About Luton

Luton is a bustling and lively place with a strong cosmopolitan feel. It's a town with its own international airport and great road and rail links to the rest of the UK. It's also home to people from more than a hundred different nations.

Big improvements have been made to the town centre, with more set to follow. Historic areas and listed buildings are being restored, including the town's 19th century hat factories and some fine examples of art deco architecture.

Shopping is good, and the Mall Arndale, home to many national high street retailers, is currently undergoing a further major upgrade. Many of the surrounding streets and squares offer a rich variety of specialist stores and pavement cafes in an attractive, pedestrian-friendly environment.

There's a great choice of places to eat and drink and Luton's nightlife is up there with the best. It's a safe place too, with the police, council and local pubs and clubs working well together to make sure everyone can enjoy themselves peacefully.

Sports and keep-fit facilities are excellent and our 18 hole public golf course is the best for miles around. Luton also has a theatre, the hat Factory arts centre and a multiplex cinema all within the town centre.

The town's museums are well worth a visit as well: the award-winning Luton museum and art gallery holds a fantastic collection of hats and lace that attacts visitors from across the country. The recently opened Stockwood Discovery Centre is another of the town's major attractions, dedicated to the arts, crafts and trades of rural Bedfordshire. Its beautiful period gardens represent over nine centuries of English horticulture history, while the Ian Hamilton Finlay sculpture garden is the only example of the artist's work outside of Scotland. And the Mossman Collection of horse-drawn vehicles is the largest of its kind on public display in Britain, telling the story of what life was like centuries before the invention of the motor car.

All in all, Luton is a place with a lot to say for itself, offering the best of many different worlds.