Kingston, Milton Keynes

Kingston is a district in the east side of Milton Keynes, in the civil parish of Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow.

Kingston
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OS grid reference	SP905385
Civil parish	Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow
Unitary authority	Milton Keynes
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MILTON KEYNES
Postcode district	MK10
Dialling code	01908
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Milton Keynes North
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 52.0372°N 0.6855°W / 52.0372; -0.6855

Kingston District Centre is a large retail development that serves this side of the Milton Keynes urban area (its home parish and the parishes of Broughton, Milton Keynes (civil parish), Walton, Woburn Sands and Wavendon). The District Centre houses a Tesco hypermarket and other UK high street names, such as Aldi, Boots, Wilko, and other retail outlets. The centre also has a small local library, a meeting place and a separate restaurant building on the Southern ring road. Its Marks and Spencer closed in February 2020^[1]

According to Milton Keynes City Council, Kingston, Wolverton, Bletchley and Westcroft form the second tier in the retail hierarchy of the city, below Central Milton Keynes.^[2]

Bounded by Chaffron Way (H7) to the north, Tongwell St (A4146/V11) to the east, Standing Way (A421/H8) to the south and Newport Rd (formerly the A5130) to the east, the rest of the district consists of motor dealers, light industry factories and warehouses, including a Costco wholesale.

Transport

Rail

The closest inter-city service is provided at Milton Keynes Central on the West Coast Main Line, roughly 4 miles (6.4 km) to the west, and services on the Marston Vale Line are provided at Woburn Sands, roughly 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the south-east.

Road

The Milton Keynes grid road system connects the district to other local destinations, whilst for accessing national routes, the M1 motorway is easily accessible via junctions 13 and 14, located 3 miles (4.8 km) to the south-east and 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north-west, respectively.

Bus

The district is served by Arriva buses which only connect to other destinations in Milton Keynes: 3/3A, 8/8A/8E and 9/9A.^[3]

MK City Council also operates an on demand bus service known as "MK Connect", which serves the whole MK unitary authority area, including Kingston.^[4]