Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire travel information
Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire England
Milton Keynes is best known for being a new town that was specifically planned out when the Ministry of Housing and Local Government requested the building of a new town back in 1967, to house the predicted increasing population. With more and more people moving out from London, this largely agricultural area made up of a string of small villages, was deemed the ideal place.
Archaeological digging on a grand scale took place when the town planning preparations were set in place. Consequently many interesting discoveries were made in the area, including the remains of an ichthyosaur, an extinct family of marine reptiles resembling the dolphin, dated as being around 150 million years old no less. There’s also evidence to suggest that the location where Milton Keynes now stands was in fact inhabited back as far as 6000BC.
Since the recent building of the Milton Keynes development the population has increased more than threefold making it a real success story, providing excellent accommodation and transport and an area with plenty of jobs and facilities that continue to attract people to the area.
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