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class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Emergency services</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Emergency_services-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parliamentary_constituencies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parliamentary_constituencies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Parliamentary constituencies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parliamentary_constituencies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Traditional_dishes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Traditional_dishes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Traditional dishes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Traditional_dishes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Visitor_attractions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Visitor_attractions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Visitor attractions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Visitor_attractions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Millbrook Proving Ground</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Millbrook_Proving_Ground-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport_and_leisure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport_and_leisure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Sport and leisure</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sport_and_leisure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliographical_references" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliographical_references"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Bibliographical references</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliographical_references-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1" title="بيدفوردشير – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بيدفوردشير" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%88%D1%8B%D1%80" title="Бедфардшыр – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бедфардшыр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%88%D1%8B%D1%80" title="Бэдфардшыр – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Бэдфардшыр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%88%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Бедфордшър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бедфордшър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swydd_Bedford" title="Swydd Bedford – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Swydd Bedford" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%8A%CF%81" title="Μπέντφορντσαϊρ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπέντφορντσαϊρ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%B1" title="بدفوردشر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بدفوردشر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EB%93%9C%ED%8D%BC%EB%93%9C%EC%85%94%EC%A3%BC" title="베드퍼드셔주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="베드퍼드셔주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%A4%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%B7%D5%AB%D6%80" title="Բեդֆորդշիր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բեդֆորդշիր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0" title="बेडफ़र्डशायर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बेडफ़र्डशायर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80" title="Бедфордшир – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Бедфордшир" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%93%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8" title="בדפורדשייר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בדפורדשייר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordiensis_comitatus" title="Bedfordiensis comitatus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Bedfordiensis comitatus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford%C5%A1%C4%ABra" title="Bedfordšīra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Bedfordšīra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford%C5%A1yras" title="Bedfordšyras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bedfordšyras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80" title="Бедфордшир – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Бедфордшир" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0" title="बेडफर्डशायर – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बेडफर्डशायर" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1" title="بيدفوردشير – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بيدفوردشير" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC" title="ベッドフォードシャー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ベッドフォードシャー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1" title="بیڈفورڈشائر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بیڈفورڈشائر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80" title="Бедфордшир – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бедфордшир" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80" title="Бедфордшир – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Бедфордшир" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80" title="Бедфордшир – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Бедфордшир" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C" title="เบดฟอร์ดเชอร์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เบดฟอร์ดเชอร์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80" title="Бедфордшир – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Бедфордшир" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80" title="Бедфордшир – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Бедфордшир" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1" title="بیڈفورڈشائر – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بیڈفورڈشائر" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9dfordshir" title="Bédfordshir – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="Bédfordshir" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Bedfordshire" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B4%9D%E5%BE%B7%E7%A6%8F%E5%BE%B7%E9%83%A1" title="贝德福德郡 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="贝德福德郡" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8" title="בעדפארדשיר – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="בעדפארדשיר" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%99%BE%E7%A6%8F%E9%83%A1" title="百福郡 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="百福郡" data-language-autonym="粵語" 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class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bedfordshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Bedfordshire in England"><img alt="Location of Bedfordshire in England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Bedfordshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg/250px-Bedfordshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Bedfordshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg/375px-Bedfordshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Bedfordshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg/500px-Bedfordshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1108" data-file-height="1345" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Bedfordshire