[5] Central Bedfordshire Council has classified the local landscape around the village as within the Mid Greensand Ridge.

The north and east of the parish form part of the predominantly flat, Lower Ivel Clay Valley.

[8] Geology and soil type Northill village lies mainly on Oxford clay overlying Kellaways beds.

The eastern area of the parish has soil of low fertility, which is freely draining and slightly acid with a loamy texture.

[11][12] The built environment Along Thorncote Road, Northill are a number of grade II listed, 17th and 18th century thatched cottages of timber-frame construction with colour washed brick and render.

A pair of timber framed, clay tiled gambrel roofed, colour washed roughcast rendered cottages date to about 1800.

On Ickwell Road are a pair of early 19th century timber-framed cottages with weatherboarding and a clay tile roof.

A similar version of this place-name is first evidenced in the Domesday Book of 1086 which reads: Nortigble/Nortgiue(le): Pirot and Ralph from Eudo FitzHubert, Walter from Hugh de Beauchamp; William Speke.

[17] Northill was the baptismal place, and possibly the birthplace, of clockmaker Thomas Tompion, who built the Pump Room Clock in 1709 that has since seen active service in the city of Bath.

Northill is in the North East Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

Bus route 74 to Bedford and Biggleswade operated by Grant Palmer runs hourly, daytime Monday to Saturday.

The Oak Farm and Sweet Briars Cottage areas are in the catchment zone for Robert Bloomfield Academy.