Walking

T&C of the prize draw are:

• to respond to [email protected] before 1 November 2024 – to submit electronic photo
• provide your name with the email
• by responding by email, consent is given to be contacted by Public Health
• one photo per person
• photo to illustrate the walking experience – particular views and scenery, no disturbing content
• deadline for submission 11.59pm on Friday 1 November 2024
• Public Health panel will decide best photo
• voucher for £20 for the winner
• option to have wider coverage

Taking you from the War Memorial in town, you'll see Luton's old cinema, retail buildings and old pubs.

• (A1) War Memorial
  Constructed in 1922 - renovated in 1991 - and always a key feature of the annual armistice ceremony. 40 ft high with an 8ft bronze statue
• (A2) Town Hall Building
  Original town hall built 1846 from private funds. Burned down in 1919 by disgruntled ex-servicemen riled by an insensitive town council. n 1936 its replacement was constructed out of Portland Stone, built in a neo-classical style with many art deco features
• (A3) Duke of Clarence Pub
  Now the “Locked Escape Rooms”, the pub was first mentioned in 1771 with the ancient farmhouse “Peddars House” just a few yards further up Upper George Street
• (A4) Former Post Office
  The General Post Office and Telephone Exchange was opened in 1923 after the closure of the old one in Cheapside. The lamps either side of the entrance are original and grade II listed
• (A5) Former Cinema
  Opened in 1937 as the Union cinema and changed its name to the Ritz in 1949. Then became a nightclub and had various names over the years. Famous acts played there including the Beatles in 1964 
•  (A6) Luton’s First Cinema
  The current “Downtown Desserts’ is the site of the town’s first permanent-built cinema The “Anglo-American Electric Picture Palace” opened in 1911 with sound being introduced in September 1929
• (A7) Former Alma Ballroom
  From this spot, the Alma Ballroom would have dominated this junction from its opening in 1929 to demolition in 1961
• (A8) Bones Music Shop
  Now a tanning shop, this building was a celebrated music shop from 1895 to 1978. Philip Bone sold musical instruments and led a celebrated mandolin band
• (A9) Liberal Club
  This building still exists in Manchester Street today, it was once home to the Luton and South Beds Liberal Club and was erected in Manchester Street in 1895
• (A10) Former Sainsbury’s
  Opened in 1926, 74 George Street featured a large Sainsburys store until 1972. The building is still there with the distinctive red marble side columns and original tiles
• (A11) Gas Showrooms
  The art deco building was by 1939 a gas showroom and there was a small theatre at the top built for demonstrations and cookery classes some of which features the chef Zena Skinner
• (A12) Wellington Street
  Wellington Street was laid out as private land during the 1840s and its houses were originally erected to serve as the homes of Luton’s middle classes. By the end of the 19C it was Luton’s premier shopping street
• (A13) Lloyds Bank
  The building occupied by Lloyds Bank is one of the iconic structures in George Street, opened by “silk mercers, general drapers and merchant tailors” C.S. Beecroft & Sons in 1880
• (A14) King Street
  King Street was the last street to connect with George Street with its oldest buildings dating from the 1860s. The end of the street was King Street Congregational Church built 1889 and demolished 1971
• (A15) ABC Cinema
  The 2,000 seat Savoy Cinema opened in 1938 and in 1939 Luton had six cinemas. The name has changed several times and the cinema eventually closed in November 2000
• (A16) National Provincial Bank
  55- 61 George Street: The bank opened in 1936 and the Evening Telegraph marvelled at the “quality materials and the detailing. Utilising Australian walnut wood.” The front façade originally had 2 fitted flagpoles – you can still see restraints and collars
• (A17) Shoe Shop and Warehouse
  The 1897 date of this building is high up on the corner by the roof. For many years it was a shoe shop & warehouse on the corner of Cheapside
• (A18) Bank
  London, County & Westminster Bank on the corner of Chapel Street and George Street, Luton. The building was erected in 1897 and demolished in 1963
• (A19) Chapel Street
  Chapel Street – one of Luton’s oldest thoroughfares - was known as Hog Lane in the early 1800s. Through the establishment of a number of Methodist chapels, in 1814 and 1852, it changed its name
• (A20) Boots Building
  27 George Street was first listed in a directory in 1871 when George Pigott, butcher, was in occupation. By the time of the directory for 1903 Boots Cash Chemist (Eastern) Limited was in occupation. Boots continued to occupy the building until at least 1960. The current occupier is estate agent, Taylors
• (A21) Fishers Butchers 
  AE Fisher butcher owned a fair deal of property in the town centre. You can still see the outline of the letters “Fisher” underneath the new paintwork on the corner
• (A22) Red Lion Pub
  There has been an inn on this site since 1536-1541, and the first recorded tenant was John Smith 465 years ago. As road transport improved, the Red Lion became an important coaching house with stables for 40 horses
• (A23) Market Hill
  Market Hill has been a focus for the southern end of George Street for centuries. Once it was the domain of the Corn Exchange from 1867 to 1951
• (A24) The Crown Inn
  There has been an Inn on this site from at least the 16th century. The current building is early 19th century, was extended, and is Grade 2 listed. The pub was given a number of different names from the 1980’s, but has now reverted back to the Crown
• (A25) Park Street
  Park Street leads south as George Street gives way to the route towards Luton Hoo

