Bedford in General

Bedford is a much underrated town! At it's heart lays the beautiful Victorian embankment, adjacent to which lies Russell Park. Further down the river, you'll find the stunning Priory Country Park, acres and acres of meadows, lakes and woodland, just a mile and a half from the town center and fully open to the public free of charge, year round. There are many good pubs in Bedford if you avoid the high street- The Kings Arms, The Wellington, and The Devonshire Arms to name a few. In addition to this, resturants like 4, Eat Fish and Indiya offer sophisticated cuisine at reasonable prices. Despite difficulties in the last few years, the shopping aspect of Bedford is ...  Read the complete review

I live in Bedford and have done my whole life apart from a few years in Birmingham when my parents divorced and my mum moved away. I was born here and am a Bedfordian. Bedford is approximately 50 miles north of London which is one of the things I do really like about the town, you can hop on a fast train and be there in 45 minutes. Close city's are Milton Keynes and Cambridge. According to the 2001 census Bedford population was 147,925. The town has some nice areas of beauty, it has a large park with a pond it it and lots of space to relax, play games and also tennis courts and 2 playgrounds in it. The ...  Read the complete review

So.. Bedford. It is located near to Luton and Milton Keynes, around a 25 minute drive to each which is handy. The trains are also good connections with trains to London leaving every 15 minuted. Shopping wise, Bedford is terrible perhaps the worst place to even attempt to shop! Even if we do have one or two decent shops, the chances of you finding anything in them that you want is impossible because they are all so small! The 'big' shops ( as in big names, not size) Bedford has is: River Island, Next, Accesorize, Debenhams, M & S, BHS, Boots, Argos, Topshop, Dorothy Perkins, New Look, Primark, several phone shops, TKMaxx, ELC, Wilkinsons. This is basically ...  Read the complete review

A mad tour...... The Old Chapel on Mill Street, to become a restaurant/bar downstairs & a club upstairs. Lurke Street car park where two Bosnians decided to steal a fast car and drove it through the barriers and over the edge of the fifth floor to their death - it was an automatic... The Oasis beach pool - a chuffing big pyramid out of context with the other scenery ! Demolish It Now Building THE BUS STATION !! IT IS DISGUSTING AND DANGEROUS. Most of the town centre. Don't forget the car parks. Oasis, it's got terminal concrete cancer, sick building syndrome and bad feng shui. County Hall - it suits the ...  Read the complete review

Right from the outset of this opinion I’ll state that I’m probably slightly biased. I was born and bred in Yorkshire and moved here, to Bedford, when I was 9 – 13yrs ago. Although many people boast about how great Bedford is I’m afraid it really doesn’t impress me. For those of you who don't know Bedford is roughly 1hr north of London and sits at the end of the Bedford-Brighton railway line. It's a relatively old market town (although the Market is now almost no existent) and is probably best know as the town where John Bunyan was born, imprisoned and preached. It's know as 'Little Italy' because of the ...  Read the complete review