Stewartby, Bedford, MK43 9TH

Stewartby is a model village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, originally built for the workers of the London Brick Company. The village was designed and built to the plans of the company's architect Mr F W Walker, laid out on a Garden City principle, a later and more modern development than such better‑known Victorian model villages such as Saltaire. Started in 1926, Stewartby is also a later model than Woodlands which was first planned in 1905. The later retirement bungalow development of the 1950s and 1960s with the pavilion community centre in their midst was designed by the neo‑Georgian architect Professor Sir Albert Richardson. Today, Stewartby parish also includes Kempston Hardwick.