A council said it was "thrilled" that Milton Keynes has finally won city status at the fourth attempt. The civic honour has been granted to eight places in the UK to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire has the UK's second highest number of 'intensive green roofs' outside of London and it is estimated the city could retrofit another six full-size football pitches ...

the new UK cities range from Britain’s first recorded settlement (Colchester) to a town that was formally established as recently as 1967 (Milton Keynes). A town becomes a city only by the award ...

Milton Keynes has been declared the best town or city in the UK for green ... to analyse the data from Open Street Maps in order to find out which UK towns and cities are the best for escaping ...

Of the six new cities across the UK mainland ... look at a map projecting the first 10 years of development of Milton Keynes (PA) PA Archive A town becomes a city only by the award of a royal ...