Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England.

  • Bedford (UK Parliament constituency), the parliamentary constituency covering much of Bedford's built-up area
  • Borough of Bedford, the local authority area covering Bedford, and surrounding towns and villages in north Bedfordshire

Bedford may also refer to:

Places

Canada

  • Bedford, Nova Scotia, a district and former town
  • Bedford (provincial electoral district), Nova Scotia
  • Bedford, Quebec (city)
  • Bedford, Quebec (township)
  • Bedford Basin, part of Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia
  • Bedford County, now part of Missisquoi County, Quebec

United Kingdom

  • Bedford, Greater Manchester, a suburb of Leigh
  • The Bedford Estate, a central London estate
  • Bedford Level, an alternative name for The Great Level, a part of The Fens

United States

  • Bedford, Indiana, a city
  • Bedford, Iowa, a city
  • Bedford, Kentucky, a home rule-class city
  • Bedford, Massachusetts, a town
  • Bedford, Missouri, an unincorporated community
  • Bedford, New Hampshire, a town
  • Bedford (town), New York
  • Bedford (CDP), New York, a census-designated place in the town
  • Bedford, Ohio, a city
  • Bedford County, Pennsylvania
  • Bedford, Pennsylvania, a borough, spa town, and the county seat
  • Bedford County, Tennessee
  • Bedford, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in the county
  • Bedford, Texas, a city
  • Bedford County, Virginia
  • Bedford, Virginia, a town and the county seat
  • Bedford, Wyoming, a census-designated place
  • Bedford Township (disambiguation)
  • Fort Bedford, a French and Indian War-era British military fortification located at the present site of Bedford, Pennsylvania
  • Bedford Plantation, a Southern plantation in Natchez, Mississippi, on the National Register of Historic Places

Elsewhere

  • Bedford, Western Australia, Australia, a suburb of Perth
  • Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa, a town
  • Bedford Island, Antarctica

Buildings

  • The Bedford, Balham, a public house and music venue in Balham, London
  • Bedford Castle, a ruin of a medieval castle in Bedford
  • Bedford Civic Theatre, a former theatre in Bedford
  • Bedford Hospital, a general hospital in Bedford, England
  • Bedford Provincial Hospital (Eastern Cape), a general hospital in Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  • Bedford Hotel (Brighton), a hotel in Brighton
  • Bedford Museum & Art Gallery, a local museum and art gallery serving North Bedfordshire
  • Bedford (HM Prison), a prison serving Bedford and north Bedfordshire

People

  • Bedford (surname)
  • Bedford Brown (1795–1870), American politician and United States Senator
  • Bedford Jezzard (1927–2005), English footballer

Schools

  • Bedford College, Bedford, a further education college based in Bedford, England, founded 1959
  • Bedford College of Higher Education, a former higher education college based in Bedford, England, active 1976–1994
  • Bedford College, London, a university college in London, England, founded 1849, merged into Royal Holloway College 1985
  • Bedford High School (disambiguation), various schools in England and the United States
  • Bedford Modern School, a coeducational public school in Bedford, Bedfordshire
  • Bedford School, a boys' public school in Bedford, Bedfordshire

Sports

  • Bedford Athletic, a rugby union team based in Bedford, Bedfordshire
  • Bedford Blues, a rugby union club in Bedford, Bedfordshire
  • Bedford F.C., a football club in Bedford, Bedfordshire
  • Bedford Tigers, a rugby league club in Bedford, Bedfordshire
  • Bedford Town F.C., another football club in Bedford, Bedfordshire
  • Bedford Autodrome, a racetrack in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire
  • Bedford Speedway, a clay racetrack in Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Titles

  • Duke of Bedford, a title created six times in the Peerage of England
  • Earl of Bedford, a title created three times in the Peerage of England

Transportation

  • Bedford Avenue (Brooklyn), a major thoroughfare in New York City
  • Bedford Highway, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Bedford railway station, a railway station in Bedford, England
  • Bedford station (Virginia), a proposed Transdominion Express station in Bedford, Virginia

Other uses

  • HMS Bedford, the name of several ships
  • USS Bedford, a fictitious ship in the 1965 movie The Bedford Incident
  • RAE Bedford, a research site of the Royal Aircraft Establishment between 1946 and 1994 near Thurleigh, Bedfordshire
  • HM Prison Bedford, a Category B men's prison in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
  • Bedford Institute of Oceanography, a Government of Canada ocean research facility in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Bedford Vehicles, a former British manufacturer of trucks and commercial vehicles
  • Harpur Trust, a.k.a. The Bedford Charity, a charity based in Bedford, Bedfordshire
  • Bedford cord, a heavy fabric resembling corduroy
  • Bedford crop or Bedford level, an eponymous hairstyle, named after Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford

See also

  • Bedford Flag, an 18th-century military flag associated with Bedford, Massachusetts
  • Bedford Shale, a shale geologic formation in the states of Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
  • H. K Bedford, a former passenger and trade ship
  • New Bedford (disambiguation)
  • Bedford Park (disambiguation)