Two Mile Ash

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Two Mile Ash is a region in north west Milton Keynes. The estate was named after a field and an old ash tree that sat beside the Old A5 Watling Street and was used as an old travellers mark. Many of the streets here are named after golf courses. This is one of the largest grid squares and was one of the first to be built in the post rental housing period.

The main spine of the area is the High Street with facilities running off it. Three other main roads are aptly named Church Hill, Clay Hill and Corn Hill, all provide exits from the estate. Also Fairways is another exit point, which lies near the Abbey Hill Golf Course. Two Mile Ash provides space for one half of this course taking up a fair chunk of the estate, the other half residing is neighbouring Kiln Farm, accessible by a bridge.

There is a lot of variety in the housing. There is a scheme of Findlandia super-insulated houses in Calewen and some very distinctive shared ownership homes in the High Street. It has two schools (a Middle School and a First School) and it also has two churches.

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An ash tree was planted every two miles as a marking place where marching troops rested. One was planted two miles from Stony Stratford on Watling Street. The estate takes its name from this tree. A two mile milepost can still be found on Watling Street (now called the V4). Immediately behind the two mile post are three Ash trees planted by Milton Keynes Parks Trust.