Bedford is the county town and is dominated by many great buildings and the river Great Ouse. Bedford is also John Bunyan Country.  An attractive landscaped riverside walk stretches from one side of the town to the other where many regattas and other events take place.
Many of the villages in Bedfordshire are associated with his preaching and world famous book ‘The Pilgrims Progress’.
The Georgian town of Ampthill is well known for its antique shops and Woburn a visit to the magnificent Woburn Abbey – home to the Dukes of Bedford is well worth while. Woburn Safari Park and Whipsnade Wild Animal Park contain some of the world’s most endangered species of animals and are well worth visiting. Check out the little railway at Leighton Buzzard located on the Grand Union Canal.

To the north west are pretty limestone villages, such as Harrold and Stevington, and to the east, the gigantic airship hangers at Cardington and Old Warden´s collection of flying machines and Swiss-style garden. Close by is the RSPB´s nature reserve at Sandy, the historic vehicles of the Stondon Museum, and Wrest Park´s gardens and follies.

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