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Leagrave

Leagrave is a former village and now a suburb of Luton, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England; it lies in the north-west of the town.

Leagrave
Leagrave · DeepanjanGhosh (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The place

Leagrave is a former village and now a suburb of Luton, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England; it lies in the north-west of the town. The current council ward is roughly bounded by Vincent Road, Torquay Drive and High Street to the north, Roman Road and Stoneygate Road to the south, the M1 to the west, and Marsh Road and Leagrave Park to the east.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Leagrave

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Kenilworth Road

    Kenilworth Road, also known as the Kenny, is a football stadium in the area of Bury Park, Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It has been the home ground of Luton Town Football Club since 1905.

    3.2 km · football stadium in Luton, Bedfordshire, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Mary, Sundon

    Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed church in Lower Sundon, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 3 February 1967.

    3.1 km · church in Sundon, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Waulud's Bank

    Waulud's Bank is a possible Neolithic henge in Leagrave, Luton, England dating from 3000 BC. The Waulud's Bank earthworks are in the north of Luton on the edge of Leagrave Common, with central Leagrave to the south east and Marsh Farm to the west. The River Lea runs alongside on the western side, its source located within the vicinity of the surrounding marsh.

    900 m · archaeological site in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Wardown Park Museum

    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.

    3.4 km · local museum in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis

    The Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, is a medieval Grade I listed building. Characterised by flint and clunch checker work on the exterior, the church dates predominantly from the 13th and 14th centuries, with 15th century additions.

    3.8 km · church in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bury Park United Reformed Church

    Bury Park United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed former United Reformed church in Luton, Bedfordshire.

    3.4 km · church in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Leagrave

Airports
London Luton (LTN), 7 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 48 km · London Stansted (STN), 48 km
Stations
Leagrave railway station, 600 m
  • London → Leagrave
    50 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £5–7
  • London, Essex → Leagrave
    50 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £5–7
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Leagrave
    117 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £12–17
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Leagrave

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Leagrave. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt's a major hub for the budget airlines easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air, and for charter flights by Tui.

From Wikivoyage: Luton, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    147 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    302 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    398 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    511 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    546 km

If you know how people move in Leagrave – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Leagrave

Leagrave is 41 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Chaltonvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK3.5 km
  • Skimpotvillage in Bedfordshire, England, UK1.8 km
  • Lutondistrict in Bedfordshire, England2.9 km
  • Braminghamsuburb and electoral ward in Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom2.6 km
  • Sundon Parksuburb and electoral ward in Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom1.9 km
  • Biscotsuburb and electoral ward in Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom2.8 km