Leighton-Linslade Urban District by the Local Government Act 1972, with its area forming part of the non-metropolitan district of South Bedfordshire. 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
Woburn Place values are high in this area. For example, in 2005 a freehold office building at 19–29 Woburn Place (9,400 m, 101,000 sq ft) was sold for £22.6 million. The road is part of the A4200 and as such is an important thoroughfare and bus route. The nearest underground station is Russell Square to the south-east. Woburn Place Woburn Place is a street in central London, England, named after Woburn Abbey. It is located in the Bloomsbury area of Camden. To the north is Tavistock Square and to the south-east is Russell Square. Past Tavistock Square the road becomes Upper Woburn