Knotting Green Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.2543°N -0.5303°W
Official Name:Knotting Green
Unitary England:Bedford
Lieutenancy England:Bedfordshire
Region:East of England
Constituency Westminster:North East Bedfordshire
Post Town:BEDFORD
Postcode District:MK44
Postcode Area:MK
Dial Code:01234
Os Grid Reference:TL004628
Static Image:Knotting Green - geograph.org.uk - 416224.jpg
Static Image Caption:Entrance into Knotting Green

Knotting Green is a hamlet located in the Borough of Bedford of Bedfordshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Knotting and Souldrop.

The settlement is close to Knotting, Souldrop and Riseley. The nearest town to Knotting Green is Rushden in Northamptonshire. The hamlet consists of several farms, a few cottages and a Wesleyan chapel.[1] The chapel was registered 1889 by the Wesleyan minister Arthur James Pickworth.[2]

Knotting Green Farm is a 16th to 17th century building that was extended in the 19th century designated as Grade II and of special interest in 1952.[3] It was originally part of the Manor of Knotting and was owned by the Duke of Bedford until 1882.

Strawberry Hill at Knotting Green was a farm until the 1990s when the 150-hectare of land was left to rewild.[4] In 2022 the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire leased the reserve and after raising £1million purchased the southern half.[5] In 2024 the charity started raising money to purchase the rest of the site to save the unique habitat in an area dominated by agriculture. The farmhouse was built by Francis Russell the Duke of Bedford in 1868 and was listed as Grade II and of special interest in 1987.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parishes: Knotting British History Online . www.british-history.ac.uk . 22 June 2024.
  2. Web site: Methodists in Knotting . bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk . 22 June 2024 . 21 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Knotting Green Farm . bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk . 22 June 2024 . 21 June 2019.
  4. News: Turner . Clare . Charity buys unique 150-hectare wildlife farm in Bedford . 22 June 2024 . Bedford Today . Sep 5, 2022.
  5. News: Appeal to save 'magical' Strawberry Hill rewilding haven . 22 June 2024 . BBC News . 17 June 2024.
  6. Web site: Strawberry Hill Farm, Knotting . bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk . 22 June 2024 . 21 June 2019.