Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a county in England. Its county town is Bedford. The county has a population of around 515,000 and covers 123,465 hectares (305,088) acres. It borders onto Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes, Luton, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. Luton was the largest town in the shire until 1997 when it was made a unitary local authority.

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
• 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

External links

• Bedfordshire DMOZ directory
• Bedfordshire County Council