Nearly a quarter of Luton’s population is from an ethnic minority Luton has a large Irish community, as well as groups from all over Europe, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and, more recently, Vietnam and Bosnia 18.5 per cent of Luton University’s students come from overseas The covered Arndale Shopping Centre – the largest built in an established town – has been newly refurbished, to the tune of £27 million Luton’s markets are famous for being the most culturally diverse in the UK, outside London