Bedford Dunstable plant

Bedford Dunstable plant
Built1942
LocationDunstable, Bedfordshire, England
IndustryMotor vehicle assembly
ProductsBedford Vehicles
Employees5,500
Area98 acres (40 ha)
Defunct1992
Preserved 1944 Bedford QL truck, at a rally in Hertfortshire, 2011
Preserved Bedford QL refueling truck, built for the Royal Air Force
1954 Bedford S-type
Bedford truck on duty with the British Army in Bosnia, as part of SFOR

The Bedford Dunstable plant was a truck and bus vehicle assembly plant, located in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. Developed and opened by Vauxhall Motors in 1942 under instruction from the Ministry of Production as a shadow factory, it was transferred to the Bedford Vehicles unit in the 1950s. Closed after receivership in 1992, it was subsequently demolished and redeveloped as a retail park and associated industrial estate.