Editing Milton Keynes (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Hospitals===
[[Milton Keynes University Hospital]], in the [[Eaglestone, Milton Keynes|Eaglestone]] district, is an [[National Health Service|NHS]] [[hospital#General|general hospital]] with an [[Accident and Emergency]] unit.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nhs.uk/Services/Trusts/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=732 | title = Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | publisher = [[NHS England]] | date = 29 June 2016 | access-date = 4 March 2019 | archive-date = 6 March 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044622/https://www.nhs.uk/Services/Trusts/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=732 | url-status = live }}</ref>
It is associated for [[Teaching hospital|medical teaching purposes]] with the [[University of Buckingham]] medical school.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jan/07/buckingham-university-medical-degree-applications| title=Private university gets 500 applications for £35,000-a-year medical degree| first=Richard| last=Adams| work=The Guardian| date=8 January 2015| access-date=7 February 2019| archive-date=4 July 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704124214/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jan/07/buckingham-university-medical-degree-applications| url-status=live}}</ref> There are two small private hospitals: [[BMI Healthcare]]'s Saxon Clinic and [[Ramsay Health Care UK|Ramsay Health Care]]'s Blakelands Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhs.uk/Services/Hospitals/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=398|title=BMI The Saxon Clinic|publisher=[[National Health Service]]|access-date=11 February 2019|archive-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212013338/https://www.nhs.uk/Services/Hospitals/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=398|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nhs.uk/Services/Trusts/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=318 | title = Blakelands Hospital | publisher = [[NHS England]] | date = 20 February 2017 | access-date = 4 March 2019 | archive-date = 5 April 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220405144623/https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/services-near-you/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

===Prison===
There is a [[Prison security categories in the United Kingdom|Category A]] male prison, [[Woodhill (HM Prison)|HMP Woodhill]], on the western boundary.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder/woodhill/visiting-information | title=Woodhill prison visiting information | website=Justice.gov.uk | access-date=17 February 2019 | archive-date=17 February 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217084945/https://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder/woodhill/visiting-information | url-status=live }}</ref> A section of the prison is a [[Young Offenders Institution]].<ref>{{HM prison|woodhill|Woodhill}}</ref>

===Transport===
{{See also|Buses in Milton Keynes}}
{{anchor|Magna Park, Milton Keynes}}
[[File:BradwellAqueduct-GUC.JPG|thumb|The [[Grand Union Canal]] passes over Grafton Street at New Bradwell via the modern New Bradwell Aqueduct.]]

The [[Grand Union Canal]], the [[West Coast Main Line]], the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5 road]] and the [[M1 motorway]] provide the major axes that influenced the urban designers.{{sfnb|Llewellyn-Davies|Weeks|Forestier-Walker|Bor|1970|p=27}}

The urban area is served by seven [[railway stations]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.projectmapping.co.uk/Reviews/Resources/lnr_map%202019.pdf | title=London Northwestern Railway network | work=[[West Midlands Trains]] | publisher=Project Mapping | date=March 2019 | access-date=7 May 2019 | archive-date=25 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125200447/http://www.projectmapping.co.uk/Reviews/Resources/lnr_map%202019.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> {{rws|Wolverton}}, {{rws|Milton Keynes Central}} and {{rws|Bletchley}} stations are on the West Coast Main Line and are served by local commuter services between London and Birmingham or Crewe.<ref name=NRJP /> Milton Keynes Central is also served by inter-city services between London and Scotland, Wales and the North West and the West Midlands of England; express services to London take 35 minutes.<ref name=NRJP>{{cite web |url=http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/search? |title=Journey Plannner |publisher=[[National Rail]] |access-date=12 June 2019 |archive-date=12 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612064024/http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/search |url-status=live }}</ref> Bletchley, {{rws|Fenny Stratford}}, {{rws|Bow Brickhill}}, {{rws|Woburn Sands}} and {{rws|Aspley Guise}} railway stations are on the [[Marston Vale line]] to {{rws|Bedford}}.<ref name=NRJP />

