Denbigh, Milton Keynes
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Denbigh is a district in Milton Keynes, England, to the north of Fenny Stratford and on the eastern side of the West Coast Main Line and northern side of the Marston Vale Line, from Bletchley proper. It is in the civil parish of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford and is generally regarded as part of Bletchley. The overall district has five sub districts. 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.
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[edit] Denbigh North
There is a major ongoing development in Denbigh North, which includes the 30,000 all-seater Denbigh Stadium for Milton Keynes Dons F.C. and an indoor basketball arena for the Milton Keynes Lions basketball team, as well as ASDA and IKEA superstores. The stores were open for business by the end of 2005. The stadium is scheduled to open in July 2007 and to be ready for the football club for the start of the 2007/08 season, while all associated developments are expected to be completed sometime in 2008.
The development is taking place on the former site of Denbigh Sports Ground and Denbigh North Leisure, an entertainment complex which was home to the Sanctuary Music Arena.
[edit] Denbigh East
Denbigh East is an employment area, best known as the home of Marshall Amplification.
[edit] Denbigh West
Denbigh West is another employment area.
[edit] 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 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).
[edit] Granby
This is a small area, just north of Denbigh Stadium. It is mainly industrial, but includes a mosque and a small, isolated, Council housing block (that is planned for demolition in the expansion plans for Milton Keynes).
The West Coast Main Line bridge (number 158) over Watling Street near here bears a plaque that it explains that the first phase of the London and Birmingham Railway line terminated here. At this point, passengers transferred to stage coaches for onward transfer by road to Birmingham.
[edit] (Denbigh Hall)
The original Denbigh Hall no longer exists, and its site is now in West Bletchley rather than in Denbigh. The coming of the London-Birmingham line separated the Hall from the bulk of its lands that stretched towards Simpson — these are the modern Denbigh district. The site of the Hall, now buried, is near the Whaddon Drive/Melrose Avenue junction. Nearby, Denbigh Hall Farm was centred at the junction of Watling Street and Standing Way: there is a small industrial area here now and this retains the Denbigh Hall name.
Network Rail continues to use this name (Denbigh Hall) for its marshalling yards north of Bletchley railway station.
