Bedford

Bedford is the county town and the transport, social, cultural and administrative centre of the shire-county of in the .
  • …has about 169,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 190 feet (60 metres)
  • …is abbreviated as “BDF”

Places of Interest

Discover Mowsbury Hill and Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
Nature reserve
is a 2.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve and Scheduled Monument in north .
Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre…
Grassland
Freeman's Common is a 12.5 hectare area of land…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brickhill and Thurleigh.
Simonxag, Public domain.
Suburb
is a civil parish and electoral ward within northern in , .
2 miles south of Bedford
is a village and civil parish in the Borough…
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Latitude
52.1883° or 52° 11′ 18″ north
Longitude
-0.4532° or 0° 27′ 11″ west
Open location code
9C4X5GQW+8P
Geo­Names ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Bedford” goes by many names.
بيدفوردArabic
貝德福德Chinese
ベッドフォードJapanese
베드퍼드Korean
BedfordiaLatin
BedfordasLithuanian
بدفورد، انگلستانPersian
БедфордRussian
БедфордSerbian
БедфордUkrainian
بیڈفورڈUrdu
בעדפארדYiddish

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Wood End and Ravensden.
“The world is so empty if we think of it only as mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who is in harmony with us… makes this earth an inhabited garden.”

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