Lewsey Park, Luton

Lewsey Park is a suburb of Luton, 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.

Lewsey Park
Lewsey Park
Location within Bedfordshire
PopulationWithin Lewsey ward
OS grid referenceTL 04361 23921
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLUTON
Postcode districtLU4
Dialling code01582
PoliceBedfordshire
FireBedfordshire and Luton
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

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 dorma 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.

Lewsey Brook, Lewsey Park, Luton- geograph.org.uk - 101724

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
  • St. Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School

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).

Map of Luton showing Lewsey

Local attractions

Local newspapers

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

They are the:

References
  1. Ordnance Survey 2000.
  2. "Lewsey Sports Park".
  3. "The Club, Lewsey Park".
  4. https://democracy.luton.gov.uk/cmis5public/Councillors.aspx
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