Lewsey Farm

Lewsey Farm
Lewsey Farm
	Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Luton North;
	List of places UK England Bedfordshire 51°54′00″N 0°29′55″W / 51.900°N 0.4985°W

Lewsey Farm is a suburb of

Lewsey Park and Lewsey are sometimes referred to as Lewsey Farm.^[1]^[2]

History

Lewsey Farm takes its name from the former farm on the site of the modern suburb, 'Lewsey Farm'. Poynters Road, which passes by Lewsey Farm and forms the border between Luton and Dunstable, was named after Poynters Farm which was slightly to the north of Lewsey Farm. Lewsey Farm was situated on land belonging to the Lucy (Lewsey) family (who owned the manor from 1305 to 1455).^[3]

Lewsey Farm was built on land north of

Lewsey Park was built to the east a few decades later.^[4]

A large amount of the houses were social housing, built in the typical style of the time, straight roads of square yellow or grey brick built terraced houses.

At the centre of Lewsey Farm is St. Dominic’s Square, the local shopping area. This includes a greengrocer, post office, newsagent, supermarket, chemist, a co-op, and a general store selling halal meat.

The area is served by St. Martin de Porres Roman Catholic Church, at the corner of Leagrave High Street and Pastures Way.[5] Lewsey Farm also has a doctors surgery and pharmacy in the north of the area, Wheatfields Surgery.^[6] Regis Road recreation ground is in the area, which includes a park and play facilities.

Schools

Primary schools

Chantry Primary Academy
Ferrars Junior School
St Martin de Porres Primary School
Southfield Primary School

Secondary schools

Chalk Hills Academy

Politics

Lewsey Farm is part of the larger Lewsey ward, which also includes

Lewsey Park. The ward is represented by Cllr Jacqui Burnett (Labour), Cllr Aslam Khan (Labour) and Council leader Cllr Hazel Simmons (Labour).^[7]

The ward forms part of the

parliamentary constituency of Luton North and the MP is Sarah Owen

(Labour).

Luton

showing Lewsey

Local attractions

Key
	Abbey/Priory/Cathedral
	Accessible open space
	Amusement/Theme Park
	Castle
	Country Park
	English Heritage
	Forestry Commission
	Heritage railway
	Historic House
	Places of Worship
	Museum (free/not free)
	National Trust
	Theatre
	Zoo