Westcroft

Westcroft is a district in the western part of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, in the civil parish of Shenley Brook End. Westcroft District Centre is a large retail development that serves this side of Milton Keynes.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Giles’s Church, Tattenhoe and Shenley Brook End School.

St Giles’s Church, Tattenhoe

Church

Photo: Guydrury, Public domain.

St. Giles's Church is a small 16th century Church of England church in Tattenhoe, a district in south-west Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is of modest size but is a Grade II* listed building.

Shenley Brook End School

School

Shenley Brook End School is a modern secondary academy school on the western flank of Milton Keynes in the civil parish of Shenley Brook End. The school opened in September 1997 with a small student body and currently has over 1700 pupils.

Snelshall Priory

Archaeological site

Photo: Mr Biz, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Snelshall Priory was a Benedictine priory in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom, built around 1200. The priory was founded after Sybil d'Aungerville granted land at Tattenhoe to Lavendon Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery of 'White canons' who most likely started a cell at Snelshall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tattenhoe and Furzton.

Tattenhoe

Suburb

Photo: Guydrury, Public domain.

Tattenhoe and Tattenhoe Park are adjacent neighbourhoods of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, in the ancient ecclesiastic parish of Tattenhoe. They are located at the south-western edge of the city, next to Whaddon in Aylesbury Vale, not far from the ruins of Snelshall Priory.

Furzton

Suburb

Furzton is a district in south-west Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England and in the civil parish of Shenley Brook End The man-made Furzton Lake is a balancing lake that covers approximately half of the district.

Loughton

Suburb

Photo: Ninetyone, CC BY 3.0.

Loughton is a historic village and modern neighbourhood in the civil parish of Loughton and Great Holm in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It lies approximately 1 mile west of Central Milton Keynes, bounded by the A5 to the east, H5 Portway to the north, V4 Watling Street to the west and H6 Childs Way to the south. Loughton is situated 2 miles north of Westcroft.

Westcroft

Type: Suburb
Description: area of Milton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Category: locality
Location: Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.00458° or 52° 0′ 17″ north

Longitude

-0.79768° or 0° 47′ 52″ west

Elevation

351 feet (107 metres)

Open location code

9C4X2632+RW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 292110335

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

13265988

Wikidata ID

Q7987323

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In Other Languages

From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Westcroft” goes by many names.

Norwegian Bokmål: “Westcroft”
Norwegian: “Westcroft”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shenley Brook End & Tattenhoe Parish Council and Westcroft Library.

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