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Bedfordshire county map

Name: Bedfordshire county map download bundle
Brand: GBMaps
SKU: county-bedfordshire-bundle
Price: 25.00 GBP
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Explore the Bedfordshire county map, including Ampthill, Bedford, Biggleswade, Dunstable and Flitwick. Click into the map to see the vector detail, then choose a free sample or the complete download.

The whole county. The outlined central square shows the free sample area.

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1,235 km²Mapped county area

705,000Approx. census residents

275,000Approx. census households

8.6%Mapped woodland coverage

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Bedfordshire map details

Complete county download

Coverage: The mapped Bedfordshire outline, with surrounding context faded. Check the displayed boundary when planning coverage.
Vector PDF: Finished A3 portrait layout, with a scale ratio for printing at A3. The artwork stays sharp at other sizes; the scale bar enlarges with it.
Editable SVG: Full-county vector artwork for compatible illustration software. Labels are outlined shapes to preserve their appearance.
Layered Illustrator: Native Adobe Illustrator artwork with named map and label layers. Labels are outlined shapes.
PNG image: 3,000 × 3,000 pixels in the download. The website preview uses 1,200 × 1,200 pixels.

Free central sample

Sample area: 17.6 km square around Haynes Church End, Haynes and Herring's Green.
On this page: Click the whole-county image to reveal the sharper SVG sample.
Free download: A vector PDF of that same central sample, after the email form.
Map content: Settlements, roads, railway lines, water, woodland, county outline, scale and north arrow.

TOWNS, CITIES AND VILLAGES IN BEDFORDSHIRE

A closer look at Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire includes Ampthill, Bedford, Biggleswade, Dunstable and Flitwick. Browse the place lists below for towns, villages and hamlets, with links to individual street maps where available.

The mapped Bedfordshire outline spans approximately 58 km north to south and 38 km east to west, covering 1,235 km². Its place index records 15 towns, 146 villages and 79 hamlets.

Woodland covers approximately 106.6 km², or 8.6% of the mapped Bedfordshire area. Surface water covers a further 16.7 km², while public parks and gardens cover 15.5 km². These measurements follow the county outline shown on the map.

Underlined names open available street maps.

Place types follow the source dataset; they are not a legal-status classification.

GETTING AROUND

Roads and railway connections

The mapped Bedfordshire road network includes A6, A421, M1, A507, A1 and A505. Mapped railway lines total approximately 144 km within the county boundary.

Road class	Mapped length	Examples
Motorways	41 km	M1, A1(M)
Primary routes	169 km	A6, A421, A1, A5, A505
Other A roads	167 km	A507, A600, A505, A603, A4280
B roads	156 km	B660, B579, B1042, B5704, B4540

Lengths measure clipped map lines. Separate carriageways and slip roads can be included, so these are not end-to-end route distances.

19 mapped railway-station locations

Includes combined Underground/rail locations and heritage locations shown in the source; it is not a list of current passenger services.

Arlesey
Aspley Guise
Bedford
Bedford St Johns
Biggleswade
Flitwick
Harlington
Kempston Hardwick
Leagrave
Leighton Buzzard
Lidlington
Luton
Luton Dart
Millbrook
Page's Park
Ridgmont
Sandy
Stewartby
Stonehenge Works

LANDSCAPE AND WATER

Woodland, rivers and open spaces

Named waterways in the mapped Bedfordshire area include River Great Ouse, River Ivel, River Flit, River Til, River Ouzel or Lovat and River Lea or Lee.

Mapped feature	Area	County share
Woodland	106.6 km²	8.6%
Built-up areas	167.0 km²	13.5%
Surface water	16.7 km²	1.4%
Public parks & gardens	15.5 km²	1.3%

Areas use the most detailed available outlines, clipped to the county and with overlaps removed within each category. Categories can overlap one another and should not be added together. River and canal names come from the named network retained in the atlas.

POPULATION AND POSTAL COVERAGE

Bedfordshire postcodes and population

Download district table ↓

14,909Current postcode locations

30Postcode districts represented

97Postcode sectors represented

28Sectors crossing the county outline

The postcode areas MK and LU account for 83.9% of the county's located current postcodes. Among the postcode districts represented, LU3 contributes the largest census population within the mapped county, at approximately 65,900 residents. Postal boundaries do not follow county outlines: the table shows only residents and households allocated to Bedfordshire.

