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Marquee Hire Bedfordshire
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Covering Bedfordshire, Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade, Sandy, Buckie and all areas of Bedfordshire
Marquee Hire Bedfordshire covers a county in the East of England, situated to the north of London. Bedfordshire’s county town is Bedford. Bedfordshire is home to part of the Chiltern Hills which are a 75 mile stretch of hills. Bedfordshire has a population of just less than 600,000 and is also home to the well known town of Luton.
Some of the well known places in Bedfordshire, as well as Bedford and Luton include; Ampthill, Beeston, Dunstable, Flitwick, Leighton Buzzard, Pavenham, Shefford, Thurleigh and Toddington (amongst others).
Bedford is a large town with a population of just less than 80,000. The town is serviced by two 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 6.4 degrees Centigrade in January.
Luton is Bedfordshire’s biggest town and home to a well known airport, football team and carnival. Luton carnival is the biggest one day carnival in Europe and is held on the 2nd May bank holiday weekend. The original town hall was destroyed during Peace Day celebrations in 1919 – at the end of World War One. Luton Airport is the UK’s 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 probably comes from the word “Leighton” that means “a clearing in the woods”.
Cranfield is the home to a postgraduate university that was formed in 1946. Cranfield, which is in the district of Mid Bedfordshire, is also home to an airport which houses a very rare English Electric / BAC Lightning jet fighter.
Another university in Bedfordshire is the “University of Bedfordshire” which was created when the University of Luton merged with the Bedford campus of De Montford University.
Ampthil is a Bedfordshire market town which serves as a commercial centre for local villages. Dunstable is another Bedfordshire market town that is famous for being the town 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.
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