Wolverton

Wolverton
Anson Road, Wolverton
Wolverton is located in Milton Keynes
Wolverton
Wolverton
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Wolverton is located in Buckinghamshire
Wolverton
Wolverton
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population12,492 (2011, civil parish)[1]
OS grid referenceSP816410
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMILTON KEYNES
Postcode districtMK12
Dialling code01908
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
52°3′45″N 0°49′0″W / 52.06250°N 0.81667°W / 52.06250; -0.81667

Wolverton (/ˈwʊlvərtən/ WUUL-vər-tən) is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, England. It is located in the north-west of the city, beside the West Coast Main Line, the Grand Union Canal and the river Great Ouse. It is the administrative seat of Wolverton and Greenleys civil parish.

It is one of the places in historic Buckinghamshire that went into the foundation of Milton Keynes in 1967.

The village recorded in Domesday is known today as Old Wolverton but, because of peasant clearances in the early 17th century, only field markings remain of the medieval settlement. Modern Wolverton is a new settlement founded in the early 19th century as a railway town, with its centre relocated about 1 km (0.6 mi) to the southeast.

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Wolverton and Greenleys CP (E04012197)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

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