Local authority · E06000056
Central Bedfordshire
In useCentral Bedfordshire is a local authority in England, published in boundary releases since December 2011.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- E06000056
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 713 km²
- Population
- 315,877Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2011 to now
Where it sits
What it contains
175 LSOAs, as of the December 2021 boundaries
79 parishes, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Ampthill
- Arlesey
- Aspley Guise
- Aspley Heath
- Astwick
- Barton-le-Clay
- Battlesden
- Biggleswade
- Billington
- Blunham
- Brogborough
- Caddington
- Campton and Chicksands
- Chalgrave
- Chalton
- Clifton
- Clophill
- Cranfield
- Dunstable
- Dunton
- Eaton Bray
- Edworth
- Eggington
- Eversholt
- Everton
- Eyeworth
- Fairfield
- Flitton and Greenfield
- Flitwick
- Gravenhurst
- Harlington
- Haynes
- Heath and Reach
- Henlow
- Hockliffe
- Houghton Conquest
- Houghton Regis
- Hulcote and Salford
- Husborne Crawley
- Hyde
- Kensworth
- Langford
- Leighton-Linslade
- Lidlington
- Marston Moreteyne
- Maulden
- Meppershall
- Millbrook
- Milton Bryan
- Moggerhanger
- Northill
- Old Warden
- Potsgrove
- Potton
- Pulloxhill
- Ridgmont
- Sandy
- Shefford
- Shillington
- Silsoe
- Slip End
- Southill
- Stanbridge
- Steppingley
- Stondon
- Stotfold
- Streatley
- Studham
- Sundon
- Sutton
- Tempsford
- Tilsworth
- Tingrith
- Toddington
- Totternhoe
- Westoning
- Whipsnade
- Woburn
- Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley
31 wards, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Ampthill
- Arlesey & Fairfield
- Aspley & Woburn
- Barton-le-Clay & Silsoe
- Biggleswade East
- Biggleswade West
- Caddington
- Clifton, Henlow & Langford
- Cranfield & Marston Moretaine
- Dunstable Central
- Dunstable East
- Dunstable North
- Dunstable South
- Dunstable West
- Eaton Bray
- Flitwick
- Heath & Reach
- Houghton Conquest & Haynes
- Houghton Regis East
- Houghton Regis West
- Leighton-Linslade North
- Leighton-Linslade South
- Leighton-Linslade West
- Meppershall & Shillington
- Northill
- Potton
- Sandy
- Shefford
- Stotfold
- Toddington
- Westoning, Flitton & Greenfield
Neighbours
9 local authorities share a border with Central Bedfordshire, longest border first.
- North Hertfordshire 53.0 km
- Bedford 47.0 km
- Buckinghamshire 29.3 km
- Luton 28.3 km
- Milton Keynes 22.5 km
- Dacorum 20.4 km
- South Cambridgeshire 17.2 km
- St Albans 6.4 km
- Huntingdonshire 5.2 km
Data published for it
37 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Central Bedfordshire itself.
- Adult social care activity in England2025
- Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, England2025
- Air Quality2024
- Attainment 8 Gap2025
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Car Availability2021
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Council Tax levels in England2026
- Crime2026
- Ethnicity2021
- EU Referendum Results2016
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- House price to residence-based earnings ratio2025
- Housing supply: net additional dwellings2025
- Income2025
- Indices of Multiple Deprivation2025
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Local authority revenue expenditure and financing2026
- Mobile Coverage2025
- NHS Waiting Times2026
- Planning applications in England2026
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Qualifications2021
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- School Performance (KS4)2025
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Temporary Accommodation2026
- Travel to Work2021
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
- Workplace income2025
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000056 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000056/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000056/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000056/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000056/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000056/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000056?include=capabilities