Bedford
Bedford is the county town and the transport, social, cultural and administrative centre of the shire-county of Bedfordshire in the East of England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mowsbury Hill and Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
Mowsbury Hill
Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mowsbury Hill is a 2.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve and Scheduled Monument in north Bedford. It is owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council with the assistance of the Friends of Putnoe Wood and Mowsbury Hillfort.
Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre
Prison
Photo: Oliver White, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre is an immigration detention centre for foreign nationals prior to their deportation from the United Kingdom, one of 10 such centres currently in the UK.
Church of All Saints, Ravensden
Church
Photo: Flutophilus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church in Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brickhill and Thurleigh.
Brickhill
Suburb
Photo: Simonxag, Public domain.
Brickhill is a civil parish and electoral ward within northern Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. The boundaries of Brickhill are approximately Kimbolton Road to the east, Bedford Park and the old Bedford cemetery to the south, with Cemetery Hill and the Manton Heights Industrial Estate to the west. Brickhill is situated 2 miles south of Bedford.
Thurleigh
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thurleigh is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, north Bedfordshire, England, situated around 5 miles north of Bedford town centre.
Bedford
Latitude
52.1883° or 52° 11′ 18″ northLongitude
-0.4532° or 0° 27′ 11″ westPopulation
169,000Elevation
187 feet (57 metres)Abbreviation
“BDF”Open location code
9C4X5GQW+8PGeoNames ID
7290534
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Bedford” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيدفورد”
- Chinese: “貝德福德”
- Japanese: “ベッドフォード”
- Korean: “베드퍼드”
- Latin: “Bedfordia”
- Lithuanian: “Bedfordas”
- Persian: “بدفورد، انگلستان”
- Russian: “Бедфорд”
- Serbian: “Бедфорд”
- Ukrainian: “Бедфорд”
- Urdu: “بیڈفورڈ”
- Yiddish: “בעדפארד”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bedford & County Golf Club and Mowsbury Golf Course.
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