Toddington is located just off the M1 and is a delightful place with much history. Although regarded as a village, Toddington was a market town in the past and still has the old Town Hall and the Town Pond, as recorded in 1581. In the centre of the village is the green which was once the site of regular markets and fairs. Dominating the village centre is the church of St. George of England which was consecrated in 1222. It was built of local Totternhoe stone and has recently undergone significant restoration.

The village of Marston Moretaine – also spelt Marston Moreteyne – is famous for its Manor, which is now a home to a popular restaurant. In the 1500's the Manor House was occupied by Sir Thomas Snagge, a former MP for Bedford who became Speaker of the House of Commons in 1588. The village of Church of St Mary’s is reputedly one of only 36 churches in the UK with a detached bell tower. The Marston Vale Community Forest Centre is located near to Marston and is an exciting project to create a large community forest south of Bedford. 

The attractive village of Aspley Guise – as listed in the Domesday book - is located amongst sandy hills on the edge of the pinewoods of Aspley Heath. The village is well known for fine buildings, such as Aspley House designed by Sir Christopher Wren.

Barton Le Clay was originally called Barton in the clay, until the Parish was renamed in 1956. The local Church, St Nicholas' is over 800 years old and located at the foot of the Barton Hills, which are commonly supposed to have been the inspiration for Bunyan's Celestial Mountains in the 'Pilgrim's Progress'.

The neighbouring village to Elstow is Wilstead, also spelt Wilshampstead, which is a historic agricultural village to the South of Bedford.

The historic village of Elstow was the birthplace to John Bunyan in 1628, Bedford’s most famous son. John Bunyan, the author of the "Pilgrim's Progress" – reputed to be the most translated book in the world after the Bible – was arrested for unlicensed preaching and imprisoned in Bedford Gaol. Elstow is also famous for its historic Abbey, founded in 1078 by the Countess Judith, niece of William the Conqueror.

The village of Wootton is approximately four and a half miles south west of Bedford and is set to increase in size with significant housing growth expected in the future.

Woburn is a Georgian town famous for its antique hall, and unique shops, tea-rooms and restaurants. Woburn’s history is closely associated with Woburn Abbey, home of the Dukes of Bedford for over 450 years. Woburn Abbey is an 18th century palatial mansion, originally founded in 1145 as a religious house for a group of Cistercian monks. In 1547 Edward VI granted Woburn Abbey to Sir John Russell who later became the 1st Earl of Bedford. The treasures of Woburn are acknowledged as one of the finest private collections in England.

Harlington is noted for its half-timbered houses dating from the 1500s and is closely associated with John Bunyan who was interrogated at Harlington House resulting in his arrest for unauthorised religious gathering.

The village of Turvey lies in the north west of the constituency beside the River Ouse near the border with Bucks. Remnants of the old Saxon church can still be seen in the structure of medieval All Saints, a spacious church set beside Turvey House. Turvey Abbey is now a Benedictine house and retreat centre, with fine Jacobean architecture, and Turvey House is an example of Georgian architecture.

The village of Henlow is famous for Henlow Grange, the former home of Alan Lennox-Boyd, Member of Parliament for Mid-Bedfordshire from the 1930’s until the 1950’s. More recently the village has become best known for RAF Henlow, established in 1918 for the then new Royal Flying Corps. Later RAF Henlow became an RAF Officer Cadet Training Unit.

Shefford, home of the 19th Century poet Robert Bloomfield, who is buried in nearby Campton churchyard.  A short distance from the town on the road to Ampthill lies Clophill.  Clophill is essentially a village of two churches, one in the centre and the other reached by a lane to the north of the village, with the green the location for the old village lock up and pound.

Home of the prestigious and internationally renowned Cranfield University. Large clay deposits are located in nearby Marston and Stewartby, which gave rise to a significant brick making industry, and attracted many immagrant workers from Italy after the Second World War. The constituency is also well known for natural deposits, with gravel extraction of major significance.

Flitwick has been a settlement since Saxon times and is recorded in the Doomsday Book. In the 1900s the railway line was extended from Luton to Bedford, with the new railway station at Flitwick leading to the growth of the town.

Ampthill is an historic Georgian Town well known for its numerous antique shops that line its narrow streets. In the nearby Ampthill Park there is a monument, that marks the site of Ampthill Castle, where Katherine of Aragon was kept under house arrest during her divorce from King Henry VIII. Houghton House is nearby and is thought to be the House Beautiful in John Bunyan’s famous The Pilgrim’s Progress.