40-512: Newton Leys is a district that covers the southern tip of Bletchley (a constituent town of Milton Keynes ) and straddles the boundary between the City of Milton Keynes and the rest of Buckinghamshire . The larger fraction of Newton Leys lies within Milton Keynes and forms a part of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford civil parish . It is separated from central Bletchley , Water Eaton and
80-563: A roundhouse or stock enclosure , and a series of ditches , gullies and small pits and postholes as well as several spreads of occupation deposits including a significant find of Iron Age pottery. Newton Longville Brickworks were located on land between Bletchley and Newton Longville and were made up of two sites - Jubilee Brickworks and Bletchley Works. Brick-making started onsite circa 1890s and ceased within 100 years. As noted below, both works have been demolished and their sites subsequently redeveloped as Newton Leys. Nothing remains of
120-652: A campaign for a "Bigger, Better, Brighter, Bletchley" . As the nation emerged from World War II, Bletchley Council renewed its desire to expand from its 1951 population of 10,919. By mid-1952, the council was able to agree terms with five London Boroughs to accept people and businesses from bombed-out sites in London. This trend continued through the 1950s and 1960s, culminating in the GLC-funded Lakes Estate in Water Eaton parish, even as Milton Keynes
160-507: A claypit was flooded to form Jubilee Lake, which has since become known as Willow Lake. The lakes at Newton Leys form part of a sustainable drainage system / balancing lake system designed to manage excess water caused by heavy or prolonged rainfall. Jubilee Brooks runs through the centre of the development, which rises north of Drayton Parslow and flows through the settlement towards the West Coast Mainline passing through to
200-506: A completely new hill-top site four miles further north, halfway to Wolverton. Bletchley was relegated to the status of suburb. Bletchley thrived in the early years of the growth of Milton Keynes, since it was the main shopping area. Bletchley centre was altered considerably when the Brunel Shopping Centre was built in the early 1970s, creating a new end to Queensway. (Previously, Queensway – formerly known as Bletchley Road –
240-413: A school, community facilities, new park, hotel, a care home and leisure facilities built on two former brickworks and farmland. The site is being developed by Taylor Wimpey . Houses have been built at the development by Taylor Wimpey South Midlands , Taylor Wimpey North Thames , Persimmon , and Bovis Homes Group . The development area sits next to a man-made lake created from the brick making industry,
280-583: Is in the parliamentary constituency of Milton Keynes South. For the 2011 census, the Office for National Statistics designated a "built up area sub-division", being that part of Milton Keynes that is west of the A5 and south of the A421 , some 1,073.5 hectares (2,652.7 acres). At the 2011 census, the population of the area was 37,114. For the 2001 census, it designated a (larger) "urban sub-area" that approximates to
320-494: Is in this part of the site. Bletchley Brickworks closed in September 1990 and was planned to be used as landfill, initially by London Brick Landfill , a division of the brick-making company which owned the site, and was subsequently bought out by Shanks & McEwan . Permission was granted in 2002, and the landfill site has been operated since 2004 by FCC Environment . The original claypits (Fletton Pit, Water Eaton Pit) for
360-494: Is located on South Terrace, just east of V7 Saxon Street in Central Bletchley. MK City Council also operates an on demand bus service known as "MK Connect", which serves the whole MK unitary authority area, including Bletchley. Bletchley has a football club, Milton Keynes Irish and a rugby union club, Bletchley RUFC , both of which play at Manor Fields just south of Fenny Stratford. Bletchley Leisure Centre
400-667: The English Civil War (17c) onwards. The arrival of the London and Birmingham Railway (now part of the West Coast Main Line ) from 1838, and particularly of the branch lines to Bedford (1846) and Buckingham (1850) (that together subsequently became the Oxford – Cambridge " Varsity Line "), made the station at Bletchley a substantial one. Bletchley grew to eclipse both its antecedents. Almost forty years after
