Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire



Bedford Mid Bedfordshire South Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a county in England. Its county town is Bedford.

The county has a population of 565,943 as of the 2001 Census and covers 123,465 hectares (305,088) acres. It borders onto Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes. Luton was part of Bedfordshire until 1997 when it was made a unitary authority, it is however still part of Bedfordshire for some ceremonial purposes.

Towns and villages

Ampthill
Barton-le-Clay, Bedford, Biggleswade
Beeston
Clophill, Cranfield
Dunstable
Flitwick
Hockliffe
Kempston
Leighton Buzzard
Marston Moretaine, Millbrook
Sandy, Shefford, Stotfold, Studham, Studham Common
Toddington
Whipsnade, Woburn

Places of interest

Dunstable Downs
Leighton Buzzard Railway, a heritage railway
RSPB The Lodge, Sandy
Stevington Windmill
Stewartby Lake
Whipsnade Wildlife Park
Woburn Abbey
Woburn Wildlife Park

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