 | You'll find Luton about 30 miles north of London amidst the north Chiltern Hills with Oxford to the west and Cambridge to the east.
Luton is a multi-cultural town in central England that's home to more than 140 nationalities. But it's been the home of singer Paul Young, author Arthur Hailey, poet John Hegley and Jonathon Creek creator and writer David Renwick.
When it comes to finding your way to and from Luton you'll find that is well connected to many of the UKs major cities. If you're travelling by car then the M1 goes through the town, taking you to London it you travel southbound and towards Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds is you travel northbound.
Taking public transport to get to and from Luton also gives you plenty of options. Luton has three train stations Leagrave to the north of the town, Luton Central, which as the name suggests is in the centre of the town, and to the south of the town Luton Parkway. There are two main train operators that offer services from these stations Midland Mainline which will take you to London's St Pancras station as well as north to Leicester, Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield, and Thameslink which has direct services Luton to Kings Cross, Gatwick and Brighton. The journey to London takes less than 30 minutes.
Postcodes for Luton begin with the letters LU and as well as Luton itself the LU postcode includes Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard, and you'll find there are plenty of bus services ready to take you from Luton to these destinations and back again, as well as several in between.
Located to the south west of Luton is Luton International Airport close to the M1 and M25 motorways. Each year more than six million passengers fly from Luton mainly to destinations in Europe including Ibiza, Amsterdam, Budapest, Inverness, Berlin, Stockholm, Nice, Milan, Paris Rome and Kos to name just a few of the 60 destinations.
However if you're not jetting off just yet and need products or services within the LU postcode then check out City Visitor for the information you need. |
