Borough of Milton Keynes
Borough of Milton Keynes | |
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status | Unitary Authority , Borough |
region | South East England |
Ceremony county | Buckinghamshire |
Administrative headquarters | Milton Keynes |
surface | 308.63 km² |
Residents | 268,607 |
was standing | 2018 |
ONS code | 00MG |
Website | www.miltonkeynes.gov.uk |
Milton Keynes is a borough in England . It was created April 1, 1974 through a merger of the urban districts Bletchley , Newport Pagnell and Wolverton , the Newport Pagnell Rural District and parts of the Wing Rural District .
Until April 1, 1997, the Borough of Milton Keynes was a district of Buckinghamshire . Since then it has been a unitary authority that is administratively independent from Buckinghamshire. The borough borders the administrative counties of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire . The largest place is Milton Keynes .
Milton Keynes is home to the Open University - the UK's largest university - and Bletchley Park , where Alan Turing and others successfully deciphered the Enigma during World War II .
Cities, villages and communities
- Astwood
- Bletchley , Bow Brickhill , Bradwell , Broughton
- Caldecote , Castlethorpe , Chicheley , Clifton Reynes , Cold Brayfield
- Emberton
- Fenny Stratford , Filgrave
- Gayhurst , Great Linford
- Hanslope , Hardmead , Haversham
- Lathbury , Lavendon , Lillingstone Dayrell , Lillingstone Lovell , Little Brickhill , Little Linford , Long Street , Loughton
- Middleton , Milton Keynes , Moulsoe
- Newport Pagnell , Newton Blossomville , North Crawley
- Olney
- Ravenstone
- Shenley Brook End , Shenley Church End , Sherington , Simpson , Stantonbury , Stoke Goldington , Stony Stratford
- Tattenhoe , Tongwell , Tyringham
- Walton , Warrington , Water Eaton , Wavendon , Weston Underwood , Willen , Woburn Sands , Wolverton , Woolstone , Woughton on the Green
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ N , 0 ° 46 ′ W