• (B1) Station House
  The oldest non-religious building, a fragment of the High Town suburb before the new railway cut it off from the town centre
• (B2) Former Railway Inn
  The Railway holds the record for the most name changes in a current Lut on pub
• (B3) Blockers Arms Pub
  The name of this public house comes from the hat trade, blocks being the things on which
  hats are shaped
• (B4) Bricklayers Arms
  This public house first appears in 1824 in the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service
• (B5) Former Redrup and Starkings Bakers
  A prominent chain of bakers in the town who opened a shop and factory on the corner of High Town Road and Cross Street
• (B6) Philip Wright Hats
  The historic site of Walter Wright hats, Philip maintains a presence here with his business that continues to manufacture innovative hat designs
• (B7) Former Plaza Cinema
  The High Town Electric Theatre, 24 High Town Road, opened on 24th August 1912. The cinema closed in October 1937, it was reopened as the Plaza before finally closing. It became a warehouse, demolished in 1979
• (B8) High Town Methodist Church
  The new chapel, seating 800, was completed in 1854 to accommodate the large numbers wishing to worship
• (B9) The Painters Arms
  This public house is noted in by former Department of Environment in October 1988 as having been rebuilt in 1913
• (B10) Danny’s Bed Former Butchers
  The bed shop still has iron work on the exterior that features hooks to carry joints of meat as well as pipes to provide gas for lamps
• (B11) St Matthews Primary School
  A school for boys and infants was created in a wooden church building in Hightown in 1870. In 1874 separate junior schools for boys, girls and infants were opened in Havelock Road
• (B12) St Matthews Church
  This was the fifth new Anglican church in Luton. Its foundation stone was laid by the Duchess of Bedford on 28th September 1875
• (B13) Norton House School
  Now a Grade II listed building, it was originally built as ‘The Cowper Arms’ a temperance hotel and coffee house, for the Bedfordshire Coffee Company in 1882
• (B14) Children’s Sick and Convalescent Home
  The first Childrens’ hospital in Luton was a pilot project, lasting 5 years, used to test the demand for such services in the town
• (B15) Barford Brothers DyeWorks
  The Barford Brothers’ dye and bleach works was founded in 1894 by Gilbert and Ernest Barford and dyed items for the local hat industry
• (B16) Mussons Path 
  A service road to allow hats manufactured in Reginald and Frederick Street to be collected and transported to the town centre
• (B17) Randall Ribbons
  One of the few surviving hat accessory businesses in the town, established 1918
• (B18) Former Printers, Dickinson and Adams Garage
  There are still surviving fragments of the buildings, built in 1910, that bore the brunt of a large WW2 bomb killing over 30 people
• (B19) The Rabbits Pub
  A pub that was one of the haunts of a WW1 ex-soldier association before the 1919 burning of the Luton Town Hall
• (B20) Seventh Day Adventist Church
  This church was built on the crater caused by a large WW2 bomb
• (B21) Merida Hats
  A former hat factory in Dudley Street, the sign to reference travelling salesmen can still be seen at one of the pavement entrances
• (B22) Former Reslaw Hats
  This corner plot was one of the first large hat factories to be built away from the town centre

