Editing Bedfordshire (section)

==Settlements==
{{Main|List of places in Bedfordshire}}
{{Further|List of Bedfordshire settlements by population|Civil parishes in Bedfordshire}}

{{Location map+|Bedfordshire
  |caption = {{center|[[File:Red pog.svg|12px]] The five largest settlements in Bedfordshire as of the 2021 UK census. (Sources used are as accurate as possible to the locality's boundaries, or the associated civil parish is used if one exists for the place in question.)<ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e06000032-luton |title=Luton Unitary Authority - Population 225,262 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e63003597-bedford |title=Bedford Built Up Area - Population 97,245 excluding Biddenham (see next source) |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e04011877-biddenham |title=Biddenham Civil Parish - Population 2,483 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e04011965-leighton-linslade |title=Leighton-Linslade Civil Parish - Population 42,401 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e04012806-dunstable |title=Dunstable Civil Parish - Population 40,109 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Census Data UK |url=https://censusdata.uk/e04011931-biggleswade |title=Biggleswade Civil Parish - Population 22,538 |publisher=censusdata.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>&nbsp;– red. <br />[[File:Green pog.svg|12px]] Suburban settlements/[[New towns in the United Kingdom|new town]] type settlements, currently undergoing significant planned expansion in the county. Also of note is that Stewartby/Kempston Hardwick is the planned location of the upcoming [[Universal Studios Great Britain|UK Universal theme park]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Wixams.org |url=https://www.wixams.org/development-plans/#:~:text=The%20Wixams%20settlement%20is%20a,and%20are%20likely%20to%20change. |title=Development Plans |publisher=wixams.org |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Central Bedfordshire Council |url=https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/directory_record/485/wixams#:~:text=This%20is%20a%20new%20settlement,set%20within%20a%20landscaped%20setting. |title=Current major developments - Wixams |publisher=centralbedfordshire.gov.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Bedford Today |url=https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/people/wixams-could-be-about-to-expand-if-plans-for-430-new-homes-get-the-go-ahead-4775751 |title=Wixams could be about to expand if plans for 430 new homes get the go ahead |publisher=bedfordtoday.co.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wqx3z1zyxo?at_link_id=D92ED438-9AB9-11EF-BEA1-F9566271382B&at_link_type=web_link&at_format=image&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_origin=BBC_Three_Counties_Radio&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawJmh3RleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHjv3w1NtSZ4Yx2mCTFYiCpxqWut5Lrz3lLYx7IH_DAuOfW5kXmBXn_k-reEh_aem_iCxeBgDtBBeGF6jmARq7mw |title=Former Stewartby brickworks sold to developer |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=ITV News |url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-04-09/everything-we-know-about-universals-new-theme-park-plans |title=Harry Potter or Super Nintendo Land? Everything we know about Universal's new theme park in Bedford |publisher=itv.com |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Shortstown Parish Council |url=https://shortstown-pc.gov.uk/the-parish/ |title=The Parish |publisher=shortstown-pc.gov.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Bedford Independent |url=https://www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/shortstown-in-line-for-up-to-1000-new-homes-if-planning-approved/ |title=Shortstown in line for up to 1,000 new homes if planning approved |publisher=bedfordindependent.co.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Bellway |url=https://www.bellwayplc.co.uk/media-centre/media-releases/new-homes-taking-shape-at-new-cardington-developments |title=New homes taking shape at New Cardington developments |publisher=bellwayplc.co.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=All Things Business |url=https://allthingsbusiness.co.uk/work-on-new-housing-developments-in-shortstown-reaches-final-stages-bellway/ |title=Work on new housing developments in Shortstown reaches final stages |publisher=allthingsbusiness.co.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Bedford Today |url=https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/politics/council/bedford-elections-better-infrastructure-needed-as-more-new-homes-built-says-conservative-candidate-for-shortstown-4091653 |title=Bedford Elections: Better infrastructure needed as more new homes built says Conservative candidate for Shortstown |publisher=bedfordtoday.co.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Linmere (Houghton Regis extension) official website |url=https://linmere.com/ |title=Linmere |publisher=linmere.com |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Barratt Homes |url=https://www.barratthomes.co.uk/new-homes/dev000965-barratt-homes-at-linmere/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJmhixleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHjdFon--w7psDmVIYUeLFs_Vo74PZ74xLPQOs5p0Oq2dEtIgOu-6c3P4HDnt_aem_Y4Zg6r2RVAOwBDhQbuYMmw |title=Barratt Homes at Linmere |publisher=barratthomes.co.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Central Bedfordshire Council |url=https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/info/153/central_bedfordshire_local_plan_2015_to_2035/1042/new_homes_near_arlesey |title=New homes near Arlesey |publisher=centralbedfordshire.gov.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=DLA Town Planning |url=https://dlatownplanning.com/arlesey-grange-phase-1/ |title=Arlesey Grange Phase 1 |publisher=dlatownplanning.com |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Biggleswade Today |url=https://www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/200-home-development-in-arlesey-set-to-launch-5038614 |title=200-home development in Arlesey set to launch |publisher=biggleswadetoday.co.uk |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Letchworth Nub News |url=https://letchworth.nub.news/news/local-news/arlesey-set-for-200-new-two-to-five-bedroom-homes-along-with-hotel-primary-school-doctors-surgery-community-centre-retail-stores-and-more-226341 |title=Arlesey set for 200 new two to five bedroom homes along with hotel, primary school, doctors surgery, community centre retail stores and more |publisher=letchworth.nub.news |access-date=12 April 2025 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>&nbsp;– green.}}
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  |width   = 400
  |places = 
     {{Location map~|Bedfordshire
       |label   = [[Bedford]]
       |long    = -0.46496831
       |lat     = 52.138972
       |background = white
     }}      
    {{Location map~|Bedfordshire
       |label   = [[Luton]]
       |long    = -0.4175
       |lat     = 51.879722
       |position=right
       |background = white
     }}    
    {{Location map~|Bedfordshire
       |label   = [[Leighton Buzzard|Leighton-Linslade]]
       |long    = -0.663
       |lat     =  51.917
       |position=left
       |background = white
     }}  
    {{Location map~|Bedfordshire
       |label   = [[Dunstable]]
       |long    = -0.52066371
       |lat     = 51.885805
       |position=left
       |background = white
     }}
    {{Location map~|Bedfordshire
       |label   = [[Biggleswade]]
       |long    = -0.26172996
       |lat     = 52.086975
       |position=right
       |background = white
     }}
      {{Location map~|Bedfordshire
       |label   = [[Wixams]]
       |long    = -0.4600
       |lat     = 52.0930
       |mark=Green pog.svg
       |position= right
       |background = white
     }}             
      {{Location map~|Bedfordshire
       |label   = [[Shortstown]]
       |long    = -0.4310
       |lat     = 52.1140
       |mark=Green pog.svg
       |position= right
       |background = white
     }}
      {{Location map~|Bedfordshire
       |label   = [[Arlesey]]
       |long    = -0.26172996
       |lat     = 52.0185
       |mark=Green pog.svg
       |position= right
       |background = white
     }}
      {{Location map~|Bedfordshire
       |label   = [[Houghton Regis]]
       |long    = -0.5195
       |lat     = 51.9030
       |mark=Green pog.svg
       |position= top
       |background = white
     }}
      {{Location map~|Bedfordshire
       |label   = [[Stewartby|Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick]]
       |long    = -0.5100
       |lat     = 52.0710
       |mark=Green pog.svg
       |position= right
       |background = white
     }}                        
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