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. St Peter's ChurchInterior of St Paul's Church…Photo: Petesmiles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum
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The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum is the principal art gallery and museum in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, run by Bedford Borough Council and the trustees of the Cecil Higgins Collection.
Bedford Castle
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bedford Castle was a large medieval castle in Bedford, England.
Bedford railway station
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Bedford railway station is the larger of two railway stations in the town of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.
Localities in the Area
Kempston
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Kempston is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, situated around 2 miles south-west of Bedford town centre.
Kempston Hardwick
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Kempston Hardwick is a small village on the edge of the town of Kempston in Bedfordshire, England. Kempston Hardwick is situated 6 km south of Bedford.
Bromham
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Bromham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, situated around 3 miles west of Bedford town centre. Bromham is situated 4½ km west of Bedford.
Bedford
- Type: Town with 80,000 residents
- Description: county town of Bedfordshire, England
- Categories: county town, unparished area, market town and locality
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.1364° or 52° 8' 11" northLongitude
-0.4675° or 0° 28' 3" westPopulation
80,000Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)IATA airport code
XQDUnited Nations Location Code
GB BEFOpen Location Code
9C4X4GPJ+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 4085941OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2656046Wikidata ID
Q208257Bedford Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Bedford
- Arabic: بيدفورد
- Armenian: Բեդֆորդ
- Asturian: Bedford
- Basque: Bedford
- Belarusian: Бедфард
- Belarusian: Бэдфард
- Bengali: বােডফোর্ড
- Bengali: বেডফোর্ড
- Catalan: Bedford
- Cebuano: Bedford (kapital sa kondado sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, Bedford)
- Cebuano: Bedford
- Chinese: Bedford
- Chinese: 百福
- Chinese: 貝德福
- Chinese: 貝德福德
- Chinese: 贝德福德
- Czech: Bedford
- Danish: Bedford
- Dutch: Bedford
- Esperanto: Bedford
- Finnish: Bedford
- French: Bedford
- German: Bedford
- Greek: Μπέντφορντ
- Gujarati: બેડફોર્ડ
- Hebrew: בדפורד
- Hindi: बेडफोर्ड
- Hungarian: Bedford
- Icelandic: Bedford
- Irish: Bedford
- Italian: Bedford
- Japanese: ベッドフォード
- Kannada: ಬೆಡ್ಫೋರ್ಡ್
- Korean: 베드퍼드
- Korean: 베드포드
- Ladin: Bedford
- Latin: Bedfordia
- Lithuanian: Bedfordas
- Lombard: Bedford
- Luxembourgish: Bedford
- Macedonian: Бедфорд
- Malagasy: Bedford
- Malay: Bedford
- Maltese: Bedford
- Min Nan Chinese: Bedford
- Northern Frisian: Bedford
- Norwegian: Bedford
- Norwegian Bokmål: Bedford
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Bedford
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Bedford i Bedfordshire
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Bedford i England
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Beadanford
- Ossetian: Бедфорд
- Persian: بدفورد، انگلستان
- Polish: Bedford
- Portuguese: Bedford
- Romanian: Bedford
- Russian: Бедфорд
- Serbian: Bedford
- Serbian: Бедфорд
- Serbo-Croatian: Bedford
- Silesian: Bedford
- Slovenian: Bedford, Anglija
- Slovenian: Bedford
- South Azerbaijani: بدفورد، اینگیلیس
- Spanish: Bedford
- Swedish: Bedford
- Tamil: பெட்டிபோர்ட
- Tamil: பெட்டிபோர்ட்
- Tatar: Бедфорд
- Telugu: బెడ్ఫోర్డ్
- Telugu: బెడ్ ఫోర్డ్
- Turkish: Bedford
- Ukrainian: Бедфорд
- Urdu: بیڈفورڈ
- Uzbek: Bedford
- Venetian: Bedford
- Vietnamese: Bedford
- Volapük: Bedford
- Waray (Philippines): Bedford
- Welsh: Bedford
- Welsh: Rhydwely
- Western Frisian: Bedford
- Yiddish: בעדפארד
- Yue Chinese: 百福
Other Places Named Bedford
In the Area
- CastleSuburb
- De ParysSuburb
- HarpurSuburb
- FenlakeNeighbourhood
- Queens ParkSuburb
- Cemetery HillLocality
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