• (C1) The George II
  Nos. 66 & 68 are Grade II listed buildings dated around 1870s, it’s thought they may be earlier; No.66 is a former hat factory.
• (C2) The Hat Factory Arts Centre
  65-67 Bute St In 1927, this building was under construction and occupied byJ & K Connor Ltd. It is in contemporary style.
• (C3) The Hat Press
  This hat press has come from the Hat Factory (65-67 Bute St). It was given to the Borough by William Horseman, then Chairman of the British Hat Guild.
• (C3) Gurney Hat Factory / Storefront
  Dated 1889, this attractive building is Grade II listed, it is styled in ‘Neo-Jacobean’ with ‘Dutch’ influences. Constructed from red brick and stone dressings.
• (C4) Great Northern Pub
  Opened as The Ship in 1859 – renamed 1879 with the coming of the GNR. Grade 2 listed, Luton Grey bricks and glazed bricks.
• (C5) Hat Works c. 1840s
  This Grade II listed building possibly dates back even to the 1840s. This makes it is one of the oldest remaining hat industry buildings. It has a striking façade of Luton grey bricks and stucco ‘dressings’ (white brick work).
• (C6) Barbers Lane
  This narrow lane now leads to the Hat Garden near the entrance to the Mall, where the river Lea runs through the town centre. 
• (C7) Wheelwrights Arms c.1800
  This public house dates from early 1800s. The owners of the pub carried on trade of wheelwright in neighbouring premises.
• (C7) 32 Guildford Street Hat Factory
  This striking building with red brick with a ‘Dutch’ style parapet is built on the site of the wheelwright’s premises, and redeveloped
  by Luton Culture to regenerate the old hat making district.
• (C8) 30 Guildford Street Hat Factory
  A fine example of the ‘neo-classical’ style of architecture dating from 1919. Distinctive in their use of white concrete rendering, and a pierced parapet at top of building.
• (C9) Millyard Gates
  A reminder that other trades existed in area. In the yard you can see rooflevel remnants of warehouse lifting equipment. It is now a cool music venue called the Bear Club.
• (C10) Former Facers
  Coal and stable rear Horses were crucial to the hat industry as they pulled the carts loaded with boxes of hats to and from the station.
• (C11) Former Temperance Coffee House, 53 Cheapside
  Now a Grade II listed building, it was originally built as ‘The Cowper Arms’ a temperance hotel and coffee house, for the Bedfordshire Coffee Company in 1882.
• (C12) The Engine Pub
  In the 1864 directory it was recorded as the Railway Engine, but returned to using the Engine in the pub directory for 1969, and is still the Engine today.
• (C13) Former Vyse’s Hat Factory, 47-53 Bute Street
  Factory was built for the Vyse company in 1930. V for Vyse can be seen between the 2nd and 3rd floor central windows. Art deco style suggests date in 1930s, and the factory had to be rebuilt following the fire in 1930 (killed 8 people).
• (C14) 50 Guildford Street Hat Factory. 1890
  This factory was built in the 1890’s. It was taken over by Lambie & Cain, as a straw hat factory. It continued as a hat factory into the 1990s as the home of Balfour Hats. It is grade II listed.
• (C14) Hat Factory 40 Guildford Street 
  This imposing Grade II listed building was built in 1905 using a cast iron frame. At five storeys high it is one of the tallest structures in the conservation area.

