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The Luton/Dunstable urban area, according to the Office for National Statistics, is the conurbation (continuous built up area) including the settlements of Luton, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, in Bedfordshire, East of England. Despite straddling district boundaries the conurbation shares many facilities including an integrated bus service and ...
Dunstable: 33,805 36,253 Part of the Luton/Dunstable urban area: Houghton Regis: 16,970 17,283 Part of the Luton/Dunstable urban area: Ampthill: 6,767 7,028 Part of Flitwick's Built-up area Henlow: 3,084 3,815 Forms part of Shefford's built-up area Clifton: 2,730 2,878 Forms part of Shefford's built-up area Elstow: 2,049 2,702
51°53′10″N 0°31′16″W / 51.88603°N 0.52102°W / 51.88603; -0.52102. Dunstable (/ ˈdʌnstəbəl / DUN-stə-bəl) is a market town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, east of the Chiltern Hills, 30 miles (50 kilometres) north of London. There are several steep chalk escarpments, most noticeable when approaching ...
The first urban settlement nearby was the small Roman town of Durocobrivis at Dunstable, but Roman remains in the modern area of Luton itself consist only of scattered farmsteads, with a core of settlement at Limbury with some evidence of substantial buildings, as well as at Wigmore and Park Street. [1]: 31 [2] [3]
Urban areas. Bedford was the only ancient borough in the county still operating at the time of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. Dunstable was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1864 and Luton in 1876. Urban local government in Bedfordshire in this period took one of three forms:
Dunstable was first settled by Europeans in 1656 and was officially incorporated in 1673. ... Dunstable, in the face of urban sprawl, has held onto a largely rural ...
Municipal Borough of Dunstable. The town of Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England was governed as an ancient borough between the twelfth century and the sixteenth century. The town’s borough status was effectively lost after 1541, following the English Reformation. Urban local government returned to the town in 1863 with the establishment of a ...
Central Bedfordshire comprises a mix of market towns and rural villages. The largest town is Leighton Buzzard followed by Dunstable and Houghton Regis. Dunstable and Houghton Regis form part of the Luton/Dunstable urban area. Central Bedfordshire includes the following towns and villages.