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Milton Keynes Redway System
The Milton Keynes redway system (locally known as ''redways'') is an over network of shared use paths for cyclists and pedestrians in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is generally surfaced with red tarmac, and criss-crosses most of the city. Some of these redways run next to the grid roads and local roads, with underpasses or bridges where they intersect major roads. Others run through park land and along the floodplain of the Great Ouse and its tributaries. Construction of the redway commenced in the 1970s with the start of the construction of the "new city". By 1980 it was the largest urban cycleway system in the UK with in use. The Redway Code The redway system is restricted to cyclists, pedestrians, and powered wheelchairs. It may not be used by horses (except where they run along designated bridleways), motorcycles, mopeds or motor-scooters ("e-scooters"), though (walking-pace) electric delivery robots are permitted. National Cycle Network The national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Ouzel
The River Ouzel , also known as the River Lovat, is a river in England, and a tributary of the River Great Ouse. It rises in the Chiltern Hills and flows north to join the Ouse at Newport Pagnell. It is usually called the ''River Ouzel'', except near Newport Pagnell where both names are used. The name ''Lovat'' was recorded (in the form 'Lovente') in the thirteenth century, a map of 1724 marks the river as "Lowsel R", and a map surveyed in 1765 shows it as 'Ouzel River'. The modern Ordnance Survey The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see Artillery, ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of ... uses only the name ''Ouzel'', except north of Willen Lake where it is marked as 'River Ouzel or Lovat'. Course From springs just north of Dagnall, the river initially forms the boundary between Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castlethorpe
Castlethorpe is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish with a population of about 1,000 in the Unitary authorities in England, unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is about north-east of Stony Stratford, north-west of Newport Pagnell and north of Central Milton Keynes. It is separated from the county of Northamptonshire by the River Tove. History The village is relatively more recent than those around it, and it started out in life as a castle belonging to the lord of the manor of nearby Hanslope.'Parishes : Hanslope with Castle Thorpe' Victoria History of the Counties of England, A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (1927), pp. 348-362. A settlement of servant (domestic), servants and manual workers grew up around the castle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Keynes Urban Area
The Milton Keynes urban area or Milton Keynes Built-up Area is a designation established by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics. Milton Keynes has no statutory boundary: the 1967 designated area only determined the area assigned to the Milton Keynes Development Corporation for development. The wider urban area outside that designation includes Newport Pagnell and Woburn Sands as well as Aspley Guise (Bedfordshire) and part of Stoke Hammond civil parish. At the 2021 census, the population of Milton Keynes's Built-up Area was 264,349, an increase of 11.5% over the figure of 229,941 recorded at the 2011 census. That in turn was an increase of almost 25% on the population recorded in the 2001 census of 184,506. Built-up area sub-divisions These are the 'built-up area subdivisions' of the Milton Keynes urban area (built-up area) as defined by the ONS. 2021 , information about the definitions and populations of the built-up area subdivisions of the 2021 censu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Great Ouse
The River Great Ouse ( ) is a river in England, the longest of several British rivers called "Ouse". From Syresham in Northamptonshire, the Great Ouse flows through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk to drain into the Wash and the North Sea near Kings Lynn. Authorities disagree both on the river's source and its length, with one quoting and another . Mostly flowing north and east, it is the fifth longest river in the United Kingdom. The Great Ouse has been historically important for commercial navigation, and for draining the low-lying region through which it flows; its best-known tributary is the Cam, which runs through Cambridge. Its lower course passes through drained wetlands and fens and has been extensively modified, or channelised, to relieve flooding and provide a better route for barge traffic. The unmodified river would have changed course regularly after floods. The name ''Ouse'' is from the Celtic or pre-Celtic *''Udso-s'', and probably ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolverton Railway Station
Wolverton railway station serves Wolverton, a constituent town of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The station is on the West Coast Main Line, about 52 miles (84 km) from , between and . The station is one of the seven stations serving the Milton Keynes urban area. The station has four platforms, of which just two (3 and 4) are normally in use. The station serves the northern areas of Milton Keynes (including Wolverton itself, the nearby town of Stony Stratford and the village of New Bradwell) as well as the nearby villages in West Northamptonshire. Facilities There is a ticket office but it is only open on weekday mornings, subject to staff availability. Although categorised as "step-free access category B3", this station is not realistically accessible for passengers with mobility impairments because all but one of the platforms are only reachable by long stairways. History Station building The first station was built for the opening of the London and Bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Wolverton