in England</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bedfordshire&params=52_05_N_0_25_W_region:GB_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°05′N</span> <span class="longitude">0°25′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.083°N 0.417°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.083; -0.417</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent country</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/East_of_England" title="East of England">East</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">Ancient</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Time in the United Kingdom">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">UK Parliament</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Bedfordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire">List of MPs</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Police</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_Police" title="Bedfordshire Police">Bedfordshire Police</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest town</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Luton" title="Luton">Luton</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color: #cddeff; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Bedfordshire" title="Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire">Lord Lieutenant</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Susan Lousada</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Bedfordshire" title="High Sheriff of Bedfordshire">High Sheriff</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Russel Beard (2023-24)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,235 km<sup>2</sup> (477 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ceremonial counties of England">41st of 48</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<span class="nowrap"> </span><div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">715,940</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ceremonial counties of England">36th of 48</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Density</th><td class="infobox-data">580/km<sup>2</sup> (1,500/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnicity<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">72.0% White<br />16.6%. Asian<br />5.6% Black<br />3.8% Mixed<br />1.9% Other<sup id="cite_ref-Nomis_2021_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nomis_2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color: #cddeff; font-weight: bold;">Districts</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bedfordshire_numbered_districts.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Bedfordshire_numbered_districts.svg/200px-Bedfordshire_numbered_districts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Bedfordshire_numbered_districts.svg/300px-Bedfordshire_numbered_districts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Bedfordshire_numbered_districts.svg/400px-Bedfordshire_numbered_districts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1120" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span><br />Districts of Bedfordshire<br /><span style="display:inline-block;border:1.62px solid black;vertical-align:text-top;" title="#ffff99"><span class="mw-no-invert" style="display:block;padding:0;width:1em;height:1em;background:#FFFF99;color:inherit;"> </span></span> Unitary </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Bedford" title="Borough of Bedford">Bedford</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire" title="Central Bedfordshire">Central Bedfordshire</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Luton" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough of Luton">Luton</a></li></ol> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bedfordshire</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'">ɪər</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span>; abbreviated <i>Beds</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceremonial County">ceremonial county</a> in the <a href="/wiki/East_of_England" title="East of England">East of England</a>. It is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a> to the north-east, <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a> to the south and the south-east, and <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a> to the west. The largest settlement is <a href="/wiki/Luton" title="Luton">Luton</a> (225,262),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources in the body of the article. (April 2024)">not verified in body</span></a></i>]</sup> and <a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a> is the <a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">county town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county has an area of 1,235 km<sup>2</sup> (477 sq mi) and had a population of 704,736 at the 2021 census.<sup id="cite_ref-Nomis_2021_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nomis_2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its other towns include <a href="/wiki/Leighton_Buzzard" title="Leighton Buzzard">Leighton Buzzard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dunstable" title="Dunstable">Dunstable</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biggleswade" title="Biggleswade">Biggleswade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houghton_Regis" title="Houghton Regis">Houghton Regis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Flitwick" title="Flitwick">Flitwick</a>. Much of the county is rural. For <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England" title="Local government in England">local government</a> purposes, Bedfordshire comprises three <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">unitary authority</a> areas: <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Bedford" title="Borough of Bedford">Bedford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire" title="Central Bedfordshire">Central Bedfordshire</a>, and Luton. </p><p>The county's highest point is 243 m (797 ft) on <a href="/wiki/Dunstable_Downs" title="Dunstable Downs">Dunstable Downs</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Chilterns" class="mw-redirect" title="Chilterns">Chilterns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Bedfordshire" title="History of Bedfordshire">History of Bedfordshire</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bedfordshire_County_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bedfordshire_County_Flag.svg/220px-Bedfordshire_County_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bedfordshire_County_Flag.svg/330px-Bedfordshire_County_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bedfordshire_County_Flag.svg/440px-Bedfordshire_County_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Bedfordshire" title="Flag of Bedfordshire">flag</a> of the historic county of Bedfordshire</figcaption></figure> <p>The first recorded use of the name in 1011 was "<b>Bedanfordscir</b>", meaning the shire or county of Bedford, which itself means "Beda's ford" (river crossing). </p><p>Bedfordshire was historically divided into nine <a href="/wiki/Hundred_(division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hundred (division)">hundreds</a>: <a