Explore the 30 postcode districts Population, households and county coverage

District	Current postcodes	Census residents	Census households	Postcode locations inside county
Postcode districts within the AL – St Albans postcode area AL – St Albans postcode sector map 2 districts represented in Bedfordshire
AL3	1	10	5	0.1%
AL5	2	17	6	0.2%
Postcode districts within the HP – Hemel Hempstead postcode area HP – Hemel Hempstead postcode sector map 1 districts represented in Bedfordshire
HP4	2	44	14	0.3%
Postcode districts within the LU – Luton postcode area LU – Luton postcode sector map 7 districts represented in Bedfordshire
LU1	945	50,445	18,602	99.5%
LU2	931	60,452	23,527	93.3%
LU3	836	65,908	22,357	100.0%
LU4	733	57,736	18,356	100.0%
LU5	833	42,100	16,659	100.0%
LU6	646	32,081	13,477	90.7%
LU7	1,017	48,016	20,112	72.5%
Postcode districts within the MK – Milton Keynes postcode area MK – Milton Keynes postcode sector map 7 districts represented in Bedfordshire
MK17	200	4,785	2,114	22.0%
MK40	930	39,388	16,353	100.0%
MK41	1,053	43,747	17,963	100.0%
MK42	1,288	56,410	21,907	100.0%
MK43	1,114	42,231	16,524	98.9%
MK44	665	16,549	6,951	99.6%
MK45	1,314	49,483	20,529	100.0%
Postcode districts within the NN – Northampton postcode area NN – Northampton postcode sector map 2 districts represented in Bedfordshire
NN10	22	995	377	2.6%
NN29	14	384	172	5.0%
Postcode districts within the PE – Peterborough postcode area PE – Peterborough postcode sector map 2 districts represented in Bedfordshire
PE19	24	285	105	1.9%
PE28	25	428	174	1.6%
Postcode districts within the SG – Stevenage postcode area SG – Stevenage postcode sector map 9 districts represented in Bedfordshire
SG5	324	14,472	5,818	34.0%
SG6	1	8	3	0.1%
SG7	1	8	3	0.2%
SG8	2	3	1	0.2%
SG15	120	6,036	2,567	100.0%
SG16	192	6,889	2,811	98.0%
SG17	403	14,768	5,818	100.0%
SG18	764	30,740	12,844	100.0%
SG19	507	20,242	8,478	74.7%

Population and household figures use Census 2021, allocated by postcode location to the mapped county. They are approximate census-based figures, not current population estimates. Blank or suppressed source values remain unknown. Sources and method

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About these Bedfordshire maps

What is the difference between the free sample and the complete map?

The free PDF covers a 17.6 km square in the centre of the county. The £25 complete download covers the whole mapped county, with an A3 vector PDF, grouped SVG, layered Illustrator and 3,000px square PNG.

Will the vector map stay sharp when I enlarge it?

The PDF and SVG contain vector artwork, so lines and shapes can scale cleanly. Choose a print size that keeps labels readable; a very small page cannot show the same detail comfortably.

How do I get the free sample PDF?

Choose “Smaller free sample” and complete the email form. The same street-map download process records your request and provides a private PDF link.

Which Bedfordshire boundary does this map use?

This map follows the established Bedfordshire outline in the GBMaps county collection. It can differ from a current council area or another definition of the county. The geographical and postcode figures on this page follow the same displayed boundary.

Can I change the map colours?

The SVG can be edited in compatible vector software. For an easier way to colour county or postcode boundaries into territories, use the separate online map colouring tool above.

Is there also a simple county reference map?

The existing Bedfordshire county reference SVG remains available. The detailed map preview and central sample above are separate, so existing links to the county SVG can continue to work. The original Bedfordshire reference PDF is also retained.

Do you need a detailed map covering all of Great Britain?

For wall graphics, oversized printing or professional artwork across England, Scotland and Wales, explore the whole-country vector map bundle. The SVG, PDF and Adobe Illustrator files are very large and complex, so this option is intended for experienced users with suitable hardware and software.

Where do the map and county figures come from?

The map uses the GBMaps Strategi design. The accompanying geographical statistics and place-name lists come from separate analysis of Ordnance Survey open mapping data, while named rivers and canals use the Strategi network. The statistics describe the county; not every source feature is labelled in the printed map. Geographical analysis was prepared in October 2026; the source archive date is not a verified survey or data release date.

Woodland, water and built-up areas use the most detailed outlines available for each category. Each is clipped to the county and measured after dissolving overlap within that category. Generalised versions for other map scales are excluded. Public parks and gardens use that specific greenspace class. Road and rail lengths measure mapped lines, which can include separate carriageways, tracks and ramps. Stations and settlement classifications describe source features rather than a current service or legal-status register.

Residents and households use Census 2021 postcode counts from the supplied census and postcode data, assigned once by postcode location. Current postcodes refer to the supplied directory compiled on 7 November 2026. These are census-based approximations, not population projections. The source years and missing or suppressed values are retained in the downloadable postcode analysis.

Bedfordshire county map