Route A includes the following locations:

• (A1) Estate Centre
  Bushmead Community Hub and estate was built around 1990 on former farm land
• (A2) Ancient Path
• (A3) Waterhall Farm Buildings
  Were identified in this area in 1887, and Waterhall Farm was still farmland in 1950WCommon Farm - was one of several farms in the area and was an outlying building of Manor Farm
• (A4) Oosley Hill Sunken Lane
  Sunken Lanes sit below the general level of the surrounding land, formed by the passage of people, vehicles, animals and water
• (A5) Lynchets
  A feature of ancient field systems, earth terraces found on the side of the hill
• (A6) Hay Wood
  County wildlife site
• (A7) Chalk Pits
  The 1887 OS map shows Chalk Pits by Bradgers Hill alongside a lime kiln. This area is now chalk grasslands which supports local wildlife
• (A8) Stopsley Common Farm
  Bushmead estate is built on land that was once part of Stopsley Common Farm. The farm house was built around 1870 by the Putteridge Estate
• (A9) Dobbins Farm
  This was another farm building within the same area as Common Farm and Stopsley Common Farm and is now within the Bushmead Estate
• (A10) Dancers Farm
  While not named on the map, there is evidence of buildings in this area from at least 1887. By 1938 the land opposite was used for the site of a new school
• (A11) Luton Sixth Form College
  The college was built in 1938 as the new sight for Luton Modern School, changing its name in 1944 to Luton Grammer School. In 1966 it became the first sixth form college in the UK

Route B includes the following locations:

• (B1) Site of Three Horseshoes Pub
  This pub is in the pub records from 1869, and the Three Horse Shoes pub sign is now displayed on the roundabout opposite the site of the pub
• (B2) Former Blacksmith
  The smithy is recorded on the 1880 OS map next to the Three Horse Shoes pub
• (B3) Marsh Farmhouse 
  This is the site of the former Leagrave Marsh Farm, and is now the location of Marsh Farm Community House and Outreach
• (B4) Wartime Nissan Hut
  Nissen Huts were first produced in 1916 and were prefabricated buildings used for various functions including accommodation, churches and bomb stores
• (B5) Source of the River Lea
  This is a natural spring (known as ‘five springs’) in the north west of Wauluds Bank, which forms the source of the River Lea and travels down into the Olympic Park in London
• (B6) Wauluds Bank
  A Neolithic earthworks dating from 3000BC. It is a possible Neolithic Henge and forms the shape of a D
• (B7) Neville’s
  In 1875 two brothers, Thomas and Edward Neville, started working for themselves as T & E Neville as builders, joiners and undertakers. In 1953 the company purchased Common Farm and the funeral part of the business relocated to here in 1967
• (B8) Leagrave Railway Station 
  The station was built by the Midland Railway in 1868 on the eastern side of Leagrave Village as part of the extension to St. Pancras line

Route C includes the following locations:

• (C1) Stopsley High School
  On the site of Stopsley High School was Bury Farm that was demolished in 1959. The barns were used by Stopsley High School as a Field Studies Centre
• (C2) Old Post Office
  In Saint Thomas Road there is a distinctive house built in August 1861. It was a post office on the right side and store on the left side. Letters arrived in 1885 from the new Cheapside Post Office. They were all delivered on foot at first but later by bicycle
• (C3) Stopsley Baptist Church
  Stopsley Baptist Church had its first congregation meeting in 1815 in a private house. In 1829 there was a collection for candles to pay for the meeting to be lit in the evening service
• (C4) The Sportsman
  Stopsley’s oldest building. The Methodist church used to be next door but has since been demolished
• (C5) Stopsley Primary School
  There are two air raid shelters under Stopsley Primary School still used by the Fire Brigade for training purposes
• (C6) St Thomas' Church
  St. Thomas’s Anglican Church was built in 1862. Stopsley as in the rest of Luton has several nonconformist chapels
• (C7) Stopsley House
  The first resident doctor was in 1936. The most well-known doctor was Doctor Garrett who expanded the practise. Current older residents still have many fond memories of him
• (C8) Jansel House
  Jansel House was built in 1959. The building served to bring the scattered offices of HC James builders under one roof. Sell builders partnership – hence JAN-SEL
• (C9) James Dwyer Memorial
  A simple memorial to the famous local historian opposite the Vale Cemetery
• (C10) Former Stopsley National School
  There was no provision for education in Stopsley prior to 1858. The national school was sited on Swift’s Green, with a walled playground
• (C11) Thatched Cottage
• (C12) Manor Farm
  Manor Farm was built in 1870 and occupied the site of Hayes Manor that had stood there 500 years. By the middle of the 19th century Stopsley Common Farm was constructed as a set of outbuildings for a local family to manages their estates

