Things to do in Luton and places to eat nearby

[Flannelfeet]

👋. Im staying in Luton next friday till Tuesday with my husband. We are heading to Knebworth to eddfest on the Saturday. Anyone who knows Luton or lives there can you please share ideas of things to do and great places to eat? ❤️

They have got Eric Morecambe's glasses in St Albans museum.

Harpenden is about five miles away from Luton, and St Albans a further five miles the other side of Harpenden.

Quick question OP, if your concert is at Knebworth Park why on earth did you choose to stay in Luton - they aren’t particularly close to each other (35ish minutes) you can’t get the train from Luton to Knebworth / Stevenage either and a taxi won’t be cheap. You would have been better staying in Welwyn Garden City, Stevenage, Letchworth or Hitchin - all much nicer than Luton too - would it be possible for you to swap locations?

I used to live there. I enjoyed watching the rats running down the road and counting the pools of blood in the high street after Friday night rampages.

I would do London on the Sunday and St Albans on the Monday. I think shops will be closed in SA on Sunday but more open in London. SA has nice cathedral I seem to remember. Luton really is that dire...

The shrine to St Alban is in St Albans Cathedral.

Lolll so you took massive offence to people (obviously) joking about flattening Luton, but when asked for suggestions of what to do, you said you don't go to the town centre and try to avoid it

It's a joke based on a famous poem. Do you think that the mums on mumsnet are actual terrorists planning and preparing to bomb Luton because it doesn't have a Gail's

A lot of them shut on a Sunday. St A is just a stop furrher on the train from Harpenden.

Stockwood Park is close to that hotel and you could spend a while there. At the moment I believe they have an exhibition celebrating Vauxhall vehicles, manufactured in the town until very recently. They also have the Mossman Collection of historic horse-drawn carriages. Nice cafe and small but pleasant gift shop. Entry is free or you can give a donation.

You could get the train north to Bedford or south to St Albans.

I grew up in Luton and now live in a village close by. I absolutely would change your booking to somewhere else. It is honestly the worst place I have ever been. I will not take my children there at all and just no way I would ever go there again out of choice. The town centre is vile, so unsafe and just full of addicts and drunks. There is nothing there to enjoy.

I see nothing wrong with that. The town centre is crap, nothing to see but there are areas further out that are nice. The ones I’ve also written about.

You told someone to "fuck off" for joking about Luton being crap. But then you admitted it's crap, it has crap restaurants, and the best thing to do there is to leave Luton centre 😂
Glad you see nothing wrong with that though

Pretty much all of the shops are open in Harpenden and St Albans on a Sunday. There is definitely no shortage of places to eat or parks to wander about.

Harpenden has its annual Highland Gathering on Sunday 12th July which is usually good fun.

https://www.harpenden-lions.co.uk/highland-gathering

The film ‘Blinded by the light’ is set in Luton in the 80s and I thought was a good representation of Luton at the time, and a good film.

Used to love the Harpenden carnival, and all the carnival floats and the arena and stalls in the park. Is that still held?

Yes it still happens - it was last week, though it's held on the common now, rather than the park.

I live very close to Luton, but I never go into the town centre/shopping centre.

They (the Council, I suppose) is trying to make it nicer, but they're honestly flogging a dead horse. I never feel safe there - it has an unpleasant atmosphere.

The last time I ate in Luton was a few years ago, and we were at Mona Lisa, in the town centre, near the Hat Factory. It was a lovely little Italian place, but Ive no idea if it is still there.

Otherwise, I'd echo other posters, and suggest Dunstable Downs for nice walks/views/glider watching, Whipsnade Zoo to see the new tiny baby elephant and new baby cheetah cubs, or travel further out to St Albans (imo, nicer than Harpenden) or into London.

Enjoy the . . . What do they call them now? Gig? Concert? Show?. Whatever - have a great time.

Luton shopping mall is the only place I have ever felt the urge to clutch my bag to my chest as I scurried through. Despite living for 18 years in less salubrious parts of Haringey. Its even worse since Vauxhall closed down.

If you are thinking of a day trip, there is a lot more to see in St Albans rather than Harpenden, especially on a Sunday.

nowhere Has closed shops on a Sunday unless it’s a little village. St alban is completely open

City ?! Hahaha

Stock wood is ok I used to go when kids were little.

You need to read my posts again, then.

Clearly never been there!

I agree,otf you can change your booking.