The Cub was derived from the Terrier truck chassis, and was originally built at Leyland's Scottish plant in Bathgate.

Most Cubs were built for local authorities and the welfare sector, and thus carried bodywork by Wadham Stringer of Hampshire or Reeve Burgess of Derbyshire.

[2] There were also four Reeve Burgess-bodied Cubs for Southdown Motor Services in 1983/84, and two for the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive in 1985, originally used for services in Wythenshawe, Manchester and were first based in Northenden (NN).

[3] The Cub was superseded in 1987 by another truck-derived midibus, the Leyland Swift.

The preserved WYPTE vehicle appeared in an episode of Vera taking miners to a colliery in a 1980s flashback scene.