• (A1) The Moor 
  Recreation area
• (A2) Luton’s Original Synagogue 5 Moor Path
  5 Moor Path - the original place of meeting for Lut on’s Jewish community before moving to the old Empire cinema in Bury Park Road
• (A3) Bury Park Congregational Church
  An offshoot of the King Street church of the same denomination, Bury Park Congregational Church was erected in 1903, and has a seating capacity for 600 Worshippers
• (A4) Gasworks Path
  As the name suggests, this lane ran alongside the gasworks that used to occupy the site which is now the Sainsburys store
• (A5) Former Luton Gas Company transport depot, 1931
  This gap in the houses in Francis St used to house the coaches and vans for the Luton Gas Company
• (A6) Former George Pryer builders and contractors
  Photographed by TG Hobbs in 1907 for his book “Luton and Neighbourhood Illustrated.”He sold the business in 1921
• (A7) Former Bury Park Synagogue
  The Empire Cinema in Bury Park Road, Luton. It opened in 1921. The building was converted into a Jewish synagogue in the 1950s and is now used as an Islamic centre
• (A8) Former Bury Park Co-Op
  In 1906 this general store at the junction of Leagrave and Dunstable roads was opened to serve the people in Bury Park. It belonged to the Luton Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd and was the third branch to be established in the town
• (A9) Luton Central Mosque
  Muslims have been worshipping at Westbourne Road, Luton since the 1970’s. As the Muslim population grew in Luton, number four and subsequently number six were also acquired
• (A10) Beech Hill Primary School
  Beech Hill School was created in 1910 and divided into separate boys’ and girls’ schools in 1914
• (A11) Oakdale Methodist Church
  Oakdale Methodist church was formed in 1964. The new church was renamed Oakdale in recognition of the fact that the church is
  on the corner with Oak Road and Dallow Road
• (A12) Ivy Road Former Bakers
  The wheatsheaf motif on the front of the building shows its former use a century ago
• (A13) Kenilworth Road
  Kenilworth Road has been the home ground of Luton Town Football Club since 1905. The 10,356 all-seater stadium is situated in the district of Bury Park. It is named after the road which runs along one end of it
• (A14) Victorian Glazed 
  Some of the Victorian terraced houses have ornate glazed tiles in the porches of the entrances
• (A15) Former Odeon Cinema
  This picture house opened in 1938 and closed in 1983. It was converted into a bingo hall, which closed in 1999 and became a church.
• (A16) Former Westside Centre, Gasworks
  The gasworks opened in 1830 and were to remain here until the 1970s and were then replaced by the Westside Shopping Centre. This was demolished in 1991 and replaced by Sainsburys