href="/wiki/Barford,_Bedfordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Barford, Bedfordshire">Barford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biggleswade_(hundred)" class="mw-redirect" title="Biggleswade (hundred)">Biggleswade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clifton,_Bedfordshire" title="Clifton, Bedfordshire">Clifton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flitt" class="mw-redirect" title="Flitt">Flitt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manshead" title="Manshead">Manshead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wixams" title="Wixams">Redbornestoke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stodden" class="mw-redirect" title="Stodden">Stodden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willey_(hundred)" class="mw-redirect" title="Willey (hundred)">Willey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wixamtree" title="Wixamtree">Wixamtree</a>, along with the liberty and the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_borough" title="Ancient borough">ancient borough</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a>. </p><p>There have been several changes to the county boundary; for example, in 1897 <a href="/wiki/Kensworth" title="Kensworth">Kensworth</a> and part of <a href="/wiki/Caddington" title="Caddington">Caddington</a> were transferred from <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a> to Bedfordshire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Northamptonia_Bedfordia_Cantabrigia_Huntingdonia_Rutlandia_Atlas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Northamptonia_Bedfordia_Cantabrigia_Huntingdonia_Rutlandia_Atlas.jpg/250px-Northamptonia_Bedfordia_Cantabrigia_Huntingdonia_Rutlandia_Atlas.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Northamptonia_Bedfordia_Cantabrigia_Huntingdonia_Rutlandia_Atlas.jpg/375px-Northamptonia_Bedfordia_Cantabrigia_Huntingdonia_Rutlandia_Atlas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Northamptonia_Bedfordia_Cantabrigia_Huntingdonia_Rutlandia_Atlas.jpg/500px-Northamptonia_Bedfordia_Cantabrigia_Huntingdonia_Rutlandia_Atlas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9466" data-file-height="7180" /></a><figcaption>Hand-drawn map of Northampshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Rutland by Christopher Saxton from 1576</figcaption></figure> <p>The southern end of the county is on the <a href="/wiki/Chalk" title="Chalk">chalk</a> ridge known as the <a href="/wiki/Chiltern_Hills" title="Chiltern Hills">Chiltern Hills</a>. The remainder forms part of the broad <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">drainage basin</a> of the <a href="/wiki/River_Great_Ouse" title="River Great Ouse">River Great Ouse</a> and its tributaries. Most of Bedfordshire's rocks are <a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">clays</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstones</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a> periods, with some <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a>. Local clay has been used for <a href="/wiki/Brick-making" class="mw-redirect" title="Brick-making">brick-making</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fletton_brick" class="mw-redirect" title="Fletton brick">Fletton-style bricks</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Marston_Vale" title="Marston Vale">Marston Vale</a>. <a href="/wiki/Glacier" title="Glacier">Glacial</a> erosion of chalk has left hard <a href="/wiki/Flint" title="Flint">flint</a> nodules deposited as gravel—these have been commercially extracted in the past at pits which are now lakes: at <a href="/wiki/Priory_Country_Park" title="Priory Country Park">Priory Country Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wyboston" title="Wyboston">Wyboston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Felmersham_Gravel_Pits" title="Felmersham Gravel Pits">Felmersham</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_Greensand_Ridge" title="Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge">Greensand Ridge</a> is an escarpment across the county from near Leighton Buzzard to near Gamlingay in <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bedfordshire, being situated in the east of England, has a relatively dry mixed climate for the UK with regular but generally there is sometimes rainfall. Average annual rainfall is 608.6 millimetres (23.96 in) at Bedford. October is the wettest month, with 65.3 millimetres (2.57 in), and March the driest, with 37.3 millimetres (1.47 in).<sup id="cite_ref-metoffice.gov.uk_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metoffice.gov.uk-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although temperatures are usually moderate, the county has one of the largest absolute temperature ranges in the UK – of more than 60 °C (108 °F). Average temperatures in Bedford range from a low of 1.5 °C (34.7 °F) overnight in February to a high of 22.4 °C (72.3 °F) during the day in July.<sup id="cite_ref-metoffice.gov.uk_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metoffice.gov.uk-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest official temperature recorded in Bedfordshire was 39.7 °C (103.5 °F) in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lowest official temperature recorded in Bedfordshire was −20.6 °C (−5.1 °F) in 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Police_and_Crime_Commissioner">Police and Crime Commissioner</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Police and Crime Commissioner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner is <a href="/wiki/John_Tizard" title="John Tizard">John Tizard</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For local government purposes, Bedfordshire is divided into three <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authorities</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Borough_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Borough status in the United Kingdom">boroughs</a> of <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Bedford" title="Borough of Bedford">Bedford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luton" title="Luton">Luton</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire" title="Central Bedfordshire">Central Bedfordshire</a>. Healthcare in the county is dealt with by a single Clinical Commission Group (CCG), which serves all three local authorities in the county, alongside the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Milton_Keynes" title="City of Milton Keynes">City of Milton Keynes</a> in <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emergency_services">Emergency services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Emergency services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Policing and fire and rescue services continue to be provided on a county-wide basis, with <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_Police" title="Bedfordshire Police">Bedfordshire Police</a> governed by the <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_Police_and_Crime_Commissioner" title="Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner">Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service">Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service</a> governed by a Fire Authority comprising members of the three councils.