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Bedfordshire
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Bedfordshire
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Bedfordshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status | Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county |
Region | East of England |
Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area | Ranked 41st 1,235 km2 (477 sq mi) Ranked 34th 1,192 km2 (460 sq mi) |
| Admin HQ | Bedford |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-BDF |
ONS code | 09 |
NUTS 3 | UKH22 |
| Demography | |
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. | Ranked 36th 582,600 472/km2 (1,220/sq mi) Ranked 32nd 397,700 |
| Ethnicity | 86.3% White 8.3% S.Asian 2.9% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Bedfordshire County Council http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive | Conservative |
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Bedfordshire is a county of England. Its county town is Bedford. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (with the Borough of Milton Keynes) and Hertfordshire. The highest elevation point is 243 m (797 ft) on Dunstable Downs in the Chilterns.[1] The county motto is "Constant Be", which is taken from the hymn To Be A Pilgrim by John Bunyan.
SSSIs |
There are forty Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Bedfordshire, designated by Natural England. Thirty-five are listed for their biological interest, and five for their geological interest.[2]
Three of the sites are also National nature reserves, twelve are in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and eleven are managed wholly or partly by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
References |
↑ Experience Festival 2007
↑ Designated sites. Natural England
Kings and Bakers Woods and Heaths is the largest Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bedfordshire
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