Astwood is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the border with Bedfordshire, approximately east of Newport Pagnell, west of Bedford and north-east of Central Milton Keynes. In 2021 the parish had a population of 217.
The village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means "east wood".
Buildings and landmarks Most of the older buildings in the village have thatched roofs making for a quaint rural setting.
The churchyard of the parish church of St Peter is considered by some as being one of the prettiest in the county.'Parishes : Astwood', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (1927), pp. 270-274. Victoria History of the Counties of England The Grade II-listed church dates from 1154 and includes a 14th-century window, bells dating from the 15th and 17th centuries, and a clock installed in 1774. It was closed to public worship in 2015, and in 2025, the church was put up for sale with planning permission for conversion into a three-bedroom home.
Astwood and Hardmead civil parish council Together with the neighbouring parish of Hardmead, it has a joint parish council, Astwood and Hardmead. At the 2021 census, the component parishes were enumerated separately and had a combined population of 305., then select Milton Keynes, then select both parishes
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