Borough of Bedford

Bedford

Borough of Bedford
Bedford Borough of Bedford
Borough and unitary authority
	From left to right; Top:Bedford Bridge with St Paul's Church and Shire Hall; Middle: Kempston Church End and St Peter Church in Sharnbrook; Bottom: The gatehouse to Turvey House in Turvey and Wixams Town Centre.;
	Coat of arms of Bedford Borough Council
	Bedford shown within Bedfordshire
	Coordinates: 52°8′0″N 0°27′0″W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East of England
Ceremonial county	Bedfordshire
Administrative HQ	Borough Hall, Bedford
Government
• Type	Unitary Authority
• Governing body	Bedford Borough Council
• MPs	Richard Fuller (C); Alistair Strathern (L); Mohammad Yasin (L)
Area
• Total	476.4 km2 (183.9 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	185,761
• Rank	107th
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 75.7% White ; 12.6% Asian ; 5.3% Black ; 4.6% Mixed ; 1.8% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 47.6% Christianity ; 34.1% no religion ; 11.2% other ; 7.1% Islam ;
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time
ONS code	00KB
NUTS 3	UKH22
Website	bedford.gov.uk

The Borough of Bedford is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is based in Bedford, its namesake and principal settlement, which is the county town of Bedfordshire. The Bedford built-up-area is the 71st largest in the United Kingdom and comprises the boundaries of the pre-1974 Bedford Municipal Borough, the town of Kempston and the village of Biddenham, with the BUA surrounded by a rural area with many villages. 75% of the borough's population live in the Bedford Urban Area and the five large villages which surround it, which makes up slightly less than 6% of the total land area of the Borough.

The borough is also the location of the Wixams new town development, which received its first residents in 2009.

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