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The Parish consists of 7 grid squares, the grid square of Winterhill is mainly commercial, and Newlands mainly leisure. Fishermead, Oldbrook, Springfield, Willen and Woolstone are residential.

Grand Union Canal
The canal lies between Springfield and Woolstone and west of Newlands. The first canal in Britain was from…
Oldbrook
The estate’s roads are named after cricketing terms or famous cricketers. It is said that the street layout…
Fishermead
Fishermead is named after a field called Fishers Mead. The fishing theme is continued in the street naming.…
Springfield
Lies just to the east of the city centre, the name Springfield comes from a field name. The…
Willen
The name ‘Willen’ comes from the old English word ‘wylig’ meaning ‘at the willows’. Before the creation of…
Woolstone
Great Woolstone and Little Woolstone are two historic villages in modern Milton Keynes, now called jointly Woolstone or…
Winterhill – Retail Park
Winterhill is a retail park, which falls within our parish boundaries. There you will find a number of…
Newlands
The grid square is primarily leisure based and is home to Gulliver’s Land which incorporates a touring caravan…
Published
7 August 2023
Last Updated
7 August 2023