Leighton Buzzard Local Information
Practical local information for Leighton Buzzard: house prices, trains to London, roadworks, parking charges and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
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Leighton Buzzard bin days: bank holidays are collected
Leighton Buzzard bins run as normal on every bank holiday but Christmas and New Year. Garden waste is £58.23 a year, and glass now goes in the orange-lid bin.
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Parking
Parking in Leighton Buzzard: Sunday costs £2.20
Leighton Buzzard's surface car parks are free on Sundays and bank holidays. The West Street multi-storey is not: it charges £2.20. Plus permits and the station.
Council Tax
Leighton Buzzard council tax: Band D is £2,548.30
Band D in Leighton-Linslade is £2,548.30 for 2026/27, up 5.06 per cent. The full A to H table, and what the council, police, fire and town council each take.
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Leighton Buzzard house prices: £345,000 town median
The middle Leighton Buzzard sale was £345,000, £10,000 below the Central Bedfordshire median. Medians for LU7, Linslade, Biggleswade and Dunstable from 3,952 sales.
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Leighton Buzzard to London: 30 minutes, £5,884 a year
The fast train reaches Euston in 30 minutes and the stopper takes 55. Fares, season tickets, first and last trains, and how Biggleswade and Flitwick compare.
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Leighton Buzzard roadworks: Plantation Road shut 23-25 Sep
Plantation Road closes 23 to 25 September and Cooper Drive on the 22nd. Ship Road, Linslade shuts from the 28th and the M1 junction 12 slip goes nightly.
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Things to do in Leighton Buzzard: 6 free, steam from £9
A free splash pad and beach in the middle of town, narrow gauge steam from £9, and 13 more days out around Leighton Buzzard, every price checked this August.
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Leighton Buzzard planning: 452 sites, 3.93 years' supply
Central Bedfordshire can show only 3.93 years of housing land, and 452 submitted sites are still in play. What that means, and how to comment before 17 August.