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Following local government re-organisation in 1974, [3] the new Milton Keynes Borough Council initially operated out of the offices of the five councils it had replaced, although it relocated to Sherwood House (later known as Challenge House) in Bletchley in late 1974. [4] [5] The new borough council decided to commission dedicated civic offices.
Central Milton Keynes is the central business district of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England and a civil parish in its own right, with a town council. The district is approximately 3.5 km (2.2 mi) long by 1 km (0.6 mi) wide and occupies some of the highest land in the city. [ 2 ]
Milton Keynes (/ k iː n z / ⓘ KEENZ) is a city [c] in Buckinghamshire, England, about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of London. [b] At the 2021 Census, the population of its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms the northern boundary of the urban area; a tributary, the River Ouzel, meanders through its linear parks and balancing lakes.
The centre also has a small local library, community shop and a meeting place. A health centre is located adjacent to the district centre. According to Milton Keynes City Council, Westcroft, Wolverton, Bletchley and Kingston form the second tier in the retail hierarchy of the city, below Central Milton Keynes. [1]
The City of Milton Keynes is a borough with city status, in Buckinghamshire, England. [3] It is the northernmost district of the South East England Region . The borough abuts Bedfordshire , Northamptonshire and the remainder of Buckinghamshire.
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford is a civil parish with a town council, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. [2] It was formed in 2001 from the unparished area of Milton Keynes, and according to the 2011 census had a population of 15,313. [1] Together with West Bletchley, it forms the Bletchley built-up area. [3]
The museum is located on Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. [2] It opened in 2007 [3] in Block H – the first purpose-built computer centre in the world, having housed six of the ten Colossus computers that were in use at the end of World War II. Block H at Bletchley Park, home of The National Museum of Computing
The non-metropolitan district of Milton Keynes and its council were created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Bletchley Urban District, Newport Pagnell Urban District, Wolverton Urban District, Newport Pagnell Rural District and that part of Winslow Rural District within the designated area for the new town of Milton Keynes.