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_constituencies">Parliamentary constituencies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Parliamentary constituencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For elections to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>, Bedfordshire is divided into seven constituencies, each returning a single <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP): </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency</th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bedford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bedford (UK Parliament constituency)">Bedford</a></td> <td bgcolor="#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Yasin_(politician)" title="Mohammad Yasin (politician)">Mohammad Yasin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunstable_and_Leighton_Buzzard_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (UK Parliament constituency)">Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard</a></td> <td bgcolor="#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Mayer" title="Alex Mayer">Alex Mayer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hitchin_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hitchin (UK Parliament constituency)">Hitchin</a></td> <td bgcolor="#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Strathern" title="Alistair Strathern">Alistair Strathern</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Luton_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Luton North (UK Parliament constituency)">Luton North</a></td> <td bgcolor="#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Owen" title="Sarah Owen">Sarah Owen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Luton_South_and_South_Bedfordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Luton South and South Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Luton South and South Bedfordshire</a></td> <td bgcolor="#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Hopkins" title="Rachel Hopkins">Rachel Hopkins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid_Bedfordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Bedfordshire</a></td> <td bgcolor="#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blake_Stephenson" title="Blake Stephenson">Blake Stephenson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Bedfordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">North Bedfordshire</a></td> <td bgcolor="#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fuller_(Bedford_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Fuller (Bedford MP)">Richard Fuller</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The present constituencies date from <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The boundaries were slightly modified for the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Bedfordshire_(historic)" title="Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire (historic)">Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire (historic)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Bedfordshire at current basic prices <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110728091019/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/RegionalGVA.pdf">published</a> (pp. 240–253) by <i>Office for National Statistics</i> with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Regional Gross Value Added<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Agriculture<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Industry<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Services<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td><b>4,109</b></td> <td>81</td> <td>1,584</td> <td>2,444 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td><b>4,716</b></td> <td>53</td> <td>1,296</td> <td>3,367 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td><b>5,466</b></td> <td>52</td> <td>1,311</td> <td>4,102 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Bedfordshire is the location of a number of notable UK and international companies who have either headquarters or major bases in the county. <a href="/wiki/Autoglass" class="mw-redirect" title="Autoglass">Autoglass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boxclever" title="Boxclever">Boxclever</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Wells_Ltd" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Wells Ltd">Charles Wells Pubs</a> are all based in <a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/Kier_Group" title="Kier Group">Kier Group</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingspan_Off-Site" title="Kingspan Off-Site">Kingspan Timber Solutions</a> are based in <a href="/wiki/Sandy,_Bedfordshire" title="Sandy, Bedfordshire">Sandy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jordans_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jordans (company)">Jordans Cereals</a> are based in <a href="/wiki/Biggleswade" title="Biggleswade">Biggleswade</a>. <a href="/wiki/EasyJet" title="EasyJet">EasyJet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Impellam_Group" title="Impellam Group">Impellam</a>, <a href="/wiki/TUI_Airways" title="TUI Airways">TUI Airways</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_Motors" title="Vauxhall Motors">Vauxhall Motors</a> are all based in <a href="/wiki/Luton" title="Luton">Luton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whitbread" title="Whitbread">Whitbread</a> is based in <a href="/wiki/Houghton_Regis" title="Houghton Regis">Houghton Regis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Costa_Coffee" title="Costa Coffee">Costa Coffee</a> is now based in <a href="/wiki/Dunstable" title="Dunstable">Dunstable</a>. <a href="/wiki/UltraVision" title="UltraVision">UltraVision</a> is based in <a href="/wiki/Leighton_Buzzard" title="Leighton Buzzard">Leighton Buzzard</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Moto_Hospitality" title="Moto Hospitality">Moto Hospitality</a> is based at <a href="/wiki/Toddington,_Bedfordshire" title="Toddington, Bedfordshire">Toddington</a> service station. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Traditional_dishes">Traditional dishes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Traditional dishes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "<a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_clanger" title="Bedfordshire clanger">Bedfordshire clanger</a>" is a local dish consisting of a <a href="/wiki/Suet" title="Suet">suet</a> crust pastry filled with meat in one end and a fruit preserve in the other. It was traditionally a farm labourers' meal, designed so as to produce no waste as well as two separate meals. </p><p>Chocolate Toothpaste is another local delicacy.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Chocolate_tart" title="Chocolate tart">chocolate tart</a>, Chocolate Toothpaste consists of a gritty chocolate filling (said to resemble the texture of toothpaste) within a pastry tart, commonly finished with a swirl of whipped cream on top. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Visitor_attractions">Visitor attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Visitor attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luton_Hoo_(South_Face_-_01).