place

Wardown Park Museum

1930 establishments in EnglandArt museums and galleries in BedfordshireCulture in LutonFashion museums in the United KingdomGrade II listed buildings in Bedfordshire
Listed buildings in LutonLocal museums in BedfordshireMuseums established in 1930Museums in BedfordshireRegimental museums in EnglandTextile museums in the United KingdomUse British English from October 2013
Wardownmuseum
Wardownmuseum

Wardown House Museum and Gallery formerly Wardown Park Museum and, before that, the Luton Museum & Art Gallery in Luton, is housed in a large Victorian mansion in Wardown Park on the outskirts of the town centre. The museum collection focuses on the traditional crafts of Bedfordshire, notably lace-making and hat-making. There are samples of Bedfordshire lace from as early as the 17th century.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Wardown Park Museum (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Wardown Park Museum
Stockingstone Road,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Wardown Park MuseumContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 51.896 ° E -0.418 °
placeShow on map

Address

Stockingstone Road

Stockingstone Road
LU2 7DF , Round Green
England, United Kingdom
mapOpen on Google Maps

Wardownmuseum
Wardownmuseum
Share experience

Nearby Places

Denbigh High School, Luton

Denbigh High School is an academy school in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Colin Townsend was Headteacher, following Dame Yasmin Bevan's retirement as Executive Principal and Headteacher at the end of 2014. Donna Neely-Hayes as acting Headteacher, followed Townsend's departure to University of Birmingham School in late 2018.The school has approximately 1120 students between the ages of 11 and 16 and the school became an academy in 1911. Its partner school, Challney High School for Boys (also within Luton) became a National Teaching School in July 2011 and Denbigh High School is their strategic partner. As their partner and a lead member of the Challenge Partnership Denbigh High School plays a significant role in the training and professional development of teachers, support staff and headteachers from across the UK. Denbigh High School is also an NCSL Leadership Development School and through this work it helps to develop future leaders. Before becoming an academy, the school was designated a specialist sports college in 2005, and with this came a major upgrade to many of the school's facilities including a new sports hall, dance studio and artificial turf football pitch. Denbigh High School has a wide range of sporting facilities which are also open to the local community in the evening and at weekends.Denbigh High School won the 'TES Secondary School of the Year Award' in 2009 and became an academy in 2010 as well as becoming a strategic partner of Chiltern Teaching School Alliance, with Challney High School for Boys.In 2013, Denbigh High School became part of The Chiltern Learning Trust which is a multi-academy trust comprising Denbigh High School, Challney High School for Boys and Dallow Primary School. The Trust is led by a board of trustees which consists of representatives from all three schools with Adrian Rogers as Chief Executive. Each school also has its own local governing body. Denbigh High is to not be confused with the Denbigh High School, in Wales.