Greenfield, Bedfordshire

Greenfield is a small village about 2km (1.25 miles) from the mid-Bedfordshire town of Flitwick.

It lies across Flitwick Moor from the larger town and is on the opposite side of the River Flit. It forms part of the parish of Flitton and Greenfield. Due to closures, there is now only one public house in Greenfield called The Compasses. Having been closed for several years the White Hart pub in Flitton reopened in January 2007 as a Gastro-pub. Two former pubs, a post office, the village store (formerly Cockroft's), and the old village school are now private houses. A new village school was built on Pulloxhill road during the 1960's.

Greenfield was expanded in the 19th century as a Methodist settlement alongside the Church of England settlement at Flitton. Flitton and Greenfield are essentially contiguous and share a village hall and recreation ground.

The main street (High Street) has junctions with Pulloxhill road, leading to the village of Pulloxhill, and Mill Lane, which was until the 1960s a cart route to Maulden and Ampthill. Mill Lane was named after the mill which worked until the 1960s and was located at the bottom of the lane and public bridal way where a bridge now stands. The area was once well known as a strawberry producing area.

External links

* [http://www.whitehartflitton.co.uk/ The White Hart]