Broughton, Milton Keynes

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For the other Buckinghamshire Broughton, see Broughton, Aylesbury.

Broughton
Broughton shown within Buckinghamshire
OS grid reference	SP895399
Unitary authority	Milton Keynes
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MILTON KEYNES
Postcode district	MK10
Dialling code	01908
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	North East Milton Keynes
List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire

Coordinates: 52°03′00″N 0°41′38″W / 52.05, -0.694

Broughton is a historic village and district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, England. It is near the border with Bedfordshire. The village is now core of a new district of the city which also takes the name of Broughton. Extensive construction of housing has recently taken place in this area.

The village name is Old English and means village by the brook. In former times, the Northampton to London turnpike came through the village (to join Watling Street (modern A5) near Woburn). The modern route, the M1 motorway is very near, with Junction 14 just a few minutes away. Meanwhile the section of the old turnpike past the village is now part of the A5130. The road through the village, named 'London Road' and formerly part of the A5130 was bypassed in the early 1970s, the newer route running between it and the new MK district of Brook Furlong.