Woburn Sands
Built-up area in Milton Keynes, England
| Coordinates: | 52.019, -0.654 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 92 36 |
| Population: | 5,074 |
| Dialling code: | 01908 (Milton Keynes) |
Woburn Sands is a small town on the southern edge of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England, taking its name from the local Woburn Sands geological deposits that give the area its sandy soil. It has a compact, village-like centre with a stretch of independent shops and traditional pubs, and a history shaped in part by 19th-century development linked to the coming of the railway.
The town has its own station on the Marston Vale Line between Bletchley and Bedford, so many residents commute into Milton Keynes or beyond; economically it’s largely residential with small local businesses and an active community life, and socially it tends to retain a distinct, village character despite being absorbed into the wider Milton Keynes urban area.
Postcode districts covering Woburn Sands
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 4.3 miles
- Northampton 17.6 miles
- Luton 12.5 miles
- Bedford 11.6 miles
- Stevenage 21.3 miles
- Hemel Hempstead 20 miles
- St. Albans 23.2 miles
- Aylesbury 15.4 miles
- Welwyn Garden City 24.5 miles
- Dunstable 10.8 miles
- Wellingborough 19.9 miles
- Bletchley 4.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Aspley Guise Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Wavendon Built-up area 0.9 miles
- Danesborough & Walton Ward 1 mile
- Aspley Heath Parish 1.1 miles
- Walton Parish 1.6 miles
- Bow Brickhill Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Hulcote and Salford Parish 1.8 miles
- Monkston Ward 1.8 miles
- Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow Parish 2 miles
- Husborne Crawley Parish 2.3 miles
- Broughton Parish 2.4 miles
- Woburn Built-up area 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in Woburn Sands
MK17 8GS, MK17 8PY, MK17 8QN, MK17 8SN, MK17 8FW, MK17 8PG, MK17 8FH, MK17 8UF, MK17 8GN … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 15.7 miles
- London Heathrow Airport 38.8 miles
- Woburn Sands Railway Station 0.1 miles
- Aspley Guise Railway Station 0.9 miles
- Milton Keynes Bus Station 5.2 miles
Hotels near Woburn Sands Ad
- The Woburn Hotel 4 2.6 miles
- Best Western Moore Place Hotel 3 1.2 miles
- Doubletree by Hilton Milton Keynes 4 3.5 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Milton Keynes 3 3.2 miles
- Swan Hotel 3 3 miles
- Moxy Milton Keynes 4 4.7 miles
- Hotel La Tour 4 4.4 miles
- Peartree Lodge Waterside 3 3.3 miles
- Cranfield Management Development Centre 4.2 miles
- The Broughton Hotel by Greene King Inns 2.9 miles
Local points of interest
- Stadium MK Stadium 3.4 miles
- Woburn Abbey Estate 3.6 miles
- Milton Keynes Xscape Shopping centre 4.3 miles
- Theatre MK Theatre 4.4 miles
- Midsummer Place Shopping centre 4.7 miles
- Linford Wood Forest 5.4 miles
- Stanton Wood Forest 5.4 miles
- Daytona Karting Recreation 5.7 miles
- Howe Park Wood Forest 5.8 miles
- Shenley Wood Forest 6.2 miles
- Redbourne College College 6.6 miles
- Ann's Wood Forest 6.8 miles