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Stony Stratford
Market town in Buckinghamshire, England

Stony Stratford

Stony Stratford is a market town in Buckinghamshire and a constituent town of Milton Keynes, England.

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It is located on Watling Street, the Roman road from London to Chester. It is also a civil parish with a town council in the City of Milton Keynes. It is about 5 miles (8 km) from the city centre, in the north-west corner of the Milton Keynes urban area, just across the River Great Ouse from Northamptonshire. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 7,872.

Get in

Getting to Stony Stratford

  1. 01
    Milton Keynes Central
  2. 02
    Bletchley

    Next to Bletchley Park and the National Computing Museum.

  3. 03
    Wolverton

    National Express services provide regular connections with coach services to many cities and regional airports, as well as larger ones such as Heathrow.

  4. 04
    Milton Keynes Coachway
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Bletchley Park

    The Mansion, Bletchley Park, Sherwood Dr, Bletchley (next to Bletchley railway station),.

  2. 02
    The National Museum of Computing

    Bletchley Park is home to the National Museum of Computing.

  3. 03
    Concrete Cows

    In the UK, the city is known for its concrete cows, an art installation created by Liz Leyh (was once just off the H3, in Bancroft, but now is in the Milton Keynes Museum).

  4. 04
    The Peace Pagoda

    The first example in the Western world, is also worth a visit for a more tranquil experience.

  5. 05
    Stony Stratford

    A charming and picturesque market town and centre of its eponymous district.

  6. 06
    Iron Trunk Aqueduct
Do

Things to do

Milton Keynes has attractions for the adventurous. Willen Lake has a wakeboard tow rope system; the Xscape has an indoor snow slope, a climbing wall and an indoor skydiving tower; the central bus station has a skate park' and the town has also a BMX track at Pineham.

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    Xscape

    A giant dome, home to a 16-screen cinema and Snozone, the largest indoor ski slope in the United Kingdom.

  2. 02
    Formula Fast

    Unit 3, Bond Estate, Bond Avenue, Milton Keynes, MK1 1JJ (Close to Stadium MK.), sales@formulafast.co.uk.

  3. 03
    Milton Keynes Dons

    The Dons were promoted in 2026 and now play soccer in League One, the third tier.

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    Milton Keynes Theatre

    Billed as the country's "most popular" since it has the most people attending for any theatre in the country.

  5. 05
    National Bowl
Eat

Where to eat

Milton Keynes has a wide variety of restaurants both in the City Centre and in the outlying areas. In the city centre the restaurants are centred around the theatre district, Xscape and a new area called "The Hub".

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    Taipan

    This is an excellent Chinese restaurant in the heart of the theatre district The Centre: MK, John Lewis restaurant is convenient.

How locals move

Getting around Stony Stratford the local way

  • Get inA new off-road cycleway connects Buckingham to Winslow via Padbury and Adstock, following the route of the A413.

From Wikivoyage: Buckingham, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Julian Herzog (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.