NEW TOWN, LUTON

''New Town'' is a district of Luton just south east of the town centre between Castle Street, the main route to London and the M1 motorway on one side and Park Street, leading to Luton Hoo and the village of Hyde on the other side.

Contents

Local Area

Politics

Local Newspapers

Local Attractions

Local Area

Castle Street was the site of a medieval castle and Park Street and its surrounding streets are home to many students of the nearby University of Bedfordshire. The district has characteristic pubs and has traditionally been a working class area of the town. To alleviate the housing shortage of the 1960s several multi-story flats were built and an industrial park was added in the 1980s to attract new industries. The ring road, which passes nearby, was created at the same time to ease traffic congestion from the M1 motorway to the ever expanding Luton Airport.

Politics

New Town is part of the South ward which is represented by Cllr Tim Hoyle (Labour), Cllr Lynda Ireland (Labour) and Cllr Sian Timoney (Labour). The ward forms part of the parliamentary constituency of Luton South, and the MP is Margaret Moran (Labour). South is situated within the East of England (European Parliament constituency).

Local Newspapers

Two weekly newspapers are delivered free to all the houses in New Town. However they are not specific to New Town. They are:

★ Herald and Post - Delivered every Thursday

★ Luton on Sunday- Delivered every Sunday

Local Attractions

★ UKAL icon.png Bramingham Woods ★ NTE icon.png Dunstable Downs ★ UKAL icon.png Chiltern Hills ★ UKAL icon.png Leagrave Park ★ HR icon.png Leighton Buzzard Light Railway ★ Museum icon.png Luton Museum & Art Gallery ★ the hat Factory ★ HH icon.png Luton Hoo ★ Museum icon.png Mossman Collection ★ Someries castle ★ Museum icon.png Stockwood Craft Museum ★ UKAL icon.png Stockwood Park ★ UKAL icon.png Wardown Park ★ UKAL icon.png Waulud's Bank ★ NTE icon.png Whipsnade Tree Cathedral ★ Museum icon (red).png Whipsnade Wildlife Park ★ Woodside Farm and Wildfowl Park ★ EH icon.png Wrest Park Gardens