Abbey Hill
Parish in Milton Keynes, England
| Coordinates: | 52.042, -0.812 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 81 38 |
| Dialling code: | 01908 (Milton Keynes) |
Abbey Hill is a civil parish on the western side of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, principally residential and largely developed as part of the town’s New Town expansion. It blends late‑20th-century housing with local shops, schools and community facilities, and benefits from Milton Keynes’s characteristic network of parks, cycleways and green corridors that provide ready access to outdoor space.
The area has a strong local identity with a parish council organising community amenities and events; economically it is centred on local services and small businesses while many residents commute further afield by road and rail to the city or to London. It’s commonly regarded as family‑friendly, prized for its neighbourhood feel and convenient links to the wider urban and rural areas.
Postcode districts covering Abbey Hill
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Northampton 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Luton 18.8 miles30.3 km
- Bedford 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Hemel Hempstead 24.7 miles39.8 km
- Aylesbury 15.5 miles25 km
- Kettering Town 24.9 miles40 km
- Dunstable 16.4 miles26.5 km
- Wellingborough 18.7 miles30.1 km
- Bletchley 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 5.1 miles8.3 km
- Banbury 22.5 miles36.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Whitehouse Parish 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Fairfields Parish 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Wolverton and Greenleys Parish 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Wolverton Ward 1.2 miles2 km
- Bradwell Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Calverton Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Stony Stratford Parish 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Loughton & Shenley Ward 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Loughton & Great Holm Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- New Bradwell Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Shenley Church End Parish 1.9 miles3 km
- Stantonbury Parish 2 miles3.2 km
Example postcodes in Abbey Hill
MK8 8NP, MK8 8BN, MK11 9PA, MK8 8AJ, MK77 1XY, MK11 9GN, MK8 8AA, MK8 8EA, MK11 3ES … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 22.1 miles35.6 km
- London Heathrow Airport 42.3 miles68.1 km
- Wolverton Railway Station 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Milton Keynes Central Railway Station 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Milton Keynes Bus Station 1.7 miles2.8 km
Hotels near Abbey Hill Ad
- Mercure Milton Keynes 4 0.2 miles0.4 km
- Moxy Milton Keynes 4 2.1 miles3.5 km
- Hotel La Tour 4 2.7 miles4.3 km
- The Swan @Old Stratford 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Leonardo Hotel Milton Keynes 4 2 miles3.3 km
- Holiday Inn Milton Keynes - Central 4 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Novotel Milton Keynes 3 1.9 miles3 km
- Doubletree by Hilton Milton Keynes 4 4 miles6.4 km
- Peartree Lodge Waterside 3 3.6 miles5.7 km
- The Bull Hotel 4 2.1 miles3.3 km
Schools in Abbey Hill
- Ashbrook School Primary
- Two Mile Ash School Primary
Local points of interest
- Daytona Karting Recreation 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Shenley Wood Forest 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Stanton Wood Forest 1.9 miles3 km
- Linford Wood Forest 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Midsummer Place Shopping centre 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Milton Keynes Xscape Shopping centre 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Theatre MK Theatre 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Howe Park Wood Forest 3 miles4.8 km
- Stadium MK Stadium 4 miles6.5 km
- Wakefield Lodge Country house 5.3 miles8.6 km
- Lovel Wood Forest 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Ann's Wood Forest 7 miles11.3 km