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Town in Bedfordshire, England
Photo: Simon Speed, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Bedford is the county town and the transport, social, cultural and administrative centre of the shire-county of Bedfordshire in the East of England.
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Art gallery and museum containing a good range of Anglo-Saxon and Roman artefacts, and 19th century art.
A large Victorian park to the North of the town centre.
The remains of a castle built in 919 and destroyed in 1224, near the river embankment.
An interesting church with over 700 years history.
A large area of open land of the Eastern edge of town, featuring a man-made lake and nature reserve.
Has a particularly fine Chick Jalfrezi.
Does a superb and cheap Sunday lunch buffet.
Indian cuisine.
Pizza restaurant.
A particularly fine Chinese restaurant offering a fixed price for anything off the menu but all freshly cooked food.
Traditional cheap and cheerful Neapolitan pizzeria, with wood-fired oven.
Small, good quality Thai restaurant.
A good central location at the bottom of the High Street on the embankment. The hotel was built in 1794, with more recent extensions increasing its size to 113 rooms.
Modern concrete block on the other side of the river from the Swan.
Pleasant but unexciting bed and breakfast on a tree-lined avenue 5 minutes from the High Street.
By bus
Bedford has a reasonably large bus station located in the centre of town, however there are few long-distance services.
By road
Bedford lies directly between the M1 and A1 motorways. Park and Ride facilities are available see, National Park and Ride Directory
The local bus services around Bedford are terrible, being both infrequent and expensive.
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