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Milton Keynes Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Milton Keynes

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Milton Keynes history

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Birth of a ‘new city’

In the 1960s, the UK government decided that a further generation of new towns in the South East of England was needed to relieve housing congestion in London . The New Town was to be the biggest yet, with a target population of 250,000, in a ‘designated area’ of 21,883 acres (8,855.7 ha) The name ‘Milton Keynes’ was taken from that of an existing village on the site . The radical grid plan was inspired by the work of Melvin M. Webber, described by the founding architect of Milton Keynes, Derek Walker, as the ‘father of the city’

Name

The name ‘Milton Keynes’ was a reuse of the name of one of the original historic villages in the designated area . After the Norman conquest, the de Cahaignes family held the manor from 1166 to the late 13th century .

Prior history

The area that was to become Milton Keynes encompassed a landscape that has a rich historic legacy . The area to be developed was largely farmland and undeveloped villages, but with evidence of permanent settlement dating back to the Bronze Age . The most notable archaeological artefact was the Milton Keynes Hoard, which the British Museum described as ‘one of the biggest concentrations of Bronze Age gold known from Britain’

Milton Keynes geography / climate

Location and nearest settlements

Milton Keynes is in south central England, at the northern end of the South East England region, about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of London . The nearest larger towns are Northampton, Bedford, Luton and Aylesbury .

Geology

Its surface geology is primarily gently rolling Oxford clay or, more formally: … a portion of more or less dissected boulder clay plateau, with streams falling fairly steeply to the [Great] Ouse and Ouzel flood plains . Middle Jurassic rocks, in particular the Blisworth limestone and cornbrash, form strong features in the lands bordering the Ouse valley in the north .

Parks and environmental infrastructure

Development Corporation identified water runoff into the Ouzel and its tributaries as a significant risk to be managed . Two large balancing lakes (Caldecotte and Willen) and a number of smaller detention ponds provide an important leisure amenity for most of the year . Howe Park Wood and Oxley Mead are the most significant of the important wildlife sites in and around MK . Little Linford Wood is a conservation site and nature reserve managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust .

Climate

Milton Keynes experiences an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) as is typical of almost all of the United Kingdom . The nearest Met Office weather station is in Woburn, located in a rural area just outside the south eastern fringe of Milton Keynes . Recorded temperature extremes range from 34.6 °C (94.3 °F) during July 2006, to as low as −20.6°C on 25 February 1947; this is the lowest temperature ever reported in England in February .

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Best Milton Keynes places to visit

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Milton Keynes has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Milton Keynes’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Milton Keynes’s information audio spots:

Linford Manor Linford Manor is a seventeenth-century mansion or manor house converted into a recording studio complex in Great Linford, a district in Milton Keynes, England. It is now owned by Pete Winkelman who is chairman of Milton Keynes Dons football club.

Church of Christ the Cornerstone Church of Christ the Cornerstone is an Ecumenical church in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It was completed in 1991 and has the Church of England, the Baptist Union, the Methodist Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the United Reformed Church working together.

Willen Lake Willen Lake is Milton Keynes’ most popular park attracting in excess of 750,000 visitors a year. It comprises 180 acres of landscaped parkland which surround around 100 acres of water across two lakes. The southern lake offers a wide range of activities on and off the water.

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Willen The Church of St Mary Magdalene is an Anglican church of the Diocese of Oxford. Completed in 1680, it is the only surviving church among the buildings designed by Robert Hooke. Regarded as a classic of early English Baroque architecture, it was designated as Grade I listed building in 1966.

The Buszy “The Buszy”, built in 2005, is a skatepark plaza in Milton Keynes, England. The skate area is covered almost entirely by the roof of the former Milton Keynes Central bus station. Pronounced “Buzzy” (/ˈbʌzi/) by the locals.

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