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'''Bedfordshire''' is a county of southern [[England]] lying between the [[Home Counties]] and the [[Midlands]]. It is bordered by [[Northamptonshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Huntingdonshire]] and [[Buckinghamshire]]. The topography is mainly low-lying, with some [[fenland]] areas in the east of the county. The county town is [[Bedford]], home of [[John Bunyan]], but the main urban centre is the industrial and university town of [[Luton]]. Major industries include motor manufacture in Luton and brick manufacture in the north of the county; the need of the brick industry for labour led to the immigration of many people from [[Italy]] in the years following the [[Second World War]].
'''Bedfordshire''' is a county of southern [[England]] lying between the [[Home Counties]] and the [[Midlands]]. It is bordered by [[Northamptonshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Huntingdonshire]] and [[Buckinghamshire]]. The topography is mainly low-lying, with some [[fenland]] areas in the east of the county. The county town is [[Bedford]], home of [[John Bunyan]], but the main urban centre is the industrial and university town of [[Luton]]. Major industries include motor manufacture in Luton and brick manufacture in the north of the county; the need of the brick industry for labour led to the immigration of many people from [[Italy]] in the years following the [[Second World War]].
==Geography==
Bedfordshire is largely low-lying and forms a part of the drainage basin of the [[River Great Ouse]]. However, the southern edge of the county contains part of the Chiltern Hills in which the Dunstable Downs, the highest point in the county at 797 ft (243 meters), are located.
[[Category:English Counties]]
[[Category:English Counties]]