Central Bedfordshire Council

Central Bedfordshire Council is the Highway Authority responsible for the planning, maintenance, and development of all roads – other than trunk roads, managed by National Highways – in that part of the historic county of Bedfordshire it administers, together with some small peripheral areas which are parts of the historic counties of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Cambridgeshire.

Primary destinations

The following Primary Destinations are located within the area administered by the council:

• Dunstable

Trunk roads

The following roads that run through the council area are, at least in part, trunk roads and are therefore managed by National Highways:

• M1
• A1
• A5
• A421

Class I and class II roads (numbers signed)

Other A- and B-roads which are, wholly or in part, managed by the council:

Route	From	To	Length
A6	Luton	Carlisle	299 miles	View
A418	Wheatley	Linslade	25.3 miles	View
A421	Barleymow Roundabout, Brackley	Black Cat Roundabout, Roxton	44.4 miles	View
A505	Leighton Buzzard	Great Abington	49.2 miles	View
A507	Brogborough	Buntingford	31.4 miles	View
A600	Hitchin	Bedford	18.2 miles	View
A603	Bedford	Cambridge	29.9 miles	View
A4012	Leighton Buzzard	Hockliffe	4.8 miles	View
A4146	Hemel Hempstead	Milton Keynes	16.7 miles	View
A5065	Leagrave	Luton	2.8 miles	View
A5120	Toddington Interchange	Ampthill bypass	4.5 miles	View
A5183	Elstree	Dunstable	21.8 miles	View
A5505	M1 J11A	Dunstable Town Centre		View
A6001	Holme Green	Biggleswade	2.3 miles	View
B440	Hemel Hempstead	Leighton Buzzard	12.4 miles	View
B489	Buckland	Dunstable	10.6 miles	View
B530	Fancott	Kempston	14.0 miles	View
B579	Luton	Toddington	6.3 miles	View
B653	Luton	Stanborough	10.7 miles	View
B655	Barton-le-Clay	Hitchin	7.5 miles	View
B658	Chicksands	Biggleswade By Pass	5.9 miles	View
B659	Henlow Camp	Biggleswade	6.3 miles	View
B1040	Biggleswade	Crowland	50.5 miles	View
B1042	Sandy	Wimpole Lodge	11.5 miles	View
B4506	Northchurch	Whipsnade	7.3 miles	View
B4540	Whipsnade (W)	Luton	7.8 miles	View
B4541	Whipsnade	Dunstable	2.2 miles	View
B5120	Dunstable	Toddington	5.1 miles	View
B5704	Hockliffe	Ridgmont station	7.5 miles	View
B5790	Chalton	Houghton Regis	0.6 miles	View

Class III and unclassified roads (numbers unsigned)

Main Article: Central Bedfordshire Council (Class III roads)

Central Bedfordshire Council uses a "C" prefix in numbering its Class III roads, a "UC" prefix in numbering its unclassified roads.

Junctions

Main Article: Central Bedfordshire Council (Junctions)

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Central Bedfordshire Council (Crossings)

Links

• Central Bedfordshire Council
• Transport and Streets