440-819: The Lakes Estate by the West Coast Main Line . The remaining fraction of Newton Leys lies within the (former) Aylesbury Vale district and forms a part of the Stoke Hammond civil parish , although the village of Stoke Hammond is situated on the other side of the A4146 Newton Leys within Milton Keynes is a brownfield development and within the Buckinghamshire Council area is greenfield . The full district covers some 104 hectares (260 acres) and comprises development land with housing for up to 1650 homes with employment areas, shops,
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#1732790382401480-659: The Lakes Estate where it joins with the Water Eaton Brook , eventually flowing into the River Ouzel . Newton Leys is bordered by the A4146 , the Bletchley Landfill Site operated by FCC Environment , Blue Lagoon Local Nature Reserve , Newton Longville and Stoke Hammond . The Oxford–Bletchley railway line runs along the northern border of the site, whilst the West Coast Main Line runs to
520-557: The Roman road between Dover and Wroxeter and serving Magiovinium (the Romano-British town that preceded Fenny, runs through Fenny Stratford and on through Stony Stratford). Bletchley is MK's main southern interchange point for cross-city and rural bus services. The town is served by Arriva buses 4, 5, 6, 150, F70/F77 and M6; Z&S Transport bus 50; Red Rose bus 100; and Star Travel bus 162. The town's main bus station
560-532: The Varsity Line . At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 15,313. The districts and neighbourhoods in the parish are: Church Green (including Bletchley Park ); Far Bletchley; Old Bletchley; West Bletchley (district); Whaddon (ward around Whaddon Way, not to be confused with nearby Whaddon in Aylesbury Vale ). In 1961 the parish of Bletchley had a population of 17,095. On 1 April 1974
600-482: The civil parishes of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford and West Bletchley . In 2011, the two parishes had a combined population of 37,114. Bletchley is best known for Bletchley Park , the headquarters of Britain's World War II codebreaking organisation, and now a major tourist attraction. The National Museum of Computing is also located on the Park. The town name is Anglo-Saxon and means Blæcca's clearing . It
640-654: The 1971 Census, the population of the Bletchley Urban District was 30,642. Proposals for a new city in North Buckinghamshire had been floated from the early 1960s. Bletchley had fought to be the centre of the proposed new city, but it was not to be. When the Milton Keynes designation order was made in 1967, Bletchley was at its southern end rather than its centre. The 1971 Plan for Milton Keynes placed Central Milton Keynes on
680-742: The 2001 Census, the population of the Sub-area was 47,176. FCC Environment FCC Environment (UK) Limited is a waste management company headquartered in Northampton , United Kingdom and a wholly owned subsidiary of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas . It was formed in May 2012 through the merger and rebranding of Focsa Services and Waste Recycling Group . Waste Recycling Group acquired Hanson Waste Management from Hanson plc for £185 million in cash in December 2000. Waste Recycling Group
720-595: The Bletchley Works closed in 1970 and have since become the Blue Lagoon Local Nature Reserve . In 1991, a plans to develop the unused parts of the brickworks and the adjoining farmland they owned at Slad Farm were created by The London Brick Company with input from Aylesbury Vale District Council , Buckinghamshire County Council , Milton Keynes City Council , and Milton Keynes Development Corporation . Outline planning permission
760-463: The Blue Lagoon), Central Bletchley, Denbigh (including Denbigh North ), Eaton Manor, Fenny Stratford , Granby, Manor Farm, Mount Farm, Newton Leys and Water Eaton (includes "Lakes Estate"). At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 15,313. West Bletchley CP covers that part of Milton Keynes that is south of Standing Way ( A421 ), west of the West Coast Main Line and north of
800-731: The West Bletchley parish, in the Church Green district, is Bletchley Park , which, during the Second World War , was home to the Government Code and Cypher School . The German Enigma code was cracked here by, amongst others, Alan Turing . Another cipher machine was solved with the aid of early computing devices, known as Colossus . The park is now a museum, although many areas of the park grounds have been sold off for housing development. The nearby Wilton Hall
