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For a complete list of areas in the borough, see civil parishes in the City of Milton Keynes. OpenStreetMap mapping of Milton Keynes, showing most of the districts. Click on marker beside "Name" or "Civil Parish" to sort into desired order. There are no roads V0 and H0: these co-ordinates indicate that a district lies west/north of V1/H1 and to ...
Milton Keynes (/ k iː n z / ⓘ KEENZ) is a city [c] in Buckinghamshire, England, about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of London. [b] At the 2021 Census, the population of its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms the northern boundary of the urban area; a tributary, the River Ouzel, meanders through its linear parks and balancing lakes.
Newton Leys within Milton Keynes is a brownfield development and within the Buckinghamshire Council area is greenfield. The full district covers some 104 hectares (260 acres) and comprises development land with housing for up to 1650 homes with employment areas, shops, a school, community facilities, new park, hotel, a care home and leisure ...
The non-metropolitan district of Milton Keynes and its council were created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Bletchley Urban District, Newport Pagnell Urban District, Wolverton Urban District, Newport Pagnell Rural District and that part of Winslow Rural District within the designated area for the new town of Milton Keynes.
Kingston is a district in the east side of Milton Keynes, in the civil parish of Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow.. Kingston District Centre is a large retail development that serves this side of the Milton Keynes urban area (its home parish and the parishes of Broughton, Milton Keynes (civil parish), Walton, Woburn Sands and Wavendon).
Central Milton Keynes is the central business district of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England and a civil parish in its own right, with a town council. The district is approximately 3.5 km (2.2 mi) long by 1 km (0.6 mi) wide and occupies some of the highest land in the city. [ 2 ]
Loughton / ˈ l aʊ t ən / is an ancient village and modern district. The village spreads between Watling Street and the modern A5 road. It is just to the west of Central Milton Keynes, with pedestrian access over the A5 to Milton Keynes Central railway station. The original village has now been incorporated into the modern 'grid square' of ...
They were also reorganised as part of the 1974 reforms into five non-metropolitan districts: Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, Milton Keynes, South Bucks (called 'Beaconsfield' until 1980), and Wycombe. [8] [9] In 1997 the borough of Milton Keynes was removed from the non-metropolitan county to become its own unitary authority. [10]