Glebe Farm, Milton Keynes

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Glebe Farm is a district of south-east Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England, within the Wavendon civil parish. It was constructed to help the Milton Keynes urban area with its rapid increase in demand for housing. [1] The site is part of the "Eastern Expansion Area" of Milton Keynes, [2] identified in 2004 by the then government. [3] The district is home to the city's first all-through school, Glebe Farm School, with space for 1,500 pupils. [4]

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Location

The district lies opposite the Magna Park distribution centre, [5] on the other side of the A421, and west of the neighbouring district of Eagle Farm. It is on the eastern outskirts of Wavendon civil parish, just outside and overlooking the village itself. The A421 connects the district with the M1 motorway to the east via Junction 13 (roughly 2.5 miles (4.0 km) away), and the A5 and the rest of Milton Keynes to the west. The nearest railway station is Woburn Sands which is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south of the district. The closest retail centre is the Kingston District Centre, approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the northwest, with Central Milton Keynes being roughly 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to the north-west.

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References

  1. "MK Council to set up its own company to build 2,000 cheap homes in Milton Keynes". www.miltonkeynes.co.uk. 2 March 2020. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. "Eastern Expansion Area Development Framework SPD". Milton Keynes Council. 30 November 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. Peter Hetherington (6 January 2004). "Milton Keynes to double in size over next 20 years". The Guardian .
  4. "First "all through" school that takes pupils aged from three to 16 opens in Milton Keynes". Milton Keynes Citizen . 6 September 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. "Magna Park, Milton Keynes". Altitude MK. Retrieved 16 July 2023.