Edworth lies 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Biggleswade and 17.5 miles (28 km) south-west of Cambridge. The eastern parish boundary borders Hertfordshire.
The hamlet is 45 metres (148 ft) above sea level. The land falls to 32 metres (105 ft) in the north-east corner of the parish. The highest point is the A1 road near Topler's Hill at 69 metres (226 ft).[3]
The majority of the parish is arable farmland. The centre, north and west of the parish lie on boulder clay. The remainder is largely gault.[4] The whole parish has highly fertile lime-rich loamy and clayey soils with slightly impeded drainage.[5]
St. George's Church has not been used for worship since 1974. It is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. Building started around 1200. Highlights include medieval glass, a rare pillar piscina, traces of fourteenth-century wall paintings, a decorated font and fifteenth-century choirstalls carved with animals. There is a ring of three bells, the oldest of which dates to 1480.[6]
Edworth is in the Potton Public Water Supply Zone (RW50). The water supplied by Anglian Water comes from groundwater boreholes and is chloraminated and classed as hard.[7]
Hinxworth and Edworth Village Hall is in the nearby village of Hinxworth.
References
^ abWilliam Page, ed. (1908), "Parishes: Edworth", A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 2, Institute of Historical Research, retrieved 8 July 2012
