New Town, Luton

New Town is a district of Luton just south east of the town centre. It is roughly bounded by Castle Street and London Road to the west, Seymour Road to the East, New Town Street to the North, and Cutenhoe Road to the south.

New Town
New Town
Location within Bedfordshire
PopulationWithin South ward
OS grid referenceTL093202
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLUTON
Postcode districtLU1
Dialling code01582
PoliceBedfordshire
FireBedfordshire and Luton
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

Local area

Castle Street was the site of a medieval castle.[1] 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 South ward, which is represented by Cllr David Agbley (Labour), Cllr Paul Castleman (Labour) and Cllr Javeria Hussain (Labour).[2]

The ward forms part of the parliamentary constituency of Luton South and the MP is Rachel Hopkins (Labour).

Map of Luton showing South Ward which contains New Town

Local newspapers

Two weekly newspapers cover New Town, although they are not specific to the area.

They are the:

Local Attractions

References
  1. "Luton Facts & Trivia". Shout Luton!. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. https://democracy.luton.gov.uk/cmis5public/Councillors.aspx
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