Warden Hills

Warden Hills is an area of Luton in Bedfordshire, which is named after the hills overlooking it. Formerly part of a village called Streatley, until the 1960s, Warden Hills has become one of the fastest-growing areas of Luton in the past 50 years.Warden Hills lies on the outskirts of Luton, and is three miles north of the centre of the town. It possesses one junior and infants school, one church, a golf course, a recreation centre, and several pubs. The oldest pub in Streatley is the Old Chequer. Also in the area, there is the only Catholic Secondary school in Luton, Cardinal Newman.There are two hills overlooking the area - Galley Hill (formerly a place of public execution) and Warden Hill - the latter being the bigger and wider of the two. The two hills have now become a Site of Special Scientific Interest, as the Galley and Warden Hills Nature Reserve. There are a number of rare species here, including butterflies, moths, and flowers.The Icknield Way Path passes through the hills on its 110 mile journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also passes through the hills.