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Central Milton Keynes

Central Milton Keynes
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View from Great Holm, approximately one mile to the west
Central Milton Keynes is located in Buckinghamshire
Central Milton Keynes
Central Milton Keynes
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
Civil parish
  • Central Milton Keynes
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
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
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
52°02′32″N 0°45′35″W / 52.0423°N 0.7598°W / 52.0423; -0.7598Coordinates: 52°02′32″N 0°45′35″W / 52.0423°N 0.7598°W / 52.0423; -0.7598

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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