Milton Keynes (authority)

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Unitary authority in central England, formerly part of Buckinghamshire.

Area
311 sq km/120 sq mi

Towns and cities
Milton Keynes (administrative headquarters), Newport Pagnell, Olney, Bletchley, Stony Stratford, Woburn Sands, Wolverton

Features
Grand Union Canal; River Great Ouse; River Tove; Open University (established in Milton Keynes in 1971); Milton Keynes National Bowl (venue for outdoor events); National Badminton Centre; Bletchley Park, government centre of code-breaking during World War II; Ouse Valley Park with wetland habitats; Peace Pagoda, first to be built in northern hemisphere and surrounded by a thousand cherry and cedar trees planted in memory of all war victims; Milton Keynes' famous concrete cows, constructed in 1978 by a community artist and local schoolchildren

Industries
financial services, telecommunications, soft drinks, high technology industries, motor vehicle parts and manufacture (including Skoda and Seat), education (Open University and De Montfort University campuses), vellum and parchment

Population
(2001) 207,100

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