Bedfordshire is England’s smallest county and, in contrast with its illustrious near-neighbour London, largely consists of rolling green fields.
Mostly low lying, its economy relies heavily on agriculture and market gardening, yet here are great houses, scores of thatched cottages, old-world villages… and even tigers! Situated northwest of the capital city in eastern England, the county used to be part of the kingdom of the ancient British tribe known as the Cantvellauni.