Putteridge

Putteridge
OS grid reference	TL112242
Unitary authority	Luton
Ceremonial county	Bedfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LUTON
Postcode district	LU2
Dialling code	01582
Police	Bedfordshire
Fire	Bedfordshire
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Luton South

Putteridge is a suburb at the north-eastern edge of Luton, in Bedfordshire, England. Putteridge is a little over 2 miles (3.2 km) from Luton town centre and bordered by Central Bedfordshire district to the north and North Hertfordshire district to the east. Wigmore Lane and Hayling Drive form the southern boundary and Cannon Lane and Stapleford Road the western.

Local area

Many of Putteridge's houses were built in the 1930s by Janes Builders of Luton. The area is home to one of Luton's cemeteries, The Vale. The University of Bedfordshire's Putteridge Bury Campus is just over the border in Hertfordshire.

The area is surrounded by green space including Butterfield Green, a new industrial development currently being built. This is hoped to help boost the local economy of the area and Luton as a whole.

Putteridge Primary School and Putteridge High School serve the local areas including Stopsley, Round Green and Wigmore.

Putteridge Bury

Main article: Putteridge Bury

Putteridge Bury

The house at Putteridge Bury was built in the style of Chequers by architects Sir Ernest George and Alfred Yeats and was completed in 1911. The grounds were designed by Edwin L Lutyens with advice from Gertrude Jekyll.

Politics

The area of Putteridge is part of the Stopsley and Wigmore wards, which form part of the parliamentary constituency of Luton South and the MP is Rachel Hopkins (Labour).

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Map of Luton showing Stopsley

Local attractions

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

Local newspapers

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

• Herald and Post
• Luton News

References

• James Dyer, The Stopsley Book, Book Castle, 1998,

External links

• Putteridge High School