Eagle Farm, Milton Keynes Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Eagle Farm
Civil Parish:Wavendon
Unitary England:Milton Keynes
Lieutenancy England:Buckinghamshire
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:Milton Keynes South
Post Town:MILTON KEYNES
Postcode District:MK17
Postcode Area:MK
Dial Code:01908
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Milton Keynes
Pushpin Map Caption:Mapping © OpenStreetMap
Os Grid Reference:SP928384

Eagle 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 has a primary school, St Mary's C of E Primary, with space for 600 pupils., the district is currently undergoing further development and construction, and is predicted to reach 2,900 homes as it grows.[4]

Location

The district lies opposite the Magna Park distribution centre,[5] on the other side of the A421, and east of the neighbouring district of Glebe Farm. It is on the eastern outskirts of Wavendon civil parish, just outside and overlooking the village itself. From March 2018 to December 2020, Milton Keynes City Council, Central Bedfordshire Council and the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership worked on a project to dual the A421 from Eagle Farm Roundabout to Junction 13 of the M1 (to the east of the district), which has greatly improved accessibility to the wider road network.[6] The nearest railway station is which is approximately to the south of the district. The closest retail centre is the Kingston District Centre, approximately to the northwest, with Central Milton Keynes being roughly to the north-west.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2 March 2020. MK Council to set up its own company to build 2,000 cheap homes in Milton Keynes. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201031115146/https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/mk-council-set-its-own-company-build-2000-cheap-homes-milton-keynes-2006034 . 31 October 2020 . 28 November 2020. www.miltonkeynes.co.uk.
  2. Web site: 30 November 2017. Eastern Expansion Area Development Framework SPD. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924205827/https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning-policy/eastern-expansion-area-development-framework-spd . 24 September 2020 . 28 November 2020. Milton Keynes Council.
  3. News: Milton Keynes to double in size over next 20 years . . Peter Hetherington. 6 January 2004.
  4. News: Work starts on new £8m school. MKFM . 14 May 2018.
  5. Web site: Magna Park, Milton Keynes. 28 November 2020. Altitude MK.
  6. Web site: A421 dualling upgrade complete and open. South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership.