Central Milton Keynes
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 View from Great Holm, approximately one mile to the west |
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 Central Milton Keynes
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| Central Milton Keynes shown within Buckinghamshire | |
| Area | 0.9 sq mi (2.3 km2) |
| Population | 2,726 (2011 Census) |
| • Density | 3,029/sq mi (1,170/km2) |
| OS grid reference | SP851389 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MILTON KEYNES |
| Postcode district | MK9 |
| Dialling code | 01908 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | centralmk-tc.gov.uk |
Central Milton Keynes is the central business district of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England and a civil parish in its own right, designated as a town council.
The district is approximately 2.5 km long by 1 km wide and occupies some of the highest land in Milton Keynes. It contains (behind the Central Library) the historic site of the moot hill for Secklow or Sigelai Hundred. It contains the central retail, business, law enforcement and governmental districts, Milton Keynes Central railway station and around 2000 residential dwellings.
This area is known locally as "the city centre".
Occupying 238 hectares (590 acres), the area 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 Marlborough Street (V8, B4034) 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. It is crossed from west to east (in north to south order, major roads only) by Silbury Boulevard, Midsummer Boulevard and Avebury Boulevard. Midsummer Boulevard is the primary spine. (Campbell Park, stretching from Marlborough Street down to the Grand Union Canal, is sometimes included in loose definitions of CMK, though in fact it is part of a separate civil parish. It is included in the area known as Central Milton Keynes for the purposes of planning and development).
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