The Cock Hotel
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

A warm welcome awaits you at The Cock Hotel and Restaurant. Privately owned with a friendly service second to none. You will always be greeted with a smile and nothing is too much trouble for us. Situated in the quiet village of Heath & Reach, Bedfordshire on the outskirts of Leighton Buzzard. Only 1/2 a mile from the A5 Watling Street. With easy access to the new City of Milton Keynes, the M1 and London-Luton Airport. The main London - Birmingham railway line is only a short taxi ride away. The Cock Hotel commands an ideal location for exploring the lush local countryside and numerous attractions of the region.

Leighton Buzzard is a town near the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire, and is between Luton and Milton Keynes. It adjoins Linslade and the name Leighton Buzzard is sometimes used to refer to the combination of the two towns; parts of this article also apply to Linslade. For local government purposes, the town is part of the South Bedfordshire district and is administered jointly with Linslade as the civil parish of Leighton-Linslade. There are a number of theories about its curious name but the most likely is that "Leighton" is an Old English language term meaning a clearing in the woods. The "Buzzard" was added by the Dean of Lincoln in whose diocese the town was in the 12th century. He had two communities called "Leighton" and in order to differentiate them he added the name of his local Prebendary or representative to that of the town. At that time it was a Theobald de Busar and so over the years the town became known as Leighton Buzzard. The other Leighton became Leighton Bromswold.