Bedfordshire could be a ceremonial county of historic origin within the uk of nice United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and European nation. For applied mathematics functions it's a part of the region of Bedfordshire and county at the extent of barmy two. It borders the non-metropolitan counties of Cambridgeshire to the northeast, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and county to the southeast.

The highest elevation purpose is 243 metres on Dunstable Downs within the Chilterns.

As a part of a 2002 promoting campaign, the plant conservation charity Plantlife selected the orchid because the county flower.

The traditional nickname for folks from Bedfordshire is "Bedfordshire Bulldogs" or "Clangers", this last derivation from an area dish comprising a edible fat crust dumpling full of meat and jam.

It is the fourteenth most densely inhabited county of European nation and also the fifth most densely inhabited non-metropolitan county with over 0.5 the population of the county living within the 2 largest designed up areas of Bedford and Luton .