Campbell Park

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For other uses, see Campbell Park (disambiguation).

Campbell Park is a civil parish and district in east- and south-central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, and also a park within the district. The parish was created in 2001 from an unparished part of the borough of Milton Keynes. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 13,364. The parish is bounded by Portway (H5, A509), then Brickhill Street (V10), Dansteed Way (H4), the M1 motorway, the River Ouzel, Chaffron Way (H7), the A5, and then Childs Way (H6) and Marlborough Street (V8).

Apart from Campbell Park itself, the parish includes the Fishermead, Oldbrook, Springfield, The Woolstones and Willen Lake districts, and Willen village.

1 Campbell Park
2 Civil parish
3 Other Campbell Parks
4 References

[edit] Campbell Park

The park takes up the larger part of the district. It was named in honour of the first chairman of Milton Keynes Development Corporation, Lord Campbell of Eskan. It stretches from the Theatre end of Central Milton Keynes down to the Grand Union Canal. A marina is planned for the canal here and it is the planned junction for the proposed Bedford Arm.

The district is bounded by V8 Marlborough Street on the west, the Grand Union Canal on the east, H5 Portway (A509) to the north and H6 Childs Way to the south. The park itself has the same east and west boundaries but is bounded to the north by Silbury Boulevard and to the south by Avebury Boulevard. It seems that Milton Keynes Partnership has ambitions to emulate Central Park, New York in the expensive developments overlooking the park.

[edit] Civil parish

Campbell Park is also a civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes. As well as the urban park district itself, it also contains Elfield Park, Fishermead, Newlands, Oldbrook, Springfield, Willen and Willen Lake, Winterhill

[edit] Elfield Park

Main article: National Bowl#Elfield Park

[edit] Fishermead

Fishermead is one of the poorer areas of Milton Keynes^{[citation needed]} and is named after a field called Fishers Mead. The fishing theme is continued in the street naming. All of the streets are named after Cornish fishing terminology.

[edit] Newlands

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[edit] Oldbrook

Oldbrook is separated from Central Milton Keynes by Child's Way (H6). Despite its proximity to the centre it has its own local centre comprising of various shops and restaurants. Oldbrook is also home to Milton Keynes Christian Centre which is one of the larger churches in the city.