Great Linford

Worth seeing in and around Great Linford

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Gulliver's Land Resort

   Gulliver's Land is a children's theme park resort in Milton Keynes, England. It is the third Gulliver's park, constructed after Gulliver's Kingdom and Gulliver's World but before Gulliver's Valley.

   3 km · Children's theme park resort in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Willen Lake

   Willen Lake is a balancing lake that is also a visitor attraction and public park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire The site is owned by Milton Keynes Parks Trust, an independent, self-funded charity that cares for and maintains over 2,400 hectares of green space across the city. The lake was purpose-built to mitigate flooding from the River Ouzel, a tributary of the Great Ouse.

   3.6 km · lake in Milton Keynes, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Tickford Bridge

   Tickford Bridge, over the River Ouzel in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England, was built in 1810. It is one of the last cast iron bridges in Britain that still carry modern road traffic, and is the oldest bridge in the City of Milton Keynes.

   3.6 km · Grade I listed bridge in Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Wolverton Viaduct

   Wolverton Viaduct is a railway bridge carrying the West Coast Main Line over the River Great Ouse near Wolverton, part of Milton Keynes, in southern England. Built in 1838 for the London and Birmingham Railway to the design of Robert Stephenson, it was the largest viaduct on the L&BR's route.

   3.3 km · viaduct in Haversham-cum-Little Linford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre

   The Central Milton Keynes shopping area is a regional shopping centre located in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England which is about 50 miles north-west of London. It comprises two adjacent shopping centres, thecentre:mk which opened in 1979, and Midsummer Place, opened in 2000.

   2.8 km · Shopping mall in the UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Milton Keynes Theatre

   Milton Keynes Theatre is a large theatre in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It opened on 4 October 1999, 25 years after the campaign for a new theatre first started.

   2.8 km · theatre in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St Mary Magdalene

   The Church of St Mary Magdalene is an Anglican church of the Diocese of Oxford. Named after Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene, it is located in the village of Willen, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

   3.1 km · church in Willen, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Newport Pagnell canal

   The Newport Pagnell Canal was a 1.25 mile canal in Buckinghamshire that ran from the Grand Junction Canal at Great Linford to Newport Pagnell through seven locks. Construction was authorised by an act of Parliament in June 1814 and it probably opened in 1817.

   1.8 km · closed canal that ran to Newport Pagnell, Buckingham, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Milton Keynes Museum

   Milton Keynes Museum is an independent local museum in the parish of Wolverton and Greenleys in Milton Keynes, England. It is mostly run by volunteers with a small number of paid staff.

   3.1 km · museum in Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of Christ the Cornerstone

    Church of Christ the Cornerstone is an ecumenical church in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It was completed in 1991 and has the Church of England, the Baptist Union, the Methodist Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the United Reformed Church working together to share the space.

    3 km · church in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Great Linford

Airports

London Luton (LTN), 35 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 70 km · London Stansted (STN), 71 km

Stations

Milton Keynes Central railway station, 3.7 km · Wolverton railway station, 2.7 km · Bradwell railway station, 1.6 km

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  76 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £8–11
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  90 km · quickest by road, 2h · £11–14
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