There are currently 7 parkrun events in present-day Bedfordshire. The first was Bedford which started on June 11th 2011 and the newest is Henlow Bridge Lakes which started on September 25th 2021. The name for having completed all parkrun events in the county is “Made the Beds”

I first completed the county on August 24th 2019 at Bedford.

Note that the address for Rushmere parkrun is in Bedfordshire but the whole of the parkrun course is in Buckinghamshire so I have listed it there.

The interactive maps below take you to the approximate location for the course, typically the centre of the park. See the course instructions in the parkrun page for each event for specific directions to the start. Course maps show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then.

Bedford

I completed this event on: August 24th 2019 with a finish time of: 26:06
Other routes touched (walk): John Bunyan Trail
Inaugural: June 11th 2011
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up

Dunstable Downs

I completed this event on: May 18th 2019 with a finish time of: 28:35
Other routes touched (walk): Icknield Way Path, Chiltern Way
Other routes touched (cycle): Icknield Way Trail
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: February 23rd 2019
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up

Great Denham

I completed this event on: July 27th 2019 with a finish time of: 25:50
Other routes touched (walk): Ouse Valley Way
Inaugural: February 17th 2018
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up

Henlow Bridge Lakes

I completed this event on: November 6th 2021 with a finish time of: 26:47
Other routes touched (walk): Hicca Way, Kingfisher Way
Other routes touched (cycle): none but NCN 12 runs past the entrance.
Inaugural: September 18th 2021
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up

Houghton Hall

I completed this event on: New Year’s Day 2018 with a finish time of: 27:02
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 6
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: December 23rd 2017
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up

Luton Wardown

I completed this event on: April 15th 2017 with a finish time of: 26:51
Other routes touched (walk): Lee Valley Trail
Other routes touched (cycle): N/A, but the Western edge of the course runs close to a parallel with NCN 6
This event is also part of Chilterns parkrun
Inaugural: April 18th 2015
Links: Event Home Page, Course Page, blog7t write-up