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 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.
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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.
- 01Kenilworth 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 - 02Church 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 - 03Waulud'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 - 04Wardown 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 - 05Church 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 - 06Bury 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
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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 → Leagrave50 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £5–7
- London, Essex → Leagrave50 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £5–7
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Leagrave117 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £12–17
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
- Get inIt's a major hub for the budget airlines easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air, and for charter flights by Tui.
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Next door to Leagrave
Leagrave is 41 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Sundon Parksuburb and electoral ward in Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom1.9 km
- Biscotsuburb and electoral ward in Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom2.8 km