The M1 motorway runs along the east flank of MK and serves it from junctions 13 and 14 within the environs of the city, and junctions 11a<!--via the A5--> and 15 slightly further away via other connecting roads.<!-- via the A5/A508 and A509--> The A5 road, designated as a [[trunk road]], runs right through the west of the city centre, as a [[grade separation|grade separated]] [[dual carriageway]]. Other main roads are the [[A509 road|A509]] to Wellingborough and Kettering, and the [[A421 road|A421]] and [[A422 road|A422]], both running west towards [[Buckingham]] (and Oxford) and east towards [[Bedford]] (and Cambridge). Additionally, the [[A4146 road|A4146]] runs from (near) junction 14 of the M1 to [[Leighton Buzzard]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=484500&y=238500&z=120&sv=Central+Milton+Keynes&st=3&tl=Map+of+Central+Milton+Keynes,+Milton+Keynes+[City/Town/Village]&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf | title = Map of Central Milton Keynes (sub-region scale) | work = [[Ordnance Survey]] | publisher = Streetmap.co.uk | access-date = 7 May 2019 | archive-date = 7 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200807215826/https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=484500&y=238500&z=120&sv=Central+Milton+Keynes&st=3&tl=Map+of+Central+Milton+Keynes%2C+Milton+Keynes+%5BCity%2FTown%2FVillage%5D&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf | url-status = live }}</ref> Proximity to the M1 has led to construction of a number of [[distribution centre]]s, including [[Magna Park, Milton Keynes|Magna Park]] at the south-eastern flank of Milton Keynes, near [[Wavendon]] and M1 J13.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazeley.com/Our_Site/Details/52 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129181903/http://www.gazeley.com/Our_Site/Details/52 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 January 2012 |title=Magna Park, Milton Keynes |work=Gazeley.com |publisher=Gazeley Limited |access-date=15 January 2012 }}</ref>

Many long-distance coaches stop at the [[Milton Keynes Coachway]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach_ims/pdf/destination_guides/Milton%20Keynes%20AtoZ%202010.pdf |title=Services to and from Milton Keynes Coachway, Park & Ride |publisher=[[National Express Coaches]] |access-date=23 November 2012 |archive-date=29 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829090122/http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach_ims/pdf/destination_guides/Milton%20Keynes%20AtoZ%202010.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> (beside M1 Junction 14), about {{convert|3.3|mi}} from the centre and {{convert|4.3|mi|0|abbr=on}} from Milton Keynes Central railway station.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Central+Milton+Keynes/Milton+Keynes+Coachway/@52.0442749,-0.7513048,14z |title=CMK to Coachway |publisher=[[Google Maps]] |access-date=2 March 2019 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309012930/https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Central+Milton+Keynes/Milton+Keynes+Coachway/@52.0442749,-0.7513048,14z |url-status=live }}</ref> There is also a [[park and ride]] car park on the site. 

The city is also served by a number of local and regional bus services run by national operators such as [[Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach]] and [[Arriva]], with most regional services stopping at major centres in the city, such as CMK (including {{rws|Milton Keynes Central}} railway station), Bletchley, Wolverton and Magna Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/highways-and-transport-hub/bus-and-taxi/bus-timetables-maps-and-travel-updates|title=Bus and Taxi, Bus Timetables, Maps and Travel Updates|work=[[Milton Keynes City Council]]}}</ref> The City Council also operates an on demand bus service known as "MK Connect", which serves the whole unitary authority area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://city.ridewithvia.com/mk-connect|title=On-Demand Rideshare in Milton Keynes powered by Via|work=Via}}</ref>

Milton Keynes is served by (and, via its Redway network, [[Milton Keynes redway system#National Cycle Network|provides part of]]) routes [[NCR 6|6]] and [[NCR 51|51]] on the [[National Cycle Network]].<ref name=ncn6 /><ref name=ncn51 />

The nearest [[international airport]] is [[London Luton Airport|London Luton]] and is easily reached by coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stagecoachbus.com/routes/east/99/milton-keynes-luton-airport/xeao099.o |title=99 Bus Route & Timetable: Milton Keynes – Luton Airport |publisher=Stagecoach |access-date=2 March 2019 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306042909/https://www.stagecoachbus.com/routes/east/99/milton-keynes-luton-airport/xeao099.o |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cranfield Airport]], an airfield, is {{convert|8|mi|0}} away.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/UK_Distance_Result.asp?vr=apes&fromplace=Milton%20Keynes,%20Buckinghamshire,%20England,%20UK&toplace=Cranfield%20Airport,%20Cranfield,%20Central%20Bedfordshire,%20England,%20UK |title=Milton Keynes to Cranfield Airport |publisher=Globefeed.com |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226141656/https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/UK_Distance_Result.asp?vr=apes&fromplace=Milton%20Keynes,%20Buckinghamshire,%20England,%20UK&toplace=Cranfield%20Airport,%20Cranfield,%20Central%20Bedfordshire,%20England,%20UK |url-status=live }}</ref>