961 the parish had a population of 607.[1] In 2007, the population was estimated to be 2,510.[2] By the 2011 census the figure was 1,699.[3]
Mid Bedfordshire District Council moved to a new office building on a part of the former RAF Chicksands sportsfield, adjacent to the A507, having previously been based in offices at Ampthill and Biggleswade. The new office, named Priory House, was officially opened by the Queen on 17 November 2006 accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh.[4] The offices are now home to Central Bedfordshire Council.[5]
^"Population statistics Chicksands ExP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^Bedfordshire County Council, Population Estimates and Forecasts Archived 5 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, estimate for 2007.
^UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Campton and Chicksands Parish (1170221044)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
^"Her Majesty the Queen in Bedfordshire". Bedford Today. 17 November 2006. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^"Customer Services Centre". Central Bedfordshire Council. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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