Leighton Buzzard Urban District Leighton Buzzard Urban District Leighton Buzzard was an urban district in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1965. It comprised the single civil parish of Leighton Buzzard. The urban district was created in 1894 from the abolution of the Leighton Buzzard urban sanitary district. In 1933 the Eaton Bray Rural District was abolished and the area transferred to enlarge Leighton Buzzard UD. As part of a county boundary change in 1965 Leighton Buzzard UD was abolished along with Linslade Urban District in Buckinghamshire and the new Bedfordshire urban district of Leighton-Linslade was created. The parish comprising the town of Leighton Buzzard
Leighton Buzzard since undergone restoration. The town is also known for the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway, a narrow gauge heritage railway. The town has a combined library and theatre (called the Library Theatre) where both live events and film screenings are regularly held. Stockgrove Country Park is in nearby Heath and Reach. After the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Leighton Buzzard became the centre of a poor law union that consisted of 15 surrounding parishes with the union workhouse (still standing) being sited in Grovebury Road. A network of historic tunnels exists under the High Street; these are believed to date from