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Our 2nd offering as part of the Bedfordshire Festival of Autumn is a specialist themed walk around Leighton-Linslade showcasing the importance of the Town's industrial past and how that has shaped the future. It's only 3 miles but packs in a lot of fascinating information you won't want to miss!DETAILS
Date: Sunday 7 September 2025
Time: 10:00
Distance: 3 miles
Leader: MIKE M (Tel: 07926 083896)
Start point: Market Cross, Market Square, Leighton Buzzard
Parking: Multi-storey car park (entrance in West Street); Library Car Park, Hockliffe St (free Sundays); Duncombe Drive car park
Buses: Arriva X2, X3 & X4 services
Trains: Leighton Buzzard Railway Station.
Nearest postcode to start: LU7 1EU
Grid Ref: SP921250
ROUTE DESCRIPTION
Leighton-Linslade is known as a market town, but it was much more than, as this walk will show. The Grand Junction Canal linked the Town to the growing industrial centres of the Midlands, the North and London and, with sand quarrying, gave Leighton-Linslade an international market. That and the railway led to more industries: cars and aircraft, agricultural machinery, forklift trucks and lingerie. These industries were also part of Britain's war economy.
Pub stop: The Black Lion, High Street
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Leighton–Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom
