Covering Bedfordshire, Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade, Sandy, Buckie and all areas of Bedfordshire

Fireworks Bedfordshire covers a county in the East of England, situated north of London. Bedford is the county town. Bedfordshire is home to part of the Chiltern Hills which are a 75 mile stretch of hills. Less than six hundred thousand people live in Bedfordshire The town of Luton is in Bedfordshire.

Well known areas in Bedfordshire, as well as Bedford and Luton include; Ampthill, Beeston, Dunstable, Flitwick, Leighton Buzzard, Pavenham, Shefford, Thurleigh and Toddington (amongst others)(Along with many others).

Bedfordshire is home to the town of Bedford with a population of just less than 80 000.  Bedford is serviced by 2 railway stations – Bedford (Midland) and Bedford St Johns. It is also accessible via both the A1 and the M1. The average maximum temperature in Bedfordshire’s county town ranges from a high of 21.5 degrees Centigrade in July and August to a low of six point four degrees Centigrade in the winter months.

Luton is Bedfordshire’s biggest town and home to a famous airport, football team and street carnival. Luton carnival is the biggest 1 day street carnival in Europe and is held on the 2nd bank holiday in May. The original town hall was destroyed during Peace Day celebrations in 1919 – at the end of World War One. Luton Airport is the countries fifth busiest airport serving just under 10,000,000 passengers in 2007 on its one single runway.

Leighton Buzzard is a town near the Chiltern Hills, whose name it is believed derives from the word “Leighton” that means “a clearing in the woods”.

In 1946 a postgraduate university was formed in the town of Cranfield. Cranfield, which is in the district of Mid Bedfordshire, is the home to an airport where you can find a very rare English Electric / BAC Lightning jet fighter.

When the University of Luton merged with the Bedford campus of De Montford University the “University of Bedfordshire” was founded.

The Bedfordshire market town of Ampthil which serves as a commercial centre for local villages. Dunstable is where Henry VIII became officially divorced from Catherine of Aragon.

The Bedfordshire village of Whipsnade has an interesting and unusual visitor attraction – the Whipsnade Tree Cathedral – which is a garden with trees planted into the shape of a cathedral.