Villages & towns in BedfordshireBedfordshire, England

10 villages and towns in the Albion Guide across Bedfordshire — see the full villages and towns directory, or everything to explore in Bedfordshire.

Harrold

Riverside village west of Bedford known for its picturesque Ouse bridge, green with a round lock-up, and adjoining country park.

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Estate village of picture-book thatched cottages, restored by the Shuttleworth family, with the Swiss Garden and vintage aerodrome on its doorstep.

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Handsome Georgian estate village with an elegant high street of independent shops, gateway to Woburn Abbey and its safari park.

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Birthplace of John Bunyan, with timbered thatched cottages, a Tudor Moot Hall on the green and the surviving abbey church.

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Stone village strung along the Great Ouse, with a medieval bridge, an abbey and quiet riverside walks on the Buckinghamshire border.

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Stone village above the Great Ouse, famed for its cathedral-like Early English church and the riverside nature reserve at the old gravel pits.

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Thatched cottages set around a broad green with a permanent maypole and a cricket club that has played here for over a century.

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Village of seventeenth-century thatched cottages and traditional pubs, wrapped in a loop of the Great Ouse just west of Bedford.

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Laid-back Greensand village of Georgian and thatched houses, more than twenty listed buildings and lanes running up to the old church ruin.

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Quiet village where the Great River Ouse runs right through, threading limestone cottages and long riverside walks.

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