Leighton-Linslade Urban District Leighton-Linslade Urban District Leighton-Linslade was an urban district in Bedfordshire, England from 1965 to 1974. It comprised the single civil parish of Leighton-Linslade. Leighton-Linslade UD was created on 1 April 1965 coinciding with an adjustment to county boundaries which led to the disbanding of Leighton Buzzard Urban District in Bedfordshire and Linslade Urban District in Buckinghamshire. The new urban district encompassed the two original towns of Leighton Buzzard and Linslade which had become contiguous through industrial expansion and housing development and henceforth was treated for administrative purposes as a single town called Leighton-Linslade. The urban district was abolished in 1974
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway to Vandyke Road, climbing steadily to Bryan's Loop then descending again to cross the Shenley Hill Road. The line levels and continues to Stonehenge Works now the engineering workshop of the preserved railway. This is also the northern terminus of modern operations. From Stonehenge the line continues northwards with a of double track, climbing towards the two Double Arches sand quarries, owned by Joseph Arnold and George Garside. These are the locomotives on the preserved railway. All are gauge nominally, except where noted. Leighton Buzzard Light Railway The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway (LBLR) is a light railway in Leighton Buzzard