Stantonbury
Stantonbury is a district and civil parish of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, situated roughly 2 miles (3 km) north of the city centre.

Stantonbury is a district and civil parish of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, situated roughly 2 miles (3 km) north of the city centre. The toponym Stanton is derived from an Old English term for "stone-built farmstead" and the bury element from the French family Barri who held it in 1235. The original Stantonbury is a deserted medieval village now known as Stanton Low; the Stantonbury name has been reused for the modern district at the heart of the civil parish.
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Worth seeing in and around Stantonbury
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.
- 01Gulliver'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.
3.1 km · Children's theme park resort in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. · Wikipedia - 02Wolverton 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 km · viaduct in Haversham-cum-Little Linford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Willen 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.
3.9 km · lake in Milton Keynes, UK · Wikipedia - 04Milton 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.
2.6 km · museum in Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Central 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.
2.6 km · Shopping mall in the UK · Wikipedia - 06Milton 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.
2.7 km · theatre in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England · Wikipedia - 07Church 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.
2.7 km · church in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Newport 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.
2.3 km · closed canal that ran to Newport Pagnell, Buckingham, England · Wikipedia - 09Church 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.
3.4 km · church in Willen, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Milton Keynes Civic Offices
Milton Keynes Civic Offices is a municipal building at 1 Saxon Gate, Milton Keynes, a city in Buckinghamshire, in England. It accommodates the offices and meeting place of Milton Keynes City Council.
2.5 km · municipal building in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Stantonbury
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 35 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 69 km · London Stansted (STN), 72 km
- Stations
- Milton Keynes Central railway station, 3.3 km · Wolverton railway station, 2.3 km · Bradwell railway station, 1.1 km
- London → Stantonbury76 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £8–11
- London, Essex → Stantonbury76 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £8–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Stantonbury90 km · quickest by road, 2h · £10–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Stantonbury
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Stantonbury. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Stantonbury – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Stantonbury
- Milton Keynescity in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom3.5 km
- City of Milton Keynesunitary authority area with city and borough status in Buckinghamshire, England3.5 km
- New Bradwellvillage and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, UK1 km
- Great Linfordvillage and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, UK600 m
- Wolvertontown of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England3.2 km
- Wolverton and Greenleyscivil parish in England3.2 km