Leadworth

Leadworth was an English village. Situated in it was Amy's house, home to Amy Pond and Rory Williams prior to their relocation to West London. (TV: The Eleventh Hour, The Impossible Astronaut, The God Complex)

Overview
Leadworth was located in the western English Midlands. It was half an hour by car from the nearest city, Gloucester, which was to the south. (TV: The Eleventh Hour) Its distance from Moreton Harwood, also in Gloucestershire, is not specified. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend)

It had no airport nor a nuclear power station. It did have a post office, a parish church called Saint John's Church, a fire station and a hospital called Royal Leadworth Hospital, where Rory worked. (TV: The Eleventh Hour) It was located near a crop field. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler)

The village had at least one local newspaper, the Leadworth Chronicle. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler)

Using the psychic paper, Rory Williams was identified as Earl of Upper Leadworth, a presumably fictional title. (COMIC: Ripper's Curse)

History
Some time before Easter 1996 a mysterious crack in time had opened in Leadworth, linking it to an Atraxi prison. It allowed the shape-changing Prisoner Zero to escape into the village. On Easter, the Doctor's TARDIS, piloted by the Eleventh Doctor, who had just regenerated and could not properly steer the damaged craft, crashed near Amy's house in her backyard.

In 2008, the village was invaded by the Atraxi, who had come in search of Prisoner Zero. The Doctor, for whom only a short time had passed, defeated Prisoner Zero and then ordered the Atraxi to leave. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)

Alternate versions

 * In a dream version of Leadworth created by the Dream Lord, Leadworth included Upper Leadworth, an area home to many pensioners and 'slightly upmarket' according to Rory Williams. (TV: Amy's Choice)
 * In an alternate timeline where Professor Saurian had stopped the extinction of the dinosaurs, Leadworth was much the same, but the inhabitants were all reptilian creatures. (COMIC: Dino World)

Known residents

 * Amy Pond
 * Augustus and Tabetha Pond
 * Rory Williams
 * Brian Williams
 * Dr Ramsden
 * Mr Henderson
 * Mrs Angelo
 * Jeff Angelo
 * Mels
 * Mrs Poggit (dream)
 * Mrs Hamil (possibly fictional)
 * Sharon (alternate timeline)

Behind the scenes

 * Leadworth scenes are actually filmed at in Cardiff, about half a mile away from the main BBC Wales building. However, the Upper Leadworth scenes in Amy's Choice were filmed in the South East Wales village of.
 * During filming of TV: The Eleventh Hour, Steven Moffat described Leadworth as "basically ."