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Luton_Hoo_%28South_Face_-_01%29.jpg/180px-Luton_Hoo_%28South_Face_-_01%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Luton_Hoo_%28South_Face_-_01%29.jpg/270px-Luton_Hoo_%28South_Face_-_01%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Luton_Hoo_%28South_Face_-_01%29.jpg/360px-Luton_Hoo_%28South_Face_-_01%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4269" data-file-height="3167" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Luton_Hoo" title="Luton Hoo">Luton Hoo</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="toccolours" style="float:right; clear:right; margin-left:1em;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><b>Key</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AP_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/16px-AP_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/24px-AP_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/AP_Icon.svg/32px-AP_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_monastic_houses_in_England" title="List of monastic houses in England">Abbey/Priory/Cathedral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UKAL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Accessible open space"><img alt="Accessible open space" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/18px-UKAL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/27px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UKAL_icon.svg/36px-UKAL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="11" /></a></span></td> <td>Accessible open space </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Themepark_uk_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Themepark_uk_icon.png/15px-Themepark_uk_icon.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Themepark_uk_icon.png 1.5x" data-file-width="22" data-file-height="28" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_amusement_parks_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of amusement parks in the United Kingdom">Amusement/Theme Park</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CL_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/14px-CL_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/21px-CL_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/CL_icon.svg/28px-CL_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_castles_in_England" title="List of castles in England">Castle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Country_parks.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Country Park"><img alt="Country Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Country_parks.svg/15px-Country_parks.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Country_parks.svg/23px-Country_parks.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Country_parks.svg/30px-Country_parks.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="160" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_park" title="Country park">Country Park</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EH_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/14px-EH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/21px-EH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/28px-EH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_Heritage" title="English Heritage">English Heritage</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Forestry_Commission" title="Forestry Commission">Forestry Commission</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HR_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Heritage railway"><img alt="Heritage railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/16px-HR_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/24px-HR_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/HR_icon.svg/32px-HR_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="13" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_heritage_and_private_railways#England" title="List of British heritage and private railways">Heritage railway</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Historic house"><img alt="Historic house" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/23px-HH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/NTE_icon.svg/30px-NTE_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Willington_Dovecote_%26_Stables" class="mw-redirect" title="Willington Dovecote & Stables">Willington Dovecote & Stables</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HH_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/15px-HH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/23px-HH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/HH_icon.svg/30px-HH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="15" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Woburn_Abbey" title="Woburn Abbey">Woburn Abbey</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zoo_icon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg/20px-Zoo_icon.jpg" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg/30px-Zoo_icon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="27" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Woburn_Safari_Park" title="Woburn Safari Park">Woburn Safari Park</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zoo_icon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg/20px-Zoo_icon.jpg" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg/30px-Zoo_icon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Zoo_icon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="27" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Woodside_Farm_and_Wildfowl_Park" title="Woodside Farm and Wildfowl Park">Woodside Farm and Wildfowl Park</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EH_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/14px-EH_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/21px-EH_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/EH_icon.svg/28px-EH_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="14" data-file-height="14" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wrest_Park_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrest Park Gardens">Wrest Park Gardens</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_future_transport_developments_in_the_East_of_England" title="List of future transport developments in the East of England">List of future transport developments in the East of England</a></div> <p>Bedfordshire lies on many of the main transport routes which link <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> to the <a href="/wiki/English_Midlands" class="mw-redirect" title="English Midlands">Midlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">Northern England</a> and the rest of the UK. