Round here — LU7
LU7 — Leighton Buzzard, Linslade and the Ivinghoe villages
LU7 is one of the biggest districts on our list and one of the most rural. Leighton Buzzard and Linslade in the middle, then villages scattered in every direction — Stewkley, Soulbury, Cublington, Mentmore, and a dozen more with a single lane in and out.
It's a fair drive from Harpenden and we won't pretend otherwise, but the trouble out here is genuine: narrow roads, no lighting and nowhere to leave a car standing.
What we get called out for round here
- Sidewalls torn on the steep, rutted lanes up towards Ivinghoe Beacon
- Punctures in the canal-side parking at Linslade and in Rushmere Country Park
- Hedge-cutting thorns through the tread on the lanes near Stewkley and Cublington
- A flat on a village lane at night with no lighting and no verge to speak of
LU7 — 35 places on our list
LU7 — the villages and stops we work out this way:
- Ascott House (Wing)
- Billington (Bedfordshire)
- Bragenham
- Briggington
- Burcott (Wing)
- Cheddington
- Chelmscote
- Clipstone (Buckinghamshire)
- Crafton
- Cublington
- Eggington
- Grove (Buckinghamshire)
- Heath and Reach
- Hockliffe
- Hollingdon
- Horton (Buckinghamshire)
- Ivinghoe
- Ivinghoe Aston
- Ivinghoe Beacon
- Ledburn
- Leedon
- Leighton Buzzard
- Leighton Buzzard Station
- Linslade
- Mentmore
- Pitstone
- Rushmere Country Park (Stockgrove)
- Slapton (Buckinghamshire)
- Soulbury
- Stanbridge (Bedfordshire)
- Stewkley
- Tebworth
- Tilsworth
- Wing (Buckinghamshire)
- Wingfield (Bedfordshire)
Out in the LU7 villages it's worth ringing sooner rather than later, so we can plan the run properly.