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Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
is a
county
in
England
. Its
county town
is
Bedford
. The county has a population of around 515,000 and covers 123,465 hectares (305,088) acres. It borders onto
Cambridgeshire
,
Northamptonshire
,
Milton Keynes
,
Luton
,
Buckinghamshire
and
Hertfordshire
. Luton was the largest town in the shire until 1997 when it was made a
unitary local authority
.
Towns and villages
Ampthill[?]
Barton-le-Clay[?]
,
Bedford
,
Biggleswade[?]
Beeston
Clophill[?]
,
Cranfield[?]
Dunstable
Flitwick[?]
Hockliffe[?]
Kempston[?]
Leighton Buzzard[?]
Marston Moretaine[?]
,
Millbrook[?]
Sandy[?]
,
Shefford[?]
,
Stotfold[?]
,
Studham[?]
Toddington[?]
Whipsnade[?]
,
Woburn[?]
Places of interest
Dunstable Downs[?]
Leighton Buzzard Railway[?]
, a
heritage railway
RSPB The Lodge, Sandy[?]
Stevington Windmill[?]
Stewartby Lake[?]
Whipsnade Wildlife Park[?]
Woburn Abbey
Woburn Wildlife Park[?]
External links
Bedfordshire DMOZ directory
(
http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Bedfordshire/
)
Bedfordshire County Council
(
http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/
)
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