A thriving countryside for everyone

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We are the countryside charity

We’re passionate about making the Bedfordshire countryside a better place for everyone to live, work and enjoy.

Hedgerow Heroes

Find out about our hedgerow planting and restoration project

Hedgerow Heroes

Working with you

Find out how we work with Local Action Groups

Working with you

Discover Bedfordshire

Want to know about things to see and do near you? We can help.

Explore days out and more

What gets built and where

Withdrawal of funding for Neighbourhood Plans

CPRE Bedfordshire’s concerns about the government’s recent announcement.

Bedford Borough

What now for Bedford’s Local Plan 2040?

CPRE Bedfordshire notes with concern the expected withdrawal of the Plan.

What gets built and where

CPRE Bedfordshire Planning Policy Update: Spring / Summer 2025

What impact will new planning policies have on Bedfordshire?

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Days out

Bedfordshire

Discover: Tempsford and nearby villages

Bedford Borough

Bedfordshire

CPRE Bedfordshire supports Stop East Park Energy campaign

CPRE Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

E-news

The countryside next door

Bedfordshire

The Green Belt explained

M is for markets

Discover Bedfordshire’s landscapes, places and history.

An open octagonal building on a village green.

L is for Luton

Discover Bedfordshire’s landscapes, places and history.

K is for Kings (and Queens!)

Discover Bedfordshire’s landscapes, places and history.

A path winds through a parkland landscape.

J is for… John Bunyan

Discover Bedfordshire’s places, landscapes and history.

Bronze doors embossed with scenes from 'The Pilgrim's Progress'.

I is for… Ivel

Discover Bedfordshire’s landscapes, places and history.

A large mill building next to a river.

H is for… health

Discover Bedfordshire’s landscapes, places and history.

Boardwalk leading out into water.

G is for… garden

Discover Bedfordshire’s landscapes, places and history.

View of a parterre and formal gardens through ornate black railings.

F is for… forest

Discover Bedfordshire’s places, landscapes and history.

A group of three people in an autumn woodland.

E is for… estate villages

Discover Bedfordshire’s places, landscapes and history.

Close up of a thatched roof.

D is for… dovecote

Discover Bedfordshire’s places, landscapes and history.

A large brick and tiled building in a field.

C is for… chalk

Discover Bedfordshire places, landscapes and history.

Chalk path along a ridge. The surrounding landscape is green.

B is for… bridge

Discover Bedfordshire places, landscapes and history.

People sitting on a river bank, near a stone bridge

A is for… abbey

Discover Bedfordshire places, landscapes and history.