Milton Keynes Parks Trust

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Campbell Park, Central Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes Parks Trust (formally known as The Parks Trust) is a British registered charity formed in 1992 by Milton Keynes Development Corporation to take over the public parks in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

It was given a £20 million endowment, based mainly in various commercial and retail properties in the town, and a 999-year lease on around 5000 acres of open space. The Trust's chief executive is David Foster.[1]

Many of the parks feature significant public art such as the Concrete Cows.[2]

Milton Keynes is unusual in that most of the parks are owned and managed by a Trust rather than the local authority (Milton Keynes Council), to ensure that the management of MK's green spaces are largely independent of the council's expenditure priorities.[3] Together, the Parks Trust and MK Council oversee 6,335 acres of parkland and green space across the Borough of Milton Keynes.[4]

Locations[]

As well as formal parks, the Trust looks after 400 acres (160 ha) of lakes, the verges of 80 miles (130 km) of roads and three ancient woodlands. In total, the Trust looks after over 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) of green space across Milton Keynes.[5] Notable parks include Willen Lake[6] in the east (the most popular public green space in Milton Keynes), Stanton Low Country Park[7] in the north-west, and Howe Park Wood[8] in the south-west, as well as various forest and nature reserves and floodplains around MK.

References[]

  1. ^ "The Parks Trust photography competition winner announced". MK News. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Concrete Cows". The Parks Trust.
  3. ^ "About the Parks Trust". The Parks Trust.
  4. ^ "101 facts about MK". Destination Milton Keynes.
  5. ^ "Facts and figures". The Parks Trust.
  6. ^ "Willen Lake".
  7. ^ "Stanton Low Park". The Parks Trust.
  8. ^ "Howe Park Wood". The Parks Trust.

External links[]

Official website

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