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Denbigh is a district in Milton Keynes, ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England, to the north of Fenny Stratford and on the eastern side of the West Coast Main Line and Bletchley proper. It is in the civil parish of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford and is generally regarded as part of Bletchley. At the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of West Bletchley. The A5 forms its eastern and northern boundary; parts of Bletcham Way and Saxon St form its southern boundary. The overall district has five sub districts, divided by Watling St/Denbigh Rd, the 'uptick' of Bletcham Way and Grafton Street, and Saxon Street northbound. The district names are planning designations that have persisted without ever being changed to the style "North Denbigh" etc. as is the norm elsewhere in Britain.
Contents
- Map of Denbigh North Bletchley Milton Keynes UK
- Denbigh North
- Denbigh East
- Denbigh West
- Mount Farm
- Granby
- Denbigh Hall
- References
Map of Denbigh North, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, UK
These lands to the east of Watling Street were originally in the manor of Simpson.
Denbigh North
This district, next to the junction of the A5 with the A421, includes the 22,000 all-seater stadium mk for Milton Keynes Dons F.C. as well as an hotel and retail outlets.
The football stadium opened in July 2007 and was ready for the start of the 2007/08 season. An indoor basketball arena for the then Milton Keynes Lions basketball team was planned as part of the stadium complex but as of mid-2014 has yet to materialise.
The major retailers are an Asda supercentre and IKEA superstore, with smaller shops in the MK1 Retail Park. The superstores were open for business by the end of 2005. Marks and Spencers, BHS, Topman, Topshop, H&M, New Look, Next and River Island opened sites in the MK1 Shopping Park. The latter was developed adjacent to Stadium:mk by InterMK and The Crown Estate. InterMK is owened by Pete Winkelman, chairman of the MK Dons.
The development includes an Odeon IMAX Cinema, Nandos, Bella Italia, TGI Fridays, Prezzo and Frankie and Benny's.
The Hotel is a DoubleTree by Hilton Worldwide, part of the stadium complex.
The development is on the former site of 'Denbigh Sports Ground' and 'Denbigh North Leisure', an entertainment complex which was home to the Sanctuary Music Arena.
Denbigh East
Denbigh East is an employment area, best known as the home of Marshall Amplification. It is on the east side of Watling Street.
Denbigh West
Denbigh West is another employment area.
Mount Farm
This district is an industrial/employment area. The Milton Keynes central sorting office is here, with the post-code MK1 1AA. Most internet mapping sites assume that this means that it is the centre of Milton Keynes and mark it according. It is actually about three miles south of Central Milton Keynes (which has the MK9 postcode).
Granby
This is a small area, just north of the stadium. It is mainly industrial, but includes a mosque and a small, isolated, council housing block (that is planned for regeneration in the expansion plans for Milton Keynes).
The district takes its name from the original 'Marquis of Granby" inn nearby, as described next.
Denbigh Hall
The modern industrial district called Denbigh Hall is in West Bletchley rather than in Denbigh, but is mentioned here because its history gives rise to the name Denbigh. A local heritage map shows that it lies on the site of 'Denbigh Farm' It is separated from Denbigh by Watling Street.
The original Denbigh Hall was an inn on Watling Street, dating from 1710. Family recollections say that it had previously been known as 'the Marquis of Granby' but that it had changed its name in the eighteenth century when the sixth Earl of Denbigh stopped there overnight and was made so comfortable that he declared it his half-way house to London. The inn no longer exists; its site is shown on the 1840 Ordnance Survey as just north of the bridge 158 where the West Coast Main Line crosses Watling Street. A third tale relates that the nobleman was given an axe when he asked for a bill. Interestingly, same map shows a large private house, 'Denbigh Hall', to the south-east of the inn – its site is approximately at the junction of Whaddon Way with Melrose Avenue.
Network Rail continues to use this name (Denbigh Hall) for its marshalling yards north of Bletchley railway station, near the site of the inn. The West Coast Main Line bridge (number 158) over Watling Street near here bears a plaque that explains that the first phase of the London and Birmingham Railway line terminated here, at Denbigh Hall station. At this point, passengers transferred to stage coaches for onward transfer by road to Birmingham.