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LU5 5RU lies on Westminster Gardens in Houghton Regis, Dunstable. LU5 5RU is located in the Houghton Regis East electoral ward, within the unitary authority of Central Bedfordshire and the English Parliamentary constituency of South West Bedfordshire. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB - M1J4Y and the police force is Bedfordshire. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is LU5 5RU?

Street	Westminster Gardens
Locality	Houghton Regis
Town/City	Dunstable
Country	England
Postcode District	LU5

LU5 5RU Elevation

Elevation or altitude of LU5 5RU as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	130m	427ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Houghton Regis East
Constituency	South West Bedfordshire

Transport

Nearest bus stops to LU5 5RU

Chelsea Gardens (Parkside Drive)	Houghton Regis	106m
Chelsea Gardens (Parkside Drive)	Houghton Regis	121m
Hawthorn Park Lower School (Parkside Drive)	Houghton Regis	238m
Bromley Gardens (Parkside Drive)	Houghton Regis	277m
Hawthorn Park Lower School (Parkside Drive)	Houghton Regis	285m

Nearest railway stations to LU5 5RU

Leagrave Station

3.7km

Broadband

Broadband access in LU5 5RU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in LU5 5RU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	85.0Mbps
Average download speed	100.9Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.1Mbps
Average upload speed	1.1Mbps
Maximum upload speed	1.28Mbps

Broadband limitations in LU5 5RU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

LU5 5RU gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in LU5 5RU by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	541,803
Meter count	55
Mean (kWh/meter)	9,851
Median (kWh/meter)	9,214

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	154,743
Meter count	55
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,814
Median (kWh/meter)	2,385

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in LU5 5RU, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in LU5 5RU.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

85.1% of English postcodes are less deprived than LU5 5RU:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to LU5 5RU (metres)

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Nearest post box to LU5 5RU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
P O Hillborough Crescent	17:00	11:45	284m
Leafields	16:00	11:45	378m
Johnson Court	16:00	12:00	430m

LU5 5RU ITL and LU5 5RU LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for LU5 5RU:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLH	East
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLH2	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLH25	Central Bedfordshire
LAU 1 Code	Name
E06000056	Central Bedfordshire

LU5 5RU census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for LU5 5RU:

	Code	Name
OA	E00088852
LSOA	E01017602	Central Bedfordshire 025C
MSOA	E02003642	Central Bedfordshire 025

Nearest postcodes to LU5 5RU

LU5 5RT	Westminster Gardens	84m
LU5 5LW	Sundon Road	90m
LU5 5PN	Elm Park Close	142m
LU5 5LN	Sundon Road	160m
LU5 5RG	Hammersmith Gardens	168m
LU5 5RN	Chelsea Gardens	190m
LU5 5JW	Recreation Road	195m
LU5 5NQ	Sycamore Road	196m
LU5 5NH	Grasmere Walk	198m
LU5 5NG	Gable Way	211m