Leighton Buzzard R.F.C. Leighton Buzzard R.F.C. Leighton Buzzard R.F.C is a Rugby Union club based in the English town of Leighton Buzzard in the county of Bedfordshire. They play at Wright's Meadow on Leighton Road, in the Parish of Stanbridge. From the inception of the RFU Leagues in 1987–88 they competed in the Midlands Division until they were switched to the South West Division for the 2014–15 season. After two seasons they returned to the Midlands Division and in 2018-2019 they compete at the sixth level of the national English rugby union system in Midlands 1 East, The club was founded in 1934
Leighton Buzzard came from Old English "Lēah-tūn", meaning 'farm in a clearing in the woods'. The "Buzzard" was added by the Dean of Lincoln, in whose diocese the town lay in the 12th century (arguably it was "Beau-desert", which later turned into "Buzzard".) Having two communities called "Leighton" and seeking some means of differentiating them, he added the name of his local Prebendary or representative to that of the town. At that time it was a Theobald de Busar and so over the years the town became known as Leighton Buzzard. The other Leighton became Leighton Bromswold. Leighton Buzzard is also famous