Multicultural New Towns Heritage Project
In the 1960s, the UK Government decided there was a need for a generation of new towns in the South East of England to accommodate the projected population increase of London.
Milton Keynes was born, encompassing the existing towns of Bletchley, Stony Stratford and Wolverton. Named after an existing village, it is now the largest town in Buckinghamshire. Almost the last of the British ‘New Towns’, Milton Keynes has stood the test of time far better than most, and has proved flexible and adaptable.
Early predictions did not estimate how this new town would boom and become so diverse. The melting pot of newcomers, learning to live together, has been enriched by an increasing influx of migrants from Somalia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iran and the Caribbean, with more recently coming from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. This is a unique story with an important heritage component to share with future generations in Milton Keynes and elsewhere.
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Milton Keynes was born, encompassing the existing towns of Bletchley, Stony Stratford and Wolverton. Named after an existing village, it is now the largest town in Buckinghamshire. Almost the last of the British ‘New Towns’, Milton Keynes has stood the test of time far better than most, and has proved flexible and adaptable.
Early predictions did not estimate how this new town would boom and become so diverse. The melting pot of newcomers, learning to live together, has been enriched by an increasing influx of migrants from Somalia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iran and the Caribbean, with more recently coming from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. This is a unique story with an important heritage component to share with future generations in Milton Keynes and elsewhere.
Click here to watch the film.