South Bedfordshire

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See also South Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Bedfordshire District
Shown within Bedfordshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East of England
Admin. County:	Bedfordshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 182nd 212.82 km²
Admin. HQ:	Dunstable
ONS code:	09UE
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 177th 115,300 542 / km²
Ethnicity:	96.9% White 1.0% S.Asian
Politics
South Bedfordshire District Council http://www.southbeds.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Nadine Dorries, Margaret Moran, Andrew Selous

South Bedfordshire is a local government district in Bedfordshire, England. Its main towns are Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Leighton Buzzard.

It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough of Dunstable, Leighton-Linslade urban district, and Luton Rural District.

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[edit] Towns and Villages in South Bedfordshire

• Caddington
• Dunstable
• Eaton Bray
• Houghton Regis
• Leighton Buzzard
• Pepperstock
• Slip End
• Woodside

[edit] Local Attractions

Dunstable Downs Chiltern Hills Leighton Buzzard Light Railway Luton Museum & Art Gallery Luton Hoo Mossman Collection Someries castle Stockwood Craft Museum Wardown Park Waulud's Bank Whipsnade Tree Cathedral Whipsnade Wildlife Park Woodside Farm and Wildfowl Park

Districts of the East of England
Babergh | Basildon | Bedford | Braintree | Breckland | Brentwood | Broadland | Broxbourne | Cambridge | Castle Point | Chelmsford | Colchester | Dacorum | East Cambridgeshire | East Hertfordshire | Epping Forest | Fenland | Forest Heath | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Hertsmere | Huntingdonshire | Ipswich | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Luton | Maldon | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Suffolk | North Hertfordshire | North Norfolk | Norwich | Peterborough | Rochford | St Albans | St Edmundsbury | South Bedfordshire | South Cambridgeshire | Southend-on-Sea | South Norfolk | Stevenage | Suffolk Coastal | Tendring | Three Rivers | Thurrock | Uttlesford | Watford | Waveney | Welwyn Hatfield
Counties with multiple districts: Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Hertfordshire - Norfolk - Suffolk