Colmworth is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in the county of Bedfordshire, England about north-east of Bedford. The parish, including the hamlet of Duck's Cross, had a population of 393 at the 2011 census. Geography Colmworth is west of St Neots, west of Cambridge and north of central London. The village is separated by Colmworth Brook into two areas. To the north is the larger Church End and to the south is Chapel End. Area The civil parish covers an area of . Elevation The village is about above sea level. The land slopes down to in the southeast of the parish. Landscape The village lies within the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands as designated by Natural England. Bedford Borough Council classifies the local landscape as Thurleigh Clay Farmland with large and open arable fields. Roads are mainly lined with hedges and trees interspersed with open stretches. Geology and soil type The parish lies on Oadby till above Oxford clay and Kellaways beds. The soil is highly fertile, lime-rich, loamy and clayey with impeded drainage. The night sky and light pollution Light pollution is the level of radiance (night lights) shining up into the night sky. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) divides the level of night sky brightness into 9 bands with band 1 being the darkest i.e. with the lowest level of light pollution and band 9 the brightest and most polluted. Colmworth is in bands 2 and 3 Roads and footpaths The main road through the village goes north to Little Staughton and Pertenhall and south to Great Barford. There is an extensive network of public footpaths in the south and west of the parish. A path runs south from Honeydon Road, Church End and reaches Wilden. Another runs west off Little Staughton Road to Bolnhurst. History Evidence of Middle and Late Iron Age settlement discovered by archaeologists at Colley Hill Farm in 2011 was considered to be "locally and regionally significant". A medieval moated enclosure, fishponds and fowling earthworks are at Manor Farm. The Colmworth Enclosure Act was passed in 1834. A Primitive Methodist Chapel opened in 1866. The village hall was built in 1969. In 1995, a new apex roof replaced the flat one and a substantial refurbishment was carried out. Colmworth Golf Course opened in 1991. Colmworth CofE VC Lower School closed in August 2003 and the buildings, built