Bury Park

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Bury Park
Coordinates: 51.885° N 0.431° W
Population	13,660(Biscot Ward)[1]
OS grid reference	TL0624
Parish	Bury Park
Unitary authority	Luton
Ceremonial county	Bedfordshire
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Luton
Postcode district	LU1
Dial code	01582
Police	Bedfordshire
Fire	Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Luton South
European Parliament	East of England
List of places: UK • England

Bury Park is located one mile due east of Luton town centre on the road to Dunstable. For the greater part of the 20th century its residents belonged to many Christian denominations as can be seen by the variety of churches in the area. Since the mid 70s a Bangladeshi and Pakistani community has grown and Bury Park is now the home of one of the largest mosques in Britain. Bury Park has a large commercial area specialising in fruit, vegetatbles and clothing, mainly for the local community.

Kenilworth Road, the home of Luton Town FC is also located here.

Contents 1 History 2 Politics 3 Local Attractions 4 Local Newspapers 5 References 6 Further reading

[edit] History

Bury Park takes its name from 'Bury Farm' which occupied much of the land now in the immediate area.

[edit] Politics

Bury Park falls into the Biscot ward which is represented by Cllr Qurban Hussain (Liberal Democrats), Cllr Asif Iqbal (Liberal Democrats) and Cllr Haji Abid (Liberal Democrats).

The ward forms part of the parliamentary constituency of Luton South, and the MP is Margaret Moran (Labour). Leagrave is within the East of England (European Parliament constituency).

[edit] Local Attractions

Dunstable Downs Chiltern Hills Leagrave Park Leighton Buzzard Light Railway Luton Museum & Art Gallery the hat Factory Luton Hoo Mossman Collection Someries castle Stockwood Craft Museum Stockwood Park Wardown Park Waulud's Bank Whipsnade Tree Cathedral Whipsnade Wildlife Park Woodside Farm and Wildfowl Park Wrest Park Gardens

[edit] Local Newspapers

Two weekly newspapers are delivered free to all the houses in Bury Park. However they are not specific to Bury Park. They are:

• Herald and Post - Delivered every Thursday
• Luton on Sunday- Delivered every Sunday

[edit] References

1. ^ Bedfordshire County Council: Population Estimates and Forecasts 2005.

• Luton Borough Council

[edit] Further reading

Sarfraz Manzoor, Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock 'n' Roll, Bloomsbury, to be published in June 2007, ISBN 0-7475-7711-0.