Lewsey Farm is a suburb of

Luton Luton () is a town and unitary authority with borough status, in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 census, the Luton built-up area subdivision had a population of 211,228 and its built-up area, including the adjacent towns of Dunstable an ...

, in the

district, in the ceremonial county of

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, England. Situated in the north-west of the town, the area is roughly bounded by the Woodside Link to the north, Leagrave High Street to the south, Poynters Road to the west, and Pastures Way to the east. The wider area including nearby districts Lewsey Park and

Lewsey Lewsey is a suburb of Luton, about west north-west of the town centre, and a ward of the Borough of Luton, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. The suburb is roughly bounded by Leagrave High Street to the north, Dunstable Road to t ...

are sometimes referred to as Lewsey Farm.

History

Lewsey Farm takes its name from the former farm on the site of the modern suburb, 'Lewsey Farm'. Poynters Road, which passes by Lewsey Farm and forms the border between

and

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, was named after Poynters Farm which was slightly to the north of Lewsey Farm. Lewsey Farm was situated on land belonging to the Lucy (Lewsey) family (who owned the manor from 1305 to 1455). Lewsey Farm was built on land north of

in the 1960s and 1970s. When it was built there was still open land to the east and north of the suburb, until the suburb of Lewsey Park was built to the east a few decades later. A large amount of the houses were social housing, built in the typical style of the time, straight roads of square yellow or grey brick built terraced houses.

Local area

At the centre of Lewsey Farm is St. Dominic’s Square, the local shopping area. This includes a greengrocer, post office, newsagent, supermarket, chemist, a co-op, and a general store selling halal meat. The area is served by St. Martin de Porres Roman Catholic Church, at the corner of Leagrave High Street and Pastures Way. Lewsey Farm also has a doctors surgery and pharmacy in the north of the area, Wheatfields Surgery. Regis Road recreation ground is in the area, which includes a park and play facilities.

Schools

Primary schools

*Chantry Primary Academy *Ferrars Junior School *St Martin de Porres Primary School *Southfield Primary School

Secondary schools

* Chalk Hills Academy

Politics

Lewsey Farm is part of the larger Lewsey ward, which also includes

and Lewsey Park. The ward is represented by Cllr Jacqui Burnett (

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), Cllr Aslam Khan (Labour) and Council leader Cllr Hazel Simmons (Labour). The ward forms part of the

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of Luton North and the MP is

Sarah Owen Sarah Mei Li Owen (; born 11 January 1983) is a British politician and trade unionist serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton North since 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she has served Shadow Minister for Local Government and Faith ...

(Labour).

Local attractions

References

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