840-488: The boundaries of the former Bletchley Urban District Council at the time of the designation of Milton Keynes. It also included that part of Winslow Rural District that fell within the designation. In outline, the ONS Sub-area consisted of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford Civil Parish, West Bletchley Civil Parish and part of Shenley Brook End Civil Parish (specifically Furzton, Emerson Valley, Tattenhoe and Snelshall). At
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#1732790382401880-492: The construction of Bletchley railway station , the 1884/5 Ordnance Survey shows Bletchley as still just a small village around the C of E parish church at Old Bletchley , and a (separate) hamlet near the Methodist chapel and Shoulder of Mutton public house at the junction of Shenley Road/ Newton Road with Buckingham Road. (These districts are known today as Old Bletchley and Far Bletchley). The major settlement of
920-486: The demolition of the site due to historical value, the building was sold to a new partnership in 2020 who have refurbished and reopened the building in 2022. For more details about the districts of Bletchley, see these civil parish articles. The Bletchley built-up area is divided for administrative purposes into two civil parishes, Bletchley and Fenny Stratford and West Bletchley The districts that make up Bletchley and Fenny Stratford CP are: Brickfields (includes
960-547: The east of the site. The Bletchley area is rich in Oxford Clay , which has long been used for bricks. Brick-making has taken place on the Newton Leys site and the surrounding area from the late 19th century, circa 1897. The brickworks were named Newton Longville Brickworks and were made up of two sites - Jubilee Brickworks which was located on what is now the south of the Newton Leys site, and Bletchley Works which
1000-454: The original structures. Jubilee Brickworks closed in 1978 and was mainly used as farming land for the adjacent Slad Farm. The lake formed in the claypit at this site was used by anglers for many years and was known as Jubilee Pit. The lake is now known as Willow Lake. Bletchley Brickworks closed in September 1990 and was proposed for reuse as landfill , initially by London Brick Landfill and subsequently by Shanks & McEwan. Permission
1040-512: The parish was abolished and became an unparished area of the Milton Keynes district. The town is served by Bletchley railway station , on Sherwood Drive, which is on both the West Coast Main Line and the Bletchley-Bedford Marston Vale Line , a constituent part of the former Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Line that closed in 1967. However, a major project called East West Rail is underway to rebuild and reopen
1080-729: The rest of the city) and H8 Standing Way ( A421 ) (which runs westwards towards Buckingham , the M40 and Oxford , and eastwards through the south-east of the city crossing and connecting to the M1 at Junction 13 and running towards Bedford , the A1 and Cambridge ). The A5 passes along the eastern flank of Fenny Stratford, connecting it and Bletchley with the city centre, the A509 , A422 and A508 roads . The A4146 southern bypass serves Water Eaton , Newton Leys and Fenny Stratford. Watling Street, originally
1120-454: The route to the west of Bletchley to Bicester Village via Winslow ; the line from Bicester Village to Oxford has already been rebuilt. Eventually, full services through to Cambridge are planned. Major Milton Keynes grid roads serving the town include Watling Street (which has the V4 designation between Denbigh North and Stony Stratford ), V7 Saxon Street (connecting Central Bletchley with
1160-607: The time is nearby Fenny Stratford. The Bletchley area is rich in Oxford Clay , which has long been used for bricks. Brick-making has taken place on the Newton Leys site and the surrounding area from the late 19th century, circa 1897. Bletchley Brickworks closed in September 1990. In the urban growth of the Victorian period brought by the railway, the town merged with Fenny Stratford. The latter had been constituted an urban district (with Simpson ) in 1895, and Bletchley
1200-550: Was a continuous run from Fenny Stratford to Old Bletchley). Bletchley's boom came to an end when the new Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre was built and commercial Bletchley has declined as a retail destination since then. The town's importance as a major hub within Milton Keynes and the wider region was recognised in March 2021 following a successful bid by the Bletchley and Fenny Stratford Town Deal Board, when MK City Council
