Olney
Parish in Milton Keynes, England
| Coordinates: | 52.164, -0.71 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 88 52 |
| Population: | 6,477 |
Olney is a small market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Milton Keynes, historically in north Buckinghamshire. It sits beside the rural valleys that feed the River Great Ouse and is noted for a compact centre of Georgian and earlier buildings clustered around a traditional market square and the handsome parish church of St Peter and St Paul.
The town has a strong cultural pedigree thanks to the 18th‑century association with the poet William Cowper and the preacher John Newton, whose work is preserved at the Cowper and Newton Museum and in the celebrated Olney Hymns (including the origins of "Amazing Grace"). Olney is also famous for its annual Shrove Tuesday pancake race, and today functions largely as a lively local centre with independent shops, cafés and a commuter population, while drawing visitors for its history and surrounding walking country.
Postcode districts covering Olney
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 9 miles
- Northampton 8.6 miles
- Luton 21.9 miles
- Bedford 10.7 miles
- Aylesbury 24.3 miles
- Kettering 16.3 miles
- Kettering Town 16.1 miles
- Corby 22.4 miles
- Dunstable 20.9 miles
- Wellingborough 9.7 miles
- Bletchley 12 miles
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 11.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Olney Built-up area 0.4 miles
- Weston Underwood Parish 1.4 miles
- Warrington Parish 1.5 miles
- Emberton Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Lavendon Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Ravenstone Parish 2.4 miles
- Clifton Reynes Parish 2.5 miles
- Newton Blossomville Parish 2.5 miles
- Cold Brayfield Parish 2.8 miles
- Yardley Hastings Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Tyringham and Filgrave Parish 3.3 miles
- Turvey Built-up area 3.6 miles
Example postcodes in Olney
MK46 5EL, MK46 5BP, MK46 5GB, MK46 5NR, MK46 5FU, MK46 5FT, MK46 5PN, MK46 5FY, MK46 5PQ … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 24.7 miles
- Stansted Airport 44.6 miles
- Wolverton Railway Station 7.9 miles
- Milton Keynes Central Railway Station 9.4 miles
- Milton Keynes Bus Station 9.3 miles
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Schools in Olney
- Olney Infant Academy Primary
- Olney Middle School Primary
Local points of interest
- Santa Pod Raceway Recreation 6.7 miles
- Linford Wood Forest 7.9 miles
- Stanton Wood Forest 8.2 miles
- Theatre MK Theatre 8.5 miles
- Milton Keynes Xscape Shopping centre 8.7 miles
- Midsummer Place Shopping centre 8.7 miles
- Daytona Karting Recreation 9.1 miles
- Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Saints Stadium 10.3 miles
- Sewardsley Priory Historic site 10.4 miles
- Sixfields Stadium, Northampton Town Stadium 10.7 miles
- Wakefield Lodge Country house 10.7 miles
- Stadium MK Stadium 10.7 miles