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Wrestlingworth  (Wrastlingewurde (xii cent.); Wrestlingforth (xviiand xviii cents.).

Situated on the east Bedfordshire border with Cambridgeshire, Wrestlingworth is a small picturesque rural parish of approximately 1,700 acres with a population of over 850 people.

Today Wrestlingworth incorporates the hamlet of Water End, some half mile to the south of the village centre. Well located for commuting to Cambridge, Stevenage and London, the village is a thriving community with an active pre-school group and a Church of England VC Lower School, which is rated outstanding by Ofsted.

Wrestlingworth is a highly social community with a wide variety of active focus groups, many of which hold their meetings in the village’s iconic Grade I listed 17th Century pub, The Chequers. These include the local Women’s Institute, the Goodwill Fund, the Walking and Wildlife Group, The Bowls Club and the Pre-School support group.

Wrestlingworth is renowned for its excellent network of local walks through the superb local countryside and nearby ancient woods at Potton, together with the historic Clopton Way.