Milton Keynes
Locator map for the English administrative region of Milton Keynes.
Unitary authority in central England, formerly part of Buckinghamshire.
Area
311 sq km/120 sq mi
Towns and cities
Milton Keynes (administrative headquarters), Newport Pagnell, Olney, Bletchley, Stony Stratford, Woburn Sands, Wolverton
Features
Grand Union Canal; River Great Ouse; River Tove; Open University (established in Milton Keynes in 1971); Milton Keynes National Bowl (venue for outdoor events); National Badminton Centre; Bletchley Park, government centre of code-breaking during World War II; Ouse Valley Park with wetland habitats; Peace Pagoda, first to be built in northern hemisphere and surrounded by a thousand cherry and cedar trees planted in memory of all war victims; Milton Keynes' famous concrete cows, constructed in 1978 by a community artist and local schoolchildren
Industries
financial services, telecommunications, soft drinks, high technology industries, motor vehicle parts and manufacture (including Skoda and Seat), education (Open University and De Montfort University campuses), vellum and parchment
Population
(2001) 207,100
Milton Keynes
| Industrial new town and administrative headquarters of Milton Keynes unitary authority in south-central England, 80 km/50 mi northeast of London and 100 km/62 mi southwest from Birmingham; population (2001) 184,500. It was part of the county of Buckinghamshire until 1997. It was developed as a new town in 1967 around the old village of the same name, following a grid design. It is the headquarters of the Open University (founded in 1969). Industries include electronics, the manufacture of machine tools, machinery, and pharmaceuticals, and also insurance and financial services. |
| The M1 motorway and the mainline railway from London to Crewe and Glasgow pass through Milton Keynes. |
| Milton Keynes was one of the second generation of new towns designed to handle London's overspill population. It includes the towns of Bletchley (population (2001) 47,200), Newport Pagnell (population (2001) 14,700), Stony Stratford (population with Wolverton (2001) 60,400), and Wolverton. |
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