The chimneys at the former Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick brickworks, near Bedford, will come down on Sunday to make way for 1,000 new homes and a business park, external. Tim Hill, Liberal ...

It will put Stewartby on the map.' Mr Walker, 37, who has lived here for 11 years, said locals were sad when Stewartby Brickwork's chimneys were demolished but insisted the theme park would give ...

As well as 1,000 homes, the council gave outline planning permission for a business park, a replica chimney, a school, a heritage centre and green spaces. Stewartby, pictured here in 1942 ...

any big money resort will put the former industrial site - once noted for its 167 towering chimneys - on the map. "It's a big global company coming here and putting a big print on Stewartby," he says.

Plans for the redevelopment incorporate elements of its history, with the Grade II listed kilns being partially retained and an iconic Stewartby chimney being reconstructed. Nick Madden ...

John Guinn filmed the towers as each chimney was demolished in succession. Once a bustling industrial site, producing 500 million bricks a year at its peak and employing 2,000 people, Stewartby ...

“Early indications are that the facility would involve a large building complex with more chimneys ... Rookery South energy recovery unit at Stewartby. “Encyclis is making significant ...