Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire county
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Country	United Kingdom
Part of the country	England
region	East of England
status	Ceremonial county
First mention	1011
Ceremonial county
surface	1,235 km²
Residents	625.019
was standing	2012
 Districts / Unitary Authorities
Bedford Central Bedfordshire Luton

Bedfordshire is a county in England . Bedfordshire borders the counties of Cambridgeshire , Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire (with Milton Keynes ) and Hertfordshire .

Luton was part of the county until 1997, when it became a Unitary Authority . On April 1, 2009, as part of an administrative reform, the Bedfordshire County Council, which was then based in Bedford , was dissolved. Since then, Bedfordshire has only existed as a ceremonial county with the administratively independent Unitary Authoritys Luton, Central Bedfordshire and Bedford . The former districts of Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire were combined to form the new UA Central Bedfordshire and Bedford was raised from a district to a UA.

Cities and towns

Cities with more than 5000 inhabitants:

Ampthill Barton-le-Clay Bedford Biggleswade Cranfield

Dunstable Flitwick Kempston Leighton Buzzard

Sandy Shefford Stotfold Studham

Smaller towns:

• Stewartby
• Woburn

Attractions

• Chicksands
• Dunstable downs
• Elstow Moot Hall
• Leighton Buzzard Light Railway
• Luton Hoo
• Stevington Windmill
• Stewartby Lake
• Whipsnade Wildlife Park
• Woburn Abbey
• Woburn Wildlife Park

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population of England and Wales on June 30, 2012 ( ZIP ; 832 kB)