Bedfordshire. Photo: Shutterstock Bedfordshire, famed for its stately homes and wildlife parks, for the delicious Bedfordshire Clanger pastry , the Shuttleworth Collection of vintage automobiles and aircraft, and as the home of author John Bunyan , is the worst county in England . "We finally won something!" wrote redditor and apparent Bedforshire resident AHKieran, "(Other than a theme park contract.)" Bedfordshite. Image via Reddit The award comes courtesy of the magical Terrible Maps subreddit , and voting was a close-run thing, with bookies' favorite Essex flagging in the last round. There are many more lovely postings there. Commenter kavancc sums up the contest vibes: 'The most fun part of this was how many times I saw "how is xxxxxx still here". it started from about 10 counties and kept going right to the end.' Luton, Bedfordshire's largest town, was known for hatmaking and the former British motor industry.…