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two of England's six main <a href="/wiki/Trunk_roads" class="mw-redirect" title="Trunk roads">trunk roads</a> pass through Bedfordshire. The <a href="/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A1 road (Great Britain)">A1</a> London to <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> road (the Great North Road) runs close by Biggleswade and Sandy, and <a href="/wiki/Watling_Street" title="Watling Street">Watling Street</a>, the Roman road between London and Chester, passes through Dunstable. Until it was diverted in 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this was also the route of the <a href="/wiki/A5_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A5 road (Great Britain)">A5 road</a> between London and <a href="/wiki/Holyhead" title="Holyhead">Holyhead</a>. The Bedfordshire section of the A5 now runs from junction 11a of the M1 to rejoin Watling Street between Dunstable and <a href="/wiki/Hockliffe" title="Hockliffe">Hockliffe</a>, then continues on to cross the <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a> border at the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Milton_Keynes" title="City of Milton Keynes">City of Milton Keynes</a>. </p><p>To these was added in 1959 the <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1 motorway</a>, running from London to <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>. Running from junctions 10 to 13 in Bedfordshire, there are two junctions serving Luton (at the southern end), with another one serving Bedford and <a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes" title="Milton Keynes">Milton Keynes</a> (at the northern end). Between these lies two other junctions in the county, with one connecting to the <a href="/wiki/A5_(road)" class="mw-redirect" title="A5 (road)">A5</a> and serving <a href="/wiki/Dunstable" title="Dunstable">Dunstable</a>, and the other serving the town of <a href="/wiki/Flitwick" title="Flitwick">Flitwick</a>. There is also one motorway service station in the county: Toddington Services. </p><p>Former trunk roads, now local roads managed by the local highway authorities, include the <a href="/wiki/A428_road" title="A428 road">A428</a> (Cambridge-Coventry) running east–west through Bedford Borough, and the <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(England)" title="A6 road (England)">A6</a> from Luton to <a href="/wiki/Carlisle" title="Carlisle">Carlisle</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three of England's main lines pass through Bedfordshire. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a> has but a short section where it passes through the far west of the county, with one station at <a href="/wiki/Leighton_Buzzard_railway_station" title="Leighton Buzzard railway station">Leighton Buzzard</a> served by <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Trains" title="West Midlands Trains">West Midlands Trains</a> to <a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">London Euston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northampton_railway_station" title="Northampton railway station">Northampton</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Main_Line" title="East Coast Main Line">East Coast Main Line</a> has stations at <a href="/wiki/Arlesey_railway_station" title="Arlesey railway station">Arlesey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biggleswade_railway_station" title="Biggleswade railway station">Biggleswade</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sandy_railway_station" title="Sandy railway station">Sandy</a>, served by <a href="/wiki/Govia_Thameslink_Railway" title="Govia Thameslink Railway">Great Northern</a> services to <a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">King's Cross</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_railway_station" title="Peterborough railway station">Peterborough</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Midland_Main_Line" title="Midland Main Line">Midland Main Line</a> serves <a href="/wiki/Luton_railway_station" title="Luton railway station">Luton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luton_Airport" title="Luton Airport">Luton Airport</a> (via <a href="/wiki/Luton_DART" title="Luton DART">Luton DART</a> link from the station at <a href="/wiki/Luton_Airport_Parkway_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Luton Airport Parkway railway station">Luton Airport Parkway</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Bedford_railway_station" title="Bedford railway station">Bedford</a>, with trains to many destinations operated by <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway" title="East Midlands Railway">East Midlands Railway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Govia_Thameslink_Railway" title="Govia Thameslink Railway">Thameslink</a>. Intermediate stations at <a href="/wiki/Flitwick_railway_station" title="Flitwick railway station">Flitwick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harlington_railway_station" title="Harlington railway station">Harlington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leagrave_railway_station" title="Leagrave railway station">Leagrave</a> are served by Thameslink. </p><p>There are London North Western rural services also running between Bedford and <a href="/wiki/Bletchley_railway_station" title="Bletchley railway station">Bletchley</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Marston_Vale_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Marston Vale Line">Marston Vale Line</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Waterways">Waterways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Waterways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/River_Great_Ouse" title="River Great Ouse">River Great Ouse</a> links Bedfordshire to the <a href="/wiki/The_Fens" title="The Fens">Fenland</a> waterways. As of 2004 there are plans by the <a href="/wiki/Bedford_%26_Milton_Keynes_Waterway_Trust" title="Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust">Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust</a> to construct a <a href="/wiki/Canal" title="Canal">canal</a> linking the Great Ouse at Bedford to the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal" title="Grand Union Canal">Grand Union Canal</a> at Milton Keynes, 14 miles (23 km) distant.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luton_Airport_and_Airport_Way_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2777804.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Luton_Airport_and_Airport_Way_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2777804.jpg/220px-Luton_Airport_and_Airport_Way_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2777804.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Luton_Airport_and_Airport_Way_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2777804.jpg/330px-Luton_Airport_and_Airport_Way_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2777804.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Luton_Airport_and_Airport_Way_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2777804.jpg/440px-Luton_Airport_and_Airport_Way_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2777804.