Leighton Buzzard Light Railway
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway is a preserved narrow gauge railway. You will find it inside Leighton Buzzard’s built-up area. 41 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Bletchley Park (12 km).
Heritage railway in Leighton Buzzard
Inside Leighton Buzzard
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway is inside Leighton Buzzard’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather through the year
In Leighton Buzzard, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–22°C.
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway
Articles on it exist in 5 languages.
- Type
- Heritage railway
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- in Leighton Buzzard
- Official site
- buzzrail.uk
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway and what surrounds it
Find Leighton Buzzard Light Railway in orange; each number is a place listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Leighton Buzzard’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
Leighton Buzzard tops the 8 for size, at 42,736 people. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.
- 1Leighton Buzzard
- 2Billington
- 3Slapton
- 4Stanbridge
- 5Heath and Reach
- 6Eaton Bray and Edlesborough
- 7Wing
- 8Tilsworth
Leighton Buzzard
Billington
Slapton
Stanbridge
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Leighton Buzzard Light Railway is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leighton Buzzard | It’s in town | 42,736 | 5 |
| Billington | 1.4 km southeast of it | 359 | 5 |
| Slapton | 2.8 km south of it | 308 | 6 |
| Stanbridge | 3.3 km east of it | 445 | 3 |
| Heath and Reach | 3.4 km north of it | 1,451 | 4 |
| Eaton Bray and Edlesborough | 4.2 km southeast of it | 4,201 | 14 |
| Wing | 4.2 km west of it | 2,979 | 4 |
| Tilsworth | 4.5 km east of it | 371 | 5 |
Places to add to Leighton Buzzard Light Railway
Within 15 km you can add 3 museums, 3 historic houses and a zoo.
MuseumBletchley Park12 km away2Historic houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey9.1 km away3
Historic houseMentmore Towers5.2 km away4
MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring13 km away · 134K visitors a year (2022)5
ZooWhipsnade Zoo10 km away6
Historic house · National TrustAscott House3.8 km away7
MuseumThe National Museum of Computing12 km away8GardenGarden · National TrustWhipsnade Tree Cathedral10 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway: what to know
Where is Leighton Buzzard Light Railway?
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway is in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Leighton Buzzard Light Railway?
Preserved narrow gauge railway in Bedfordshire.
When is the best time to visit Leighton Buzzard Light Railway?
May to September are the warmest months in Leighton Buzzard, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Leighton Buzzard Light Railway?
Within 15 km: Bletchley Park (12 km), Woburn Abbey (9.1 km), Mentmore Towers (5.2 km) and Natural History Museum at Tring (13 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Leighton Buzzard Light Railway: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bletchley Park: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mentmore Towers: The original uploader was Swanker at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ascott House: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The National Museum of Computing: Computid, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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