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Dunstable
Dunstable ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, east of the Chiltern Hills, north of London. There are several steep chalk escarpments, most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north. Dunstable is the fourth largest town in Bedfordshire and along with Houghton Regis forms the westernmost part of the Luton/Dunstable urban area.
Woburn
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England
Ampthill
Ampthill () is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It lies between Bedford and Luton. At the 2021 census it had a population of 8,825.
Sandy
town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK
Biggleswade
Biggleswade ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the River Ivel, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Bedford. Its population was 16,551 in the 2011 United Kingdom census, This figure had increased by 36% to 22,541 at the time of the 2021 United Kingdom census.
Central Bedfordshire
unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England
Flitwick
Flitwick () is a town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, England. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "a hamlet on the River Flitt". The spelling Flytwyk appears in 1381.
Leighton Buzzard
town in Bedfordshire, England
Shefford
town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, UK
Arlesey
Arlesey ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is near the border with Hertfordshire, about north-west of Letchworth Garden City, north of Hitchin and south of Biggleswade. Arlesey railway station provides services to London, Stevenage and Peterborough. The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions Arlesey. The town's name means the 'island of a man named Aelfric'.
Potton
Potton is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, about east of the county town Bedford. The parish had a population of 5,727 in 2021. In 1783 the Great Fire of Potton destroyed a large part of the town. The parish church dates from the 13th century, and is dedicated to St Mary. Potton's horse fairs were some of the largest in the country.
Cranfield
Cranfield is a village and civil parish in the west of Bedfordshire, England, situated between Bedford and Milton Keynes. It had a population of 4,909 in 2001, increasing to 5,369 at the 2011 census. The parish is in Central Bedfordshire unitary authority. It is best known for being the home of Cranfield University and Cranfield Airport (an airfield).
Houghton Regis
town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK
Barton-le-Clay
Barton-le-Clay is a large village and a civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, bordering Hertfordshire. In 2021 the parish had a population of 4,937. The village has existed since at least 1066 and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Clophill
Clophill is a village and civil parish clustered on the north bank of the River Flit, Bedfordshire, England. It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Clopelle. "Clop" likely means 'tree-stump' in Old English. However, it also has cognate terms for clay, with which the soil of mid Bedfordshire is rich.
Tempsford
Tempsford is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England, about east north-east of the county town of Bedford.
Langford
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK
Maulden
Maulden is a village and civil parish located in the county of Bedfordshire. The village is located 1.5 miles east of Ampthill and about south of Bedford. It has about 1,250 homes and 3130 residents.
Harlington
village in Bedfordshire, England, UK
Old Warden
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK
Caddington
Caddington is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.
Streatley
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK
Slip End
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK
Westoning
Westoning () is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is located around south of the town of Flitwick. The River Flit flows behind the Westoning stud farm.
Stotfold
Stotfold is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The town covers and the River Ivel passes through the town. The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 9,014. The wider built-up area, which the Office for National Statistics defines to additionally include the adjoining Fairfield Park development, had a population of 12,310 at the 2021 census. For the purposes of postal addresses, Stotfold comes under the post town of Hitchin; it was therefore in the postal county of Hertfordshire despite actually being in Bedfordshire.
Eaton Bray
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK
Silsoe
Silsoe is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. The village used to be on the main A6 road but a bypass around the village was opened in 1981 at a cost of £1.6m.
Marston Moretaine
village in Bedfordshire, England, UK
Toddington
village in Central Bedfordshire, England, UK
Shillington
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK
Chicksands
Chicksands is a village in the civil parish of Campton and Chicksands in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It gives its name to MOD Chicksands, a military base which was developed from the 1930s on the Chicksands Priory estate. The village is on the River Flit and lies immediately west of the town of Shefford. At the 2021 census the Chicksands built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics (which excludes part of the MOD Chicksands base) had a population of 731. The wider parish of Campton and Chicksands, which also includes the village of Campton, had
Haynes
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK
Hockliffe
Hockliffe is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, on the crossroads of the A5 road which lies upon the course of the Roman road known as Watling Street and the A4012 and B5704 roads.
Dunton
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK
Lidlington
Lidlington is a small village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, England surrounded by farmland, in the Marston Vale. The hamlets of Boughton End and Thrupp End are also part of the parish.
Moggerhanger
Moggerhanger is a village in the English county of Bedfordshire. It is west of Sandy on the road to Bedford. Its population in 2001 was 636, but had reduced to 620 at the 2011 Census. In the twentieth century the village name was spelled variously as: Moggerhanger, Mogerhanger, Muggerhanger and Morehanger. Local pronunciation of the name is as Morhanger.
Meppershall
Meppershall is a hilltop village in Bedfordshire near Shefford, Campton, Shillington, Stondon and surrounded by farmland.
Studham
Studham is a village and civil parish in the county of Bedfordshire. It has a population of 1,182. The parish bounds to the south of the Buckinghamshire border, and to the east is the Hertfordshire border. The village lies in the wooded south facing dip slope of the Chiltern Hills. The hamlet of Holywell is located to the north of Studham, and forms part of the same civil parish.
Aspley Guise
village in Bedfordshire, England
Blunham
Blunham is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, about east of Bedford town centre. At the 2011 census date its population was 946. The River Ivel forms the parish's eastern boundary in places and the River Great Ouse its western and northern boundaries. The village is just over to the west of the A1 road, and Route 51 of the National Cycle Network passes to the south.
Heath and Reach
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK
Ridgmont
Ridgmont is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is located beside junction 13 of the M1 motorway, and close to Milton Keynes and Woburn Abbey. The 2001 census states the total population to be 418, reducing to 411 at the 2011 Census.
Everton
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK
Kensworth
Kensworth is a village and civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish is located on the edge of Dunstable Downs, and includes the hamlets of California and Kensworth Lynch.
Whipsnade
Whipsnade is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, about south-south-west of Dunstable on the top of the Dunstable Downs, which drop away steeply to the south of the village.
Pulloxhill
Pulloxhill is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England 342 ft above sea level with a population of 850 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 985 at the 2011 Census.
Clifton
village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire
Totternhoe
Totternhoe is a village and civil parish in the Manshead hundred of the county of Bedfordshire, England.
Eversholt
thumb|Glass mosaic Eversholt map in the wall of the village hall. Designed and made by artists Gary Drostle and Rob Turner in 2000.|alt= Eversholt is a village and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book and is over 1000 years old. "Eversholt" comes from Anglo-Saxon meaning "wood of the wild boar".
Chalton
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK
Stanbridge
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK
Houghton Conquest
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK
Aspley Heath
village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England
Henlow
Henlow is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England, about south-east of the county town of Bedford. The name Henlow is believed to derive from the old English henna hlaw, meaning in old English "hill of birds" or “hill frequented by birds”.
Fairfield
village in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Eyeworth
Eyeworth (also Eyworth) is a small, rural village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England; about east south-east of the county town of Bedford.
Gravenhurst
civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Husborne Crawley
small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England
Chalgrave
thumb|Signpost for Chalgrave Parish
Tingrith
thumb|Church Road, Tingrith