Eagle Farm is a district of south-east
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of Milton Keynes urban area, its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms t ...
in
Buckinghamshire
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, England, within the
Wavendon civil parish. It was constructed to help the
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 ass ...
with its rapid increase in demand for housing. The site is part of the "Eastern Expansion Area" of Milton Keynes, identified in 2004 by the
then government. The district has a primary school, St Mary's C of E Primary, with space for 600 pupils.
, the district is currently undergoing further development and construction, and is predicted to reach 2,900 homes as it grows.
Location
The district lies opposite the
Magna Park distribution centre
A distribution center for a set of products is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products (goods) to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to con ...
, on the other side of the
A421, and east of the neighbouring district of
Glebe Farm. It is on the eastern outskirts of Wavendon civil parish, just outside and overlooking the village itself. From March 2018 to December 2020,
Milton Keynes City Council
Milton Keynes City Council is the Local government in England, local authority for the City of Milton Keynes, a local government district in Buckinghamshire, England. The council was established in 1974 as Milton Keynes Borough Council. Since ...
,
Central Bedfordshire Council
Central Bedfordshire Council is the local authority for Central Bedfordshire, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functi ...
and the
South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership worked on a project to dual the A421 from Eagle Farm Roundabout to Junction 13 of the
M1 ( to the east of the district), which has greatly improved accessibility to the wider road network.
The nearest railway station is which is approximately to the south of the district. The closest retail centre is the
Kingston District Centre, approximately to the northwest, with
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 ...
being roughly to the north-west.
References
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Areas of Milton Keynes
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