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Greater Manchester

Living in Bedford, New Hampshire

Residential town on the west bank of the Merrimack River adjoining Manchester.

White clapboard colonial home with black shutters, granite steps and stone walls in summer

Bedford overview

Bedford is a town in Hillsborough County directly west of Manchester, incorporated in 1750. Its development pattern is predominantly residential, with commercial activity concentrated along Route 101 and South River Road.

The town retains agricultural parcels and conservation land alongside subdivision development that expanded significantly in the second half of the twentieth century.

Homes and housing

Largely detached single-family housing on larger lots, including antique colonial properties along the older road network and later subdivision construction, with a smaller number of condominium developments.

Neighborhoods

Development is organized around the Bedford Center historic area, the South River Road corridor and residential roads extending west toward New Boston.

Lifestyle and recreation

Town-owned conservation land, the Bedford Village common area, municipal recreation fields and river-corridor trails.

Location

Immediately west of Manchester, about fifty miles north of Boston via the F.E. Everett Turnpike.

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