Houghton Regis

Houghton Regis
Town and civil parish
King's Arms and All Saints' Church
Houghton Regis is located in Bedfordshire
Houghton Regis
Houghton Regis
Location within Bedfordshire
Population19,692 (Parish, 2021)[1]
18,820 (Built up area, 2021)[2]
Civil parish
  • Houghton Regis
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNSTABLE
Postcode districtLU5
Dialling code01582
PoliceBedfordshire
FireBedfordshire and Luton
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Bedfordshire
51°54′14″N 0°31′29″W / 51.9039°N 0.5247°W / 51.9039; -0.5247

Houghton Regis /ˈhtən ˈrɪz/ is a market town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.

The parish includes the hamlets of Bidwell, Thorn and Sewell. Houghton Regis, together with its contiguous neighbours of Dunstable and Luton, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area; this is a conurbation with a population over 286,000.[3]

  1. ^ "Houghton Regis parish". City Population. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". Census 2021. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ Luton Population Archived 26 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine