Milton Keynes (borough)
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The Borough of Milton Keynes is a borough in England. Before April 1, 1997 it was part of Buckinghamshire, but since then it is an independent unitary authority with the same ranking as a county. It borders the administrative counties of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. The principal settlement in the borough is Milton Keynes New City.
It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Bletchley, Newport Pagnell and Wolverton, Newport Pagnell Rural District and part of Wing Rural District.
| Borough of Milton Keynes | |
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| Missing image EnglandMiltonKeynes.png Image:EnglandMiltonKeynes.png |  The Borough (5) is shown in yellow within Buckinghamshire |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Ceremonial County: | Buckinghamshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 154th 308.63 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Milton Keynes |
| ONS code: | 00MG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (1991) - Total (2001) - Total (2003 est) - Density (2003) | Ranked 57th 176,371 207,063 215,715 699 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 90.7% White 3.7% S.Asian 2.4% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
 Milton Keynes Council http://www.miltonkeynes.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats |
| MPs: | Phyllis Starkey (Lab.), Mark Lancaster (Con.) |
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Settlements
Milton Keynes (New City area)
- Bancroft, Bletchley, Bradwell Abbey, Bradwell Common, Broughton
- Caldecotte
- Fenny Stratford
- Great Linford
- Loughton
- Middleton (Milton Keynes Village)
- Shenley Brook End, Shenley Church End
- Simpson, Stantonbury, Stony Stratford
- Tattenhoe, Tongwell
- Walton, Water Eaton, Wavendon, Willen, Wolverton, Woolstone, Woughton on the Green, Westcroft
Rest of Borough
- Astwood
- Bow Brickhill
- Caldecote (stet), Castlethorpe, Chicheley, Clifton Reynes, Cold Brayfield
- Emberton
- Filgrave
- Gayhurst
- Hanslope, Hardmead, Haversham
- Lathbury, Lavendon, Lillingstone Dayrell, Lillingstone Lovell, Little Brickhill, Little Linford, Long Street,
- Moulsoe
- Newport Pagnell, Newton Blossomville, North Crawley
- Olney
- Ravenstone
- Sherington, Stoke Goldington,
- Tyringham
- Warrington, Weston Underwood, Woburn Sands
Borough of Milton Keynes within ceremonial Buckinghamshire
The Borough (numbered 5 on the map above) is historically part of the county of Buckinghamshire.
Northamptonshire is to the north and west of the Borough, Bedfordshire is to the east. The (Buckinghamshire) District of Aylesbury Vale (numbered 4 on the map above) is to the south.
