Training & Adult Education
Adult & Community Learning Centre
Courses cover a wide range of subjects including computing, handicrafts, and languages.
Adult Education Office, The Riverside Centre, Bridge Street. 01525 375 769
(Take the Dash Direct bus to the High Street. From here it is a 2 minute walk down Bridge Street).
The Learning Warehouse
The Learning Warehouse offers a range of courses including, Art, Photography, Languages, Book Keeping, Health and safety, Food Hygiene, Counselling, Hairdressing, Legal, ICT courses for all levels including web design and applications, training for classroom assistants and teaching in Further Education.
Facilities include well equipped ICT training rooms, general arts and craft facilities, a professional standard hair and beauty salon plus a conference suite.
The Learning Warehouse, Enterprise House, Grovebury Road. 01525 374 123 www.dunstable.ac.uk
(Easily accessible via the Dash Direct bus which stops directly outside the Learning Warehouse, 5 minute journey)
The Learning Shop
The Learning Shop is a very popular IT learning centre, particularly with over-50. They provide courses for complete beginners in word processing, spreadsheets, databases, internet, and email.
The Learning Shop, 5 Lake Street. 01525 383 225
(Easily accessible via the Dash Direct bus service to the High Street)
Other colleges in the area
Aylesbury College
Hairdressing studio, training, apprenticeships.
Oxford Road, Aylesbury. 01296 588 588
(150 and 165 bus from High Street to Aylesbury)
Barnfield College, Luton
The largest college in Bedford and Luton, with four centres. Community-based courses, higher education, apprenticeships.
New Bedford Road, Luton. 01582 569 600.
Cranfield University
One of Europe’s leading institutions, aeronautics, defence, engineering, health, management, manufacturing, and natural resources.
Cranfield. 01234 750 111.
Dunstable College
Full range of full and part time courses, art and design, media and performing arts, engineering and technology, IT, construction.
Kingsway, Dunstable. 01582 477 776
University of Luton
Park Street, Luton. 01234 400 400.
Milton Keynes College
Chaffron Way, Leadenhall. 01908 684 444
Doctors
Bassett Road Surgery
29 Bassett Road, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1AR. Tel: 01525 378 387. www.bassettroadsurgery.co.uk
25 minutes walk or 12 minutes cycle via Billington Road, Lake Street, High Street, Waterborne Walk, across West Street into Bassett Road.
20 minutes by number 36 or Dash Direct bus to High Street then walk through Waterborne Walk across West Street into Bassett Road.
Europa House Surgery
West Street, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1DD. Tel: 01525 851888.
25 minutes walk or 12 minutes cycle via Billington Road, Lake Street, High Street, Waterborne Walk, across West.
20 minutes by number 36 or Dash bus to High Street then walk through Waterborne Walk across West Street.
Salisbury House Surgery
12 Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1RS. Tel: 01525 373139. www.salisburyhousesurgery.co.uk
20 minutes walk or 8 minutes cycle via Billington Road and Lake Street.
15 minutes by number 36 or Dash bus to Lake Street.
Dr M M Shafi, Lake House Surgery
20-22 Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard LU7 8RT. Tel: 01525 851 995
20 minutes walk or 8 minutes cycle via Billington Road and Lake Street.
15 minutes by number 36 or Dash Direct bus to Lake Street
1 Leighton Road Surgery
Linslade, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1LB. Tel: 01525 372571. www.leightonroadsurgery.co.uk
30 minutes walk or 13 minutes cycle via Billington Road, Lake Street, High Street, Bridge Street, Leighton Road.
20 minutes by number 36 or Dash bus to Leighton Road.