Our Luton campus is located right in the heart of the town centre, with There are excellent transport links to the rest of the UK and Europe. Luton lies just 50km north of London - the capital is only a 30 minute train journey away. In addition, London Luton Airport is only 2.5km from the main Luton campus.

Travel

By road

From the M1 Junction 11 southbound

• Exit junction 11 and turn left onto Dunstable Road
• Follow the road until you reach a roundabout – taking the third exit to Chaul End Lane
• Follow this road until you reach a roundabout – taking the first exit to the A505 (Hatters Way)
• Continue along this road (following signs for the University)
• At the double roundabout – go straight over both – along Dunstable Road
• Continue along the A505 (heading straight over the crossroads to Stuart Street)
• At the road about go straight over onto the Park Viaduct
• Continue along the viaduct until you reach the roundabout – taking the first exit
• You are now on St Mary’s Road (front of the University’s Luton campus) – and can use local town centre car parks

From M1 Junction 10 northbound

• Exit junction 10 and take the second exit to the A1081 (Airport Way)
• Exit along the slip road and continue along London Road
• Continue along London road, heading straight over at the crossroads – to Castle Street
• Continue straight and at the round about take third exit on to the Park Viaduct
• Continue along the viaduct until you reach the round about – taking the first exit
• You are now on St Mary’s Road (front of the University’s Luton campus) – and can use local town centre car parks

From the A1

• Leave the A1 at Junction 8 and take the A602 to Hitchin
• At the first roundabout in Hitchin take the third exit and at the next roundabout take the first exit, following the A505 to Luton town centre
• At the roundabout take the first exit into Gipsy Lane
• Proceed over two mini-roundabouts into Windmill Road and over the next roundabout take the second exit into St Mary's Road.
• You are now on St Mary’s Road (front of the University’s Luton campus) – and can use local town centre car parks

From the A6

• Drive along the A6 towards Luton. At the traffic lights (with the Leaside Hotel and Landsdowne Club on your left), turn left on to Hucklesby Way
• Continue straight over the traffic lights – continue straight on
• At the roundabout, turn right on to Hitchin Road
• Continue straight – approaching a double roundabout
• You are now on St Mary’s Road (front of the University’s Luton campus) – and can use local town centre car parks

By rail

Thameslink and Great Northern services connect Luton with Bedford (25 min), London (34 min to St Pancras International; Farringdon; City Thameslink; Blackfriars; and 50 min to London Bridge), East Croydon (64 min), Gatwick Airport (80 min) and Brighton (2 h).

Thameslink serves Luton's three railway stations - Luton Airport Parkway (for London Luton Airport), Luton (this is the closest to the main, University Square campus) and Leagrave.

Luton is also served by East Midlands Trains which offers trains from the north and to London St Pancras.

By air

Local train services link with London Luton Airport (15 minutes) and Gatwick Airport (under 2 hours). Stansted is also within easy reach and Heathrow, Birmingham and East Midlands international airports are all within a 90-minute drive.

Accommodation

There are several hotels within walking distance of the University:

• The Icon Hotel
• The Premier Inn
• The Brache Premiere Inn