Ashwell is a rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

Walter Loveday and Henry Stevens provided an acre each of land for a school in this district to be named Ashwell after Walter Loveday's farm titled Ashwell which he named after Ashwell, United Kingdom.

[5] The name Kunkala may be an Aboriginal word for running fresh water.

[3] At the 2011 census Ashwell and nearby Lanefield recorded a population of 234.

[8][9] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 58 students with 4 teachers and 8 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).