Putteridge

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Local area

Many of Putteridge's houses were built in the 1930s by Janes Builders of Luton. The area is home to one of Luton's cemeteries, The Vale. The University of Bedfordshire's Putteridge Bury Campus is just over the border in Hertfordshire.

The area is surrounded by green space including Butterfield Green, a new industrial development currently being built. This is hoped to help boost the local economy of the area and Luton as a whole.

Putteridge Primary School and Putteridge High School serve the local areas including Stopsley, Round Green and Wigmore.

Putteridge Bury

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Putteridge Bury

The house at Putteridge Bury was built in the style of Chequers by architects Sir Ernest George and Alfred Yeats and was completed in 1911. The grounds were designed by Edwin L Lutyens with advice from Gertrude Jekyll.

Politics

The area of Putteridge is part of the Stopsley and Wigmore wards, which form part of the parliamentary constituency of Luton South and the MP is Rachel Hopkins (Labour).

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Map of Luton showing Stopsley

Local attractions

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Forestry Commission
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National Trust National Trust
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Local newspapers

Two weekly newspapers cover Putteridge, although they are not specific to the area.

  • Herald and Post[1]
  • Luton News[2]

References

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