• (B1) Mount Tabor Primitive Methodist Church
  Built in 1897, the Mount Tabor Primitive Methodist Church closed in 1969 and was taken over by Pentecostalists and today is used by Luton Christian Fellowship
• (B2) O’Sheas Pub
  Grade II listed building
• (B3) Former Tanners
  Site of former tanners
• (B4) Former Brown and Greens Foundry
  Former site of the Brown and Green Foundry. Frederick Brown, held a patent for “improvement in velocipedes called bicycles” in 1869
• (B5) Bethel Baptist Chapel
  The Chapel was built in 1906 replacing the original building which had been in use as a chapel since 1874
• (B6) Site of Former Chapels
• (B7) Red Lion Hotel
  It is possible the Red Lion inn may have occupied this location since 1637
• (B8) Union Chapel
  Built in 1836-44 in neo-classical style with Greek doric columns at the entrance
• (B9) Row of Houses
• (B10) Former Bus Garage, Holly Lodge, Medieval Castle
  Now a homeware store, this was Holly Lodge. Before that it was the site of a 12th century Medieval Castle. Built by Robert de
  Waudari in 1139 but demolished in 1154
• (B11) The Phoenix Pub
  The Phoenix Brewery was established in 1816 in Park Street West. In 1897, the Phoenix pub was in their ownership
• (B12) Hibbert Cottages
  Robert Hibbert, a slave owner, paid for 12 cottages for 24 “poor widows or other persons” These where later demolished and rebuilt as almshouses
• (B13) Site of Former St Paul’s Church
  47 Hibbert Street, former location of St P aul’s Church
• (B14) Turvey Ghost Sign, 132 New Town Street
  Faded “General Store” sign still visible on the wall above the door
• (B15) Surrey Street School
  Surrey Street School opened in 1891 under the Elementary Education Act 1870. In Luton, education was made compulsory for boys and girls from the age of five to thirteen in 1874
• (B16) Sugar Loaf Pub
  Records show the Sugar Loaf has been a public house since as early as 1881
• (B17) Chase Street Mission
  The 1880 OS map shows a chapel on this site at a time when the area was still being developed. The area to the east Chase Street
  would still have been open countryside
• (B18) 41 Baker Street Fire Insurance Plate
  Fire insurance plates where placed high up on buildings indicating the building has fire insurance. Initially insurance companies organised their own fire service, they would know which buildings had insurance, and there for which ones to save. Fire insurance plates where used from around 1710
• (B19) Former Children's Hospital
  The area that is now Somersby Close was once the site of a Children’s home and hospital. Records show it was open from at least 1897
• (B20) Whitehill
  Whitehill built in 1869, designed by Tomas Sorby, architect of Wardown House, became a Grade II listed building in 1975

• (C1) Former Lea Boxes Factory
  Formally Hat Materials Limited, established as Lea Boxes in 1913 and was based at 1-3 Cardigan Street. The building retains gas fittings above display window
• (C2) Former Cardigan Street Chapel
  The Cardigan Street Primitive Methodist Chapel opened to worshipers in 1881 and closed 31 December 1950
• (C3) Alleyway
• (C4) Inkerman Arms
  In 1897 Thomas Sworder sold the Crown and Anchor Brewery and 57 licensed premises which included the Inkerman Arms to John William Green, owner of the Phoenix Brewery
• (C5) Former Starlight Youth Club
  The 1880 OS map shows the site as a vicarage, and is still present on the 1950’s OS map
• (C6) Christchurch House
  Christchurch was built in 1858, it has undergone man y alterations in its lifetime. It became
  a listed Grade II listed building in 1981
• (C7) Victoria Villas
• (C8) Central Post Office
  This was opened as the main or head post office for Lut on in 1957
• (C9) Former Bute Street Hospital
  Bute Street Hospital was founded in 1872 and closed in 1939 when i t was replaced with Luton in Dunstable Hospital
• (C10) Former Union Workhouse
  This building was opened in 1836. The sit e of the workhouse later became Saint Mary’s Hospital. The surviving building, although very much altered, is now a residential care home for the elderly
• (C11) Brantwood Recreation Ground
  The Site was purchased by the Town Council in 1894 for use as a recreation ground and there is reference to it as ‘West Ward Recreation Ground in a 1911 year book

Active ways of travel such as walking are the most sustainable modes of transport and even just a few minutes every day is a great way to keep fit, healthy and happy. It's also convenient enough to fit into your schedule.

Walking is free and it doesn’t require any special training or equipment. It’s also known to help improve mental health and well-being and reduce anxiety, fatigue and stress. Benefits include:

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Keeping safe on your walk is important, find out how to deal with different situations that you may encounter when out and about walking.

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Find out more about public rights of way - areas of land which the public have the right to pass and repass. We are responsible for ensuring that the rights of way in Luton are usable, unobstructed and clearly signed.

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We're lucky enough to have areas of beautiful countryside in Bedfordshire, and lots of groups that organise regular walks for you to join.

Please note: some groups may require membership and/or fees.

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• Chilterns Area of Natural Beauty – news and information about walking in the Chilterns area
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