Central Bedfordshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It is administered by Central Bedfordshire Council, a unitary authority. It was created in 2009.
Formation Central Bedfordshire was created on 1 April 2009 as part of a structural reform of local government in Bedfordshire. Bedfordshire County Council and all the district councils in the county were abolished and replaced by unitary authorities. The unitary authorities provide the services previously delivered by the district and county councils. Central Bedfordshire covers the area of the former Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire Districts.The local authority is called Central Bedfordshire Council.http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/907/note/made - The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008
The local authority is called Central Bedfordshire Council.
Parliamentary representation Following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, Central Bedfordshire would be split between five parliamentary constituencies:
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (entirety) Hitchin (part also in the District of North Hertfordshire) Luton South and South Bedfordshire (part) Mid Bedfordshire (part) North Bedfordshire (part)
Towns and villages
Central Bedfordshire comprises a mix of market towns and rural villages. The largest town is Leighton Buzzard followed by Dunstable and Houghton Regis. Dunstable and Houghton Regis form part of the Luton/Dunstable urban area. Central Bedfordshire includes the following towns and villages.
Ampthill (town) Arlesey (town) Aspley Guise Barton-le-Clay Biggleswade (town) Blunham Broom Caddington Campton Clifton Clophill Chalton Chicksands Cranfield Dunstable (town) Dunton Eaton Bray Eversholt Fairfield Flitton Flitwick (town) Greenfield Harlington Haynes Heath and Reach Henlow Higham Gobion Houghton Conquest Houghton Regis (town) Husborne Crawley Kensworth Langford Leighton Buzzard (town) Lidlington Linslade (town) Marston Moretaine Maulden Meppershall Millbrook Northill Old Warden Pepperstock Potton (town) Pulloxhill Ridgmont Sandy (town) Shefford (town) Silsoe Shillington Slip End Southill Stanford Steppingley Stotfold (town) Sutton Tebworth Tempsford Toddington Westoning Wingfield Wixams (new town, partly in Central Bedfordshire and partly in the Borough of Bedford) Woburn Woodside
See also List of places in Bedfordshire
References
External links Central Bedfordshire Council Website