The Borough of Bedford is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is based in Bedford, its namesake and principal settlement, which is the county town of Bedfordshire. The Bedford built-up-area is the 71st largest in the United Kingdom and comprises the boundaries of the pre-1974 Bedford Municipal Borough, the town of Kempston and the village of Biddenham, with the BUA surrounded by a rural area with many villages. 75% of the borough's population live in the Bedford Urban Area and the five large villages which surround it, which makes up slightly less than 6% of the total land area of the Borough.
Image: Bedford Bridge On The River Great Ouse
Image: Kempston Church End
Image: St Peter's Sharnbrook geograph.org.uk 4552211
Image: The Gate House at Turvey House geograph.org.uk 4423858
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckinghamshire to the west. The largest settlement is Luton (225,262), and Bedford is the county town.
Image: Five Knolls Barrow Cemetery View, Dunstable, Bedfordshire View 1
Image: Riverside Bridge at Bedford (geograph 5547742)
Image: Wrest Park Bedfordshire, England DSC08317
Luton Hoo