Wolverton ( ) is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, England. It is located in the north-west of the city, beside the West Coast Main Line, the Grand Union Canal and the river Great Ouse. It is the administrative seat of Wolverton and Greenleys civil parish. It is one of the places in History of Buckinghamshire, historic Buckinghamshire that went into the History of Milton Keynes#1960s plans for a new city in North Buckinghamshire, 1967 designation of Milton Keynes, foundation of Milton Keynes in 1967. The village recorded in Domesday Book, Domesday is known today as #Old Wolverton, Old Wolverton but, because of Enclosure#Tudor enclosures, peasant clearances in the early 17th century, only field markings remain of the medieval settlement. Modern Wolverton is a new settlement founded in the early 19th century as a railway town, with its centre relocated about to the southeast. History Old Wolverton The town name is an Old English language word, and means 'Wulfhere's settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Trail
A rail trail or railway walk is a shared-use path on a Right of way#Rail right of way, railway right of way. Rail trails are typically constructed after a railway has been abandoned and the track has been removed but may also share the rail corridor with active railways, light rail, or tram, streetcars (rails with trails), or with disused track. As shared-use paths, rail trails are primarily for non-motorized traffic including pedestrians, bicycles, horseback riders, skaters, and cross-country skiers, although snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicle, ATVs may be allowed. The characteristics of abandoned railways—gentle grades, well-engineered rights of way and structures (bridges and tunnels), and passage through historical areas—lend themselves to rail trails and account for their popularity. Many rail trails are long-distance trails, while some shorter rail trails are known as Greenway (landscape), greenways or linear parks. Rail trails around the world Americas Bermuda The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolverton To Newport Pagnell Line
Wolverton ( ) is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, England. It is located in the north-west of the city, beside the West Coast Main Line, the Grand Union Canal and the river Great Ouse. It is the administrative seat of Wolverton and Greenleys civil parish. It is one of the places in historic Buckinghamshire that went into the foundation of Milton Keynes in 1967. The village recorded in Domesday is known today as Old Wolverton but, because of peasant clearances in the early 17th century, only field markings remain of the medieval settlement. Modern Wolverton is a new settlement founded in the early 19th century as a railway town, with its centre relocated about to the southeast. History Old Wolverton The town name is an Old English language word, and means 'Wulfhere's settlement'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Wluerintone''. The original Wolverton was a medieval settlement just north and west of today's town. This site is now known as Old Wolverto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Linford
Great Linford is a historic village, district and wider civil parish in the north of Milton Keynes, England, between Wolverton and Newport Pagnell, and roughly north of Central Milton Keynes. Great Linford village Great Linford was one of the North Buckinghamshire villages incorporated into Milton Keynes at its designation in 1967. History The origin of the name Linford is not recorded. The first reference to Linford occurs in 944, when "King Edmund gave to his thegn Aelfheah, land at Linforda with liberty to leave it to whom he wished"; it appears in the Domesday Book as ''Linforda''. Archaeological investigations at the parish church indicate that the site was a Saxon settlement in the seventh century. In the early sixteenth century, the rector of this parish Dr Richard Napier was widely known as a medical practitioner, astrologer and curer of souls. He was referred to by many in the upper classes, including the Earl of Sunderland who lived under his care for some time i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Keynes Central Railway Station
Milton Keynes Central railway station serves Milton Keynes and surrounding parts of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire (England). The station is located on the West Coast Main Line about northwest of London. The station is served by Avanti West Coast intercity services, and by West Midlands Trains regional services. This is the principal station for City of Milton Keynes, the city, one of seven serving the Milton Keynes urban area. Milton Keynes Central, which opened on 17 May 1982, is by far the busiest and most important of these, as well as being the largest in terms of platforms in use, having overtaken when platforms 2A and 6 became operational. History and development A new station for Milton Keynes A new station to delimit the western end of the new central business district of Milton Keynes was a key objective for Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC)., page 133136 In the cash-strapped circumstances of the 1960s and 1970s, British Rail ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Milton Keynes
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 long by wide and occupies some of the highest land in the city. It contains (behind the Central Library) the historic site of the moot hill for Secklow (or Sigelai) Hundred. It is the site of the central retail, business, law enforcement and governmental districts, Milton Keynes Central railway station and around 2,000 residential dwellings. Topology Occupying , the district lies between Portway (H5, A509) to the north, the West Coast Main Line and A5 to the west, Childs Way (H6) to the south and the Grand Union Canal to the east. It is crossed from north to south by (in west to east order, major roads only) Grafton Gate (V6), Witan Gate, Saxon Gate (V7) and Secklow Gate, and Marlborough Street. It is crossed from west to east (in north to south order, major roads only) by Silbury Boul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
