The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom. This region was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics purposes from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Essex has the highest population in the region.
Image: Peterborough Cathedral Exterior
Image: Colchester Castle (geograph 4444025)
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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
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