Bedford Flooring are professional flooring contractors committed to providing a quality, reliable and friendly service to all clients in Bedford and surrounding areas
Bedford Flooring installs a wide range flooring types including laminate, vinyl, luxury vinyl tiles, engineered wood flooring & hardwood flooring. Carpet flooring and safety flooring are additional services provided by the company.
Bedford Flooring contractors have a combined experience of over 25 years installing a wide range of floors in domestic and commercial properties. The team consists of skilled and experienced tradesmen that have successfully delivered numerous projects over the years.
Although operating from Bedford, the team have covered projects in Dunstable, Luton, and other surrounding areas in Bedfordshire.
Bedford is one of the largest towns in the County of Bedfordshire. It is also the administrative headquarters of Bedfordshire.
Bedford was a historic market town that was founded at a ford on the River Great Ouse. It is regarded as the burial place of Offa of Mercia.
The River Great Ouse runs through the Bedford town centre and is lined with gardens known as Embankment.
Bedford was known for its lace industry from the 16th century. Lace was important in Bedford until the 20th century.
Bedford town has a population of 106,940. Bedford borough has an estimated population of 173,237.
Bedford is the largest settlement in the borough of Bedford.
Bedford area post codes are MK40 – MK45 {MK is derived from Milton Keynes}
Bedford Borough council is led by a Mayor. The mayor holds the title “Mayor of Bedford”
Bedford has 10 wards namely Brickhill, Castle, Cauldwell, De Prays, Goldington, Harpur, Kingsbrook, Newnham, Putnoe, Queens Park, Kempston East and Kempston West.
Bedford is part of the Bedford Constituency and is served by the Bedford Police.
Bedford is known for its large population of people with Italian roots.
Bedford is roughly 46 miles north of London, 65 miles south east of Birmingham, 25 miles west of Cambridge and 19 miles east of Northampton.
Key landmarks of Bedford include Bedford Park, the town’s largest urban park located north of the town centre and Prior County Park another large county park located on the northern bank of the River Great Ouse.
Other landmarks include St Pauls Church, the principal church in Bedford. This is the civic church of the borough of Bedford and the county of Bedfordshire. St Peters Church is another notable church in the area.
Also, the Cardington Airship Hangers located outside the town were used to shoot scenes of movies for Star Wars, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and Inception.
Bedford War Memorial and Bedford Castle Mound are other key landmarks in the town.
Bedford is served by good transport links that connects it to other major cities in England. It is served by major motorways, rail, and local buses.
Bedford is on the Midland Main Line operated by Thameslink and connects to London and Brighton. Also, express services operated by East Midlands Railway connect Bedford to London and the East Midlands.
The town is served by 2 railway stations namely the Bedford Midland Station and Bedford St Johns.
Key motorways linking to Bedford include A6 road and A421 road. The A1 and M1 motorways pass a few miles east and west of Bedford also.
Bedford town’s bus services and major bus routes are run by Stagecoach. Key services link Bedford to Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Oxford, Northampton, Kettering, and other towns in the region.
Other major operators include Uno running services to Milton Keynes, Grant Palmer of Dunstable running services to Flitwick and Dunstable, and Expressline based in Fenlake.
Bedford is also a known Cycling town and is part of the National Cycling Route 51. Bedford Green Wheel allows cyclists to use a network of cycle routes around and in Bedford.
Bedford has lots of primary and secondary schools as well as further education colleges. The town is home to 4 private schools run by the Harpur Trust endowed by Sir William Harpur a Bedfordian namely Bedford School (boys aged 7 – 18), Bedford Modern School (pupils aged 7 – 18), Bedford Girls School (girls aged 7 – 18) and Pilgrims Preparatory School amongst others.
Bedford also hosts a campus of University of Bedfordshire which was formed from a merger of University of Luton and De Montfort University.
Bedford College and Bedford Sixth Form are further education colleges serving the town. There is also Stella Mann College, a private college which offers a range of further education courses in Performing Arts.
Bedford has a long sporting heritage with numerous sports clubs dotting the town. In football, Bedford F.C and Bedford Town F.C. which both play in the lower tier of the English football leagues.
There are 4 rugby union teams namely Bedford Blues, Bedford Queens, Bedford Swifts and Bedford Athletic. There is also the Bedford Tigers a rugby league team that competes one tier below the National Conference.
Rowing is a also key sport in Bedford which takes place between February and October of each year. The Bedford Regatta is the second largest in the country.
Bedford is home to the UK’s largest outdoor fitness company Be Military Fit which operates in Bedford Park.
