[1] Geology and soil type Land north of the main road through the hamlet is arable farmland and lies on boulder clay.

[2] The north of the parish has highly fertile lime-rich loamy and clayey soils with slightly impeded drainage.

Finds, including a short sword and spearheads are in the collection of the Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities at the British Museum.

[6] The Parish Church of St Guthlac dates from the 15th-century, although there is evidence of an earlier structure on the site.

[8] Another notable building is the moated Astwick Bury, which dates from around 1700 and is Grade II listed.

Astwick is part of Stotfold ward for elections to Central Bedfordshire Council.

The facility, as completed in July 2016, consists of eight poultry houses with a permitted capacity of 336,000 broilers.

[14] Permission was given by the Environment Agency in October 2018 for an additional two sheds and an increase in total capacity to 442,000.