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 (1995)
192,900. 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 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 (1991) 40,600), Newport Pagnell (population (1991) 12,100),
Stony Stratford (population with Wolverton (1991) 54,500), Wolverton,
Winslow (population (1991) 22,300), and Walnut Tree (population (1991)
2,600).
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