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="327" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Luton_Airport" title="Luton Airport">Luton Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Luton_Airport" title="Luton Airport">Luton Airport</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Airports_in_the_United_Kingdom_by_total_passenger_traffic" class="mw-redirect" title="Airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic">fifth busiest</a> in the United Kingdom) has flights to many UK, European, <a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Eastern">Middle Eastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_African" class="mw-redirect" title="North African">North African</a> destinations, operated largely (but not exclusively) by low-cost airlines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local news is provided by <a href="/wiki/BBC_East" title="BBC East">BBC East</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Anglia" title="ITV Anglia">ITV Anglia</a> from <a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a>, the southern part of the county such as <a href="/wiki/Luton" title="Luton">Luton</a> can also receive <a href="/wiki/BBC_London" title="BBC London">BBC London</a> & <a href="/wiki/ITV_London" title="ITV London">ITV London</a> meaning the area can get news and television programmes from <a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. </p><p>Local radio stations are <a href="/wiki/BBC_Three_Counties_Radio" title="BBC Three Counties Radio">BBC Three Counties Radio</a> (broadcast from <a href="/wiki/Dunstable" title="Dunstable">Dunstable</a>), <a href="/wiki/Heart_East" title="Heart East">Heart East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Bucks,_Beds_and_Herts" title="Greatest Hits Radio Bucks, Beds and Herts">Greatest Hits Radio Bucks, Beds and Herts</a> (formerly Mix 96), <a href="/wiki/BigglesFM" title="BigglesFM">BigglesFM</a> (covering <a href="/wiki/Biggleswade" title="Biggleswade">Biggleswade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Potton" title="Potton">Potton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sandy,_Bedfordshire" title="Sandy, Bedfordshire">Sandy</a>), <a href="/wiki/In2beats" title="In2beats">In2beats</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Radio_LaB_97.1FM" title="Radio LaB 97.1FM">Radio LaB</a> (<a href="/wiki/Luton" title="Luton">Luton</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Settlements">Settlements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Settlements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Bedfordshire" title="List of places in Bedfordshire">List of places in Bedfordshire</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Bedfordshire_settlements_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Bedfordshire settlements by population">List of Bedfordshire settlements by population</a> and <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_Bedfordshire" title="Civil parishes in Bedfordshire">Civil parishes in Bedfordshire</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The state education system for all of Bedfordshire used to be organised by Bedfordshire County Council. Unlike most of the United Kingdom, Bedfordshire County Council operated a <a href="/wiki/Three-tier_education" title="Three-tier education">three-tier education</a> system arranged into lower, middle and upper schools, as recommended in the <a href="/wiki/Plowden_Report" title="Plowden Report">Plowden Report</a> of 1967, although Luton continued to operate a two-tier system. The three-tier arrangement continued in the rest of the county, though in 2006 a vote was held with a view to moving to the two-tier model, but this was rejected.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/2009_structural_changes_to_local_government_in_England" title="2009 structural changes to local government in England">2009 structural changes to local government in England</a>, Bedfordshire County Council was abolished, and its responsibilities for education were passed to <a href="/wiki/Bedford_Borough_Council" title="Bedford Borough Council">Bedford Borough Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire_Council" title="Central Bedfordshire Council">Central Bedfordshire Council</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bedford_Borough">Bedford Borough</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Bedford Borough"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bedford Borough Council voted in November 2009 to change to the two-tier model in its area.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The change was due to be introduced over a five-year period and be completed in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, with the cancellation of the <a href="/wiki/Building_Schools_for_the_Future" title="Building Schools for the Future">Building Schools for the Future</a> programme in 2010, the borough changed its proposals, and the switch proceeded on school by school basis where council funds allowed. However as of 2020 all of Bedford Borough has a two-tier education structure apart from in the Marston Vale area (one upper school remains). </p><p>Most of the secondary schools in the area offer <a href="/wiki/Sixth_form" title="Sixth form">sixth form</a> courses (such as <a href="/wiki/A_Levels" class="mw-redirect" title="A Levels">A Levels</a>), though <a href="/wiki/Bedford_College,_Bedford" title="Bedford College, Bedford">Bedford College</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Bedford_Sixth_Form" title="The Bedford Sixth Form">The Bedford Sixth Form</a> also offer a range of <a href="/wiki/Further_education" title="Further education">further education</a> courses. Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Stella_Mann_College_of_Performing_Arts" title="Stella Mann College of Performing Arts">Stella Mann College</a> is a private college which offers a range of further education courses relating to the <a href="/wiki/Performing_arts" title="Performing arts">performing arts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are a number of <a href="/wiki/Independent_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent schools">independent schools</a>, many of which have links to the <a href="/wiki/Harpur_Trust" title="Harpur Trust">Harpur Trust</a>. These include <a href="/wiki/Bedford_School" title="Bedford School">Bedford School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bedford_Modern_School" title="Bedford Modern School">Bedford Modern School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bedford_Girls%27_School" title="Bedford Girls' School">Bedford Girls' School</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_Bedfordshire">Central Bedfordshire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Central Bedfordshire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shuttleworth_ag_college.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Shuttleworth_ag_college.jpg/220px-Shuttleworth_ag_college.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Shuttleworth_ag_college.jpg/330px-Shuttleworth_ag_college.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Shuttleworth_ag_college.jpg/440px-Shuttleworth_ag_college.