The East Coast Main Line railway passes through the parish at the eastern edge of the village.

Landscape The village is within the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands National Character Area (NCA 88) as defined by Natural England.

[6] Geology and soil type Langford village lies on river gravel and the arable fields to the east on boulder clay over Gault.

[7] The village itself has highly fertile, freely draining, slightly acid but base-rich soil with a loamy texture.

By the Ivel are loamy and clayey floodplain soils, with moderate fertility and naturally high groundwater.

In 1142 Walter's descendant Simon de Wahull gave land to the Knights Templar, who established themselves as Lords of the Manor of Langford Rectory.

34 year old Lt-Cdr John Richard Stanley Overbury, the company test pilot, at Luton, was killed.

Now in North East Bedfordshire, the elected member is Richard Fuller of the Conservative Party.

A small shopping parade on Church Street near to East Road includes a convenience store, Fish and chip/burger take away, pharmacy and hair salon.

Local commerce includes a long-established garden centre, a garage and filling station, a private members' club (The Ivy Leaf Club), farm shop, estate agents, curry house (Spice Lounge), beauty salon, barbers, and a dog grooming boutique.

Langford Village Academy for four to nine year olds is part of the Bedfordshire Schools Trust (BEST).

[20] Poppy Fields waste water treatment works is south of the village, alongside the railway.

Centrebus (South) runs an hourly route south to Henlow and Hitchin (journey time 35 minutes) and north to Biggleswade and Sandy via Dunton, Wrestlingworth and Potton (service 188) or Sutton, Potton, Gamlingay, and Everton (service 190).

[23] Weekly services to Cambridge and Bedford are run by community bus operators Ivel Sprinter and Wanderbus respectively.

Wanderbus also operates monthly services to St Neots, Milton Keynes and Welwyn Garden City.

The two-manual organ, built in 1845 by Gray and Davison, was initially installed at St John the Baptist Church, Windsor before being sold and transferred here in 1906.

At the north of the village on the western side of Church Street is a development of 35 properties called Rowley Fields, built in 2018 on a former meadow.

compete in the Spartan South Midlands League Division One and play their home matches at Forde Park.

A few seasons ago, they were members of the Women's Premier League, playing against teams such as Chelsea, Ipswich Town and Millwall.

Langford Tennis Club has two floodlit courts and compete in the Bedfordshire LTA leagues.

Established in 1875 the Club has been providing cricket for the enjoyment of players and families, at their current ground in Langford, for more than 60 years.

[26] Ben Whishaw, stage and film actor who plays Q in recent James Bond episodes, spent part of his childhood in Langford; he attended local schools as well as taking part in local amateur theatre productions in the village.