They are members of the Southern League Division One Central and play at McMullen Park.

Bedford United were established in 1957, the works team of the printing firm Diemer & Reynolds.

In 2024 American cryptocurrency investors, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss invested $4.5 million in the club.

[1] They subsequently played at Fairhill on Clapham Road,[1] where the club's record attendance of 1,500 was set for a South Midlands League match against Bedford Town.

[15] The land was later bought by Sainsbury's and Bedford United temporarily groundshared with Kempston Rovers at Hillgrounds, before moving to McMullen Park in 1996.