1240-464: Was acquired by the private equity group Terra Firma Capital Partners for £315.2 million in June 2003. In September 2006 Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas acquired Waste Recycling Group, excluding its landfill gas operations, from Terra Firma for £1.4 billion. In May 2012 Focsa Services and Waste Recycling Group were merged and rebranded "FCC Environment". This waste -related article
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1280-479: Was added in 1898. By 1911, the population of the combined parishes was 5,166 but the balance between them had changed: in that year, the name of the local council ( Urban District ) changed from Fenny Stratford UD to Bletchley UD. The 1926 Ordnance Survey shows the settlements beginning to merge, with large private houses along the Bletchley Road between them. In 1933, the newly founded Bletchley Gazette began
1320-557: Was being founded. Industrial development kept pace, with former London businesses relocating to new industrial estates in Mount Farm and Denbigh – Marshall Amplification being the most notable. With compulsory purchase , Bletchley Road (now renamed to Queensway after a royal visit in 1966) became the new high street with wide pavements where front gardens once lay. Houses near the railway end were replaced by shops but those nearer Fenny Stratford became banks and professional premises. At
1360-487: Was built in 1943 as part of the Bletchley Park estate and was used by the government as a meeting place by day and a music and dance venue by night. After World War II , the venue continued to remain open and played host to musicians such as Lulu and The Rolling Stones . In recent years, the building was slated for demolition after its closure in 2019. However, after residents and the local MP rejected calls for
1400-640: Was completed in 2009, replacing the original 1970s building. Stadium MK , home of Milton Keynes Dons is at the northern edge of the town. This area also contains what is known as the "MK1" shopping centre. This includes shops, restaurants, and an Odeon cinema (which moved to MK1 from The Point building in Milton Keynes Central in 2015). Bletchley is divided between three electoral wards of Milton Keynes City Council, consisting of Bletchley East (3 Labour), Bletchley West (2 Labour, 1 Conservative) and Bletchley Park (1 Labour, 2 Conservative), and
1440-458: Was first recorded in manorial rolls in the 12th century as Bicchelai , then later as Blechelegh (13th century) and Blecheley (14th–16th centuries). Just to the south of Fenny Stratford, there was Romano-British town, M AGIOVINIUM on either side of Watling Street , a Roman road . Bletchley was originally a minor village on the outskirts of Fenny Stratford, of lesser importance than Water Eaton . Fenny Stratford fell into decline from
1480-408: Was granted in 2002 and the site has been operated since 2004 by FCC Environment. The original claypits (Fletton Pit, Water Eaton Pit) for the Bletchley Works closed in 1970 and have since become the Blue Lagoon Local Nature Reserve . Bletchley Bletchley is a constituent town of Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire , England. It is situated in the south-west of the city, and is split between
1520-461: Was granted in June 2006, and development is expected to be complete by 2021. Parts of the site have a history going back as far as the Iron Age , an archaeological evaluation commissioned by the developer in 2006, found an area of occupation in the floor of a stream valley in the southern part of the site, just west of Willow Lake. This comprised at least one circular enclosure interpreted as either
1560-473: Was in the northwest corner of the development site, adjacent to the Oxford–Bletchley railway line. Jubilee Brickworks closed in 1978 and has since been used as farming land for the adjacent Slad Farm. The lake formed by clay extraction at this site was used by anglers for many years and was known as Jubilee Pit The developer has since renamed it Willow Lake. Phase 1, 2 & 3 of the Newton Leys development
1600-539: Was successful in securing an award of £22.7mn as part of the UK Government's "New Towns Deal", with the City Council focusing most of that money on Bletchley and Fenny Stratford. This led to the publishing of the Bletchley and Fenny Stratford Town Investment Plan (TIP), with the plan aiming to boost jobs, skills and connectivity in the area, and further invest in Central Bletchley (the town centre). Within
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