Leighton Buzzard Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. A Medieval Church.

Leighton Buzzard Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 May 1975
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Leighton Buzzard Church of All Saints, Church Square, Leighton-Linslade
OS grid reference
SP 919 248
Coordinates
51.91477, -0.66526
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of All Saints in Leighton Buzzard is an important medieval parish church, originally built in the 13th century, with 15th-century windows and a clerestory. The tower, topped with a broach spire, reaches a height of 193 feet. The west door features fine late 13th-century scroll ironwork hinges attributed to Thomas of Leighton, which are similar to those found at Eaton Bray. Inside, there are carved 15th-century choir stalls with poppy heads and misericordes, along with 17th-century altar rails and a carved cedar pulpit from 1683. The church also contains brasses dating from 1597 and 1636, a 15th-century vestry with two upper storeys located north of the chancel, and monuments including two with effigies: Wyngate from 1603 and Welles from 1645. Additionally, there is late 19th-century stained glass created by Kempe.

Local climate

Leighton Buzzard Church of All Saints sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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