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="481" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shuttleworth_College_(Bedfordshire)" title="Shuttleworth College (Bedfordshire)">Shuttleworth College</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In Central Bedfordshire, the school systems in Dunstable and Sandy have been re-organised into the two-tier model in response to parent and school demand, but elsewhere in the authority the three-tier model continues. Plans for the construction of new settlements in Marston Vale have included lower, middle and upper schools. </p><p>As well as sixth form departments in schools, the main further education providers in the district are <a href="/wiki/Central_Bedfordshire_College" title="Central Bedfordshire College">Central Bedfordshire College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shuttleworth_College_(Bedfordshire)" title="Shuttleworth College (Bedfordshire)">Shuttleworth College</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Luton">Luton</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Luton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Luton also operates a three-tier education system, though its organisation of infant, junior and high schools mirrors the traditional transfer age into secondary education of 11 years. However, most of Luton's high schools do not offer sixth-form education. Instead, this is handled by <a href="/wiki/Luton_Sixth_Form_College" title="Luton Sixth Form College">Luton Sixth Form College</a>, though <a href="/wiki/Barnfield_College" title="Barnfield College">Barnfield College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Newman_Catholic_School" title="Cardinal Newman Catholic School">Cardinal Newman Catholic School</a> also offer a range of <a href="/wiki/Further_education" title="Further education">further education</a> courses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two <a href="/wiki/Universities" class="mw-redirect" title="Universities">universities</a> based in the county – the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bedfordshire" title="University of Bedfordshire">University of Bedfordshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cranfield_University" title="Cranfield University">Cranfield University</a>. These institutions attract students from all over the UK and abroad, as well as from Bedfordshire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cardington_airship_sheds">Cardington airship sheds</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Cardington airship sheds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The enormous Cardington airship sheds are situated to the south of Bedford, near the villages of <a href="/wiki/Cardington,_Bedfordshire" title="Cardington, Bedfordshire">Cardington</a> and Shortstown. They were originally built for the construction of large airships during World War I. Since falling out of their intended use, one has been used for many purposes including housing film sets for 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Batman Begins' and as a rehearsal space for <a href="/wiki/Take_That" title="Take That">Take That</a>, with the other having been extensively refurbished and now accommodating Hybrid Air Vehicles, a British modern airship design and manufacturing company. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="St_Paul's_Church_Bedford"><span id="St_Paul.27s_Church_Bedford"></span>St Paul's Church Bedford</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: St Paul's Church Bedford"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Church,_Bedford" title="St Paul's Church, Bedford">St Paul's Church, Bedford</a> is a Church of England parish church and the Civic Church of the Borough of Bedford and the County of Bedfordshire. Located on St Paul's Square, the large medieval and later church of cathedral proportions and iconic spire dominates the town and area, exercises a ministry of welcome to thousands of visitors and pilgrims from far and wide each year, and is a focus for special commemorations and celebrations in the borough, county, region and wider community, as well as being a central venue for concerts, recitals and exhibitions. Historically, St Paul's played a key part in the life of the British nation during the Second World War as the church of the BBC. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Millbrook_Proving_Ground">Millbrook Proving Ground</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Millbrook Proving Ground"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Millbrook_Proving_Ground" title="Millbrook Proving Ground">Millbrook Proving Ground</a>, near Junction 13 of the M1, has 70 kilometres (43 miles) of varied vehicle test tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport_and_leisure">Sport and leisure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Sport and leisure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Bedfordshire" title="Sport in Bedfordshire">Sport in Bedfordshire</a></div> <p>Bedfordshire is home to Premier League team <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town F.C.</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ampthill_RUFC" title="Ampthill RUFC">Ampthill RUFC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bedford_Blues" title="Bedford Blues">Bedford Blues</a> rugby teams, amongst other various sporting teams. </p><p>Bedfordshire boasts a 40-mile (64  km) walk traversing the county from Leighton Buzzard at the southern endpoint and <a href="/wiki/Sandy,_Bedfordshire" title="Sandy, Bedfordshire">Sandy, Bedfordshire</a>/<a href="/wiki/Gamlingay" title="Gamlingay">Gamlingay</a> in southern Cambridgeshire to the east; this is called the <a href="/wiki/Greensand_Ridge_Walk" title="Greensand Ridge Walk">Greensand Ridge Walk</a>. For cyclists, there is a parallel route called the <a href="/wiki/Greensand_Cycle_Way" title="Greensand Cycle Way">Greensand Cycle Way</a> that follows minor country roads. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliographical_references">Bibliographical references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedfordshire&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Bibliographical references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Bedfordshire Magazine</i> (quarterly)<sup id="cite_ref-Godber_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Godber-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Elstow Moot Hall leaflets</i> on <a href="/wiki/John_Bunyan" title="John Bunyan">John Bunyan</a> and 17th century subjects<sup id="cite_ref-Godber_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Godber-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Guide to the Bedfordshire Record Office</i> 1957 with supplements.<sup id="cite_ref-Godber_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Godber-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Guide to the Russell Estate Collections</i> Published in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-Godber_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Godber-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Conisbe, L. R. (1962) <i>A Bedfordshire Bibliography</i> (supplement, 1967)<sup id="cite_ref-Godber_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Godber-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Dony, John (1953) <i>A Bedfordshire Flora</i>. Luton: Corporation of Luton Museum & Art Gallery<sup id="cite_ref-Godber_28-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Godber-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Dony, John (1942) <i>A History of the Straw Hat Industry</i>. Luton: Gibbs, Bamforth & Co.<sup id="cite_ref-Godber_28-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Godber-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Freeman, Charles (1958) <i>Pillow Lace in the East Midlands</i>. Luton: Luton Museum and Art Gallery<sup id="cite_ref-Godber_28-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Godber-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Godber" title="Joyce Godber">Godber, Joyce</a> (1969) <i>History of Bedfordshire 1066–1888</i><sup id="cite_ref-Godber_28-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Godber-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>White, H. 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