Leighton

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Leighton is the name of a number of places:

• Leighton, Alabama
• Leighton, Iowa
• Leighton Township, Michigan
• Leighton, Cambridgeshire
• Leighton, Cheshire
• Leighton, North Yorkshire
• RSPB Leighton Moss, English nature reserve
• Leighton Buzzard, a town in Bedfordshire, England
• Leighton House Museum, a museum in London, United Kingdom
• Leighton, Western Australia, a beachside locality in Western Australia

People called Leighton include:

• Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830 - 1896), English painter and sculptor
• Baron Leighton of St Mellons, UK peerage title
• Laura Leighton (1968 - ), US actor
• Warner E Leighton Film Editor, mainly for Hanna-Barbera
• Robert Leighton (1611 - 1684), Scottish prelate
• Leighton Rees (1940 - ), Welsh dart player
• F. Thomson Leighton, computer scientist and co-founder of Akamai Technologies
• Kenneth Leighton, English composer

Businesses called Leighton include:

• Leighton Holdings
• [Leighton Holdings] Leighton Group companies offer a broad range of project development and contracting services and skills to public and private sector clients from a wide range of industries. Project development skills – community infrastructure, property or resources-based – and project management of construction and property developments complement the Group’s contracting activities. These activities include engineering and building construction, contract mining, environmental services, operations and maintenance, and facilities management. Key resources include an experienced, longserving management team, a strong balance sheet and the largest fleet of mobile plant and equipment in Australia.
• [Leighton Asia] Leighton Group in Asia operates through two separate entities: Leighton Asia (Northern), which incorporates operations in Hong Kong, Macau, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Tailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia; and Leighton Asia (Southern), which incorporates operations in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and the Persian Gulf. Key market segments: Civil engineering & Infrastructure, Building, Rail, Marine, Mining & resources, Telecommunications, Petrochemical & process, Water & wastewater, and Environmental services.