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Luton (/ ˈ l uː t ən / ⓘ) [7] is a town and borough in Bedfordshire, England.The borough had a population of 225,262 at the 2021 census. [5] [8]Luton is on the River Lea, 32 miles (50 km) north-west of London, [9] 18 miles (29 km) north-west of Hertford, 20 miles (32 km) south of Bedford [9] and 23 miles (37 km) south-east of Milton Keynes.
Bin collection days in Lincolnshire will change during the festive period. Local councils have released their bin collection timetables for Christmas and the New Year. Waste recycling centres will ...
Luton's first elected local authority was a local board established in 1850, prior to which the town had been administered by the parish vestry. [5] The town became a municipal borough in 1876 governed by a body formally called the 'mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Luton', generally known as the corporation, town council or borough council.
Luton at Large was a 'what's on' guide for the town published by JNB Publishing (now trading as Treacle Factory). [71] Tropical FM TV, [72] which describes itself as an interactive internet-based radio station, [73] used to operate from a building on Midland Road. [74] The Luton Today website [75] covers news and sport within High Town ward.
Wardown House Museum and Gallery, formerly Wardown Park Museum and, before that, the Luton Museum & Art Gallery, in Luton, is housed in a large Victorian mansion in Wardown Park on the outskirts of the town centre. The museum collection focuses on the traditional crafts of Bedfordshire, notably lace-making and hat-making.
Bury Park is an area of Luton, Bedfordshire, England.It is located 1 mile north west of the town centre on the A505 road to Dunstable.The area is roughly bounded by Claremont Road and Highfield Road to the north, Telford Way to the south, Hatters Way to the west, and the Midland Main Line to the east.
Luton Rural District was a local authority in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It covered an area which almost surrounded but did not include the towns of ...
The collection was put together by George Mossman [1] who was born in Luton in 1908. Shortly after the First World War, Mossman left school and started work for a local butcher, Panters, in Park Street, as a delivery driver. This was the beginning of Mossman's lifelong interest in horse-drawn transport. Part of the Mossman Collection