Milton Keynes lies north of London, England, approximately an hour and a half's drive from Heathrow Airport (not allowing for traffic congestion), around the western section of the M25 and up the M1. The nearest international airport is London Luton just twenty or thirty minutes away.

Alternatively, it is on the main rail route north from London and is situated half way between London and Birmingham, the two largest cities in the country.

Milton Keynes is sited on the main historic transport routes between the two cities, Watling Street, the Roman north road, and the Grand Union canal, opened in 1805 and used during the Victorian era for transportation of goods.

Although Milton Keynes is promoted as a "new city" it has a long history. Fossilised remains, of an Ichthyosaur, approximately 150 million years old were excavated in the area and there is evidence of human activity from 6000 BC. The Romans extensively settled and farmed the area in the first century and there are remains of a major Roman villa near the city. The first Saxon settlements in Milton Keynes Village date from the sixth century. The village, then known as Middletone, is listed in the Domesday Book, William the Conqueror's tax register of 1086.

The development of the new city began in the early 1970s in an area of 9000 hectares which included the towns of Bletchley, Stony Stratford, Wolverton and New Bradwell as well as 13 villages and the brickfields to the south-west of Bletchley.

The face in the picture is "Head" by Allen Jones and is situated in Campbell Park.

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