Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Bedfordshire is a county in England. Its county town is Bedford. The county has a population of 565,943 as of the 2001 Census and covers 123,465 hectares (305,088) acres. It borders onto Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes. Luton was part of Bedfordshire until 1997 when it was made a unitary authority, it is however still part of Bedfordshire for some ceremonial purposes. Towns and villages Ampthill Barton-le-Clay, Bedford, Biggleswade Beeston Clophill, Cranfield Dunstable Flitwick Hockliffe Kempston Leighton Buzzard Marston Moretaine, Millbrook Sandy, Shefford, Stotfold, Studham, Studham Common Toddington Whipsnade, Woburn Places of interest Dunstable Downs Leighton Buzzard Railway, a heritage railway RSPB The Lodge, Sandy Stevington Windmill Stewartby Lake Whipsnade Wildlife Park Woburn Abbey Woburn Wildlife Park External links Bedfordshire DMOZ directory Bedfordshire County Council This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.