Lewsey Park

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Lewsey Park
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Lewsey Park
Location within Bedfordshire
OS grid reference TL 04361 23921
Unitary authority
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LUTON
Postcode district LU4
Dialling code 01582
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51°54′14″N0°29′02″W / 51.904°N 0.484°W / 51.904; -0.484

Lewsey Park is a suburb of Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Situated in the north-west of the town, the area is roughly bounded by Woodside Link to the North, Leagrave High Street to the south, Pastures Way to the west, and the M1 to the east.

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History

Lewsey Park takes its name from the public park within its boundaries, which is also called Lewsey Park. The parkland takes its name from the neighbouring suburb of Lewsey, which in turn takes its name from a corruption of the “Lucy” family. The Lucy family owned the manor to which the land belonged from 1305 to 1455.

Lewsey Park was built in the late 1980s and 1990s infilling between Hockwell Ring and Lewsey Farm. [1] It is characterised by the many closed and dead end roads of that era of estate design. More open than areas built in previous decades, Lewsey Park consists of mainly detached and semi-detached large houses, many with dormer windows or a tiled upper front façade.

Local area

At the centre of the area is a leisure centre called Lewsey Sports Park, which houses a swimming pool, gym, sports hall and café. [2] Next door is The Club, a bar and club for the community. [3] Across the road there is also a corner shop.

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Lewsey Brook

In the south of the area is Lewsey Park (confusingly given the same name as the suburb which surrounds it). The park is a large area containing sports pitches, allotments and a play park. Lewsey Brook is a temporal water course which is a minor tributary to the River Lea and passes through the park.

Schools

Politics

Lewsey Park is part of the larger Lewsey ward, which also includes Lewsey Farm and Lewsey. The ward is represented by Cllr Jacqui Burnett (Labour), Cllr Aslam Khan (Labour) and Council leader Cllr Hazel Simmons (Labour). [4]

The ward forms part of the parliamentary constituency of Luton North and the MP is Sarah Owen (Labour).

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Map of Luton showing Lewsey

Local attractions

Key
AP Icon.svg Abbey/Priory/Cathedral
UKAL icon.svg Accessible open space
Themepark uk icon.png Amusement/Theme Park
CL icon.svg Castle
Country parks.svg Country Park
EH icon.svg English Heritage
Forestry Commission
HR icon.svg Heritage railway
HH icon.svg Historic House
AP Icon.svg Places of Worship
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Museum (free/not free)
NTE icon.svg National Trust
Drama-icon.svg Theatre
Zoo icon.jpg Zoo

Local newspapers

Two weekly newspapers cover Lewsey Park, although they are not specific to the area.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey 2000.
  2. "Lewsey Sports Park".
  3. "The Club, Lewsey Park".
  4. "CMIS > Councillors".
  5. Herald and Post
  6. Luton News