Sowel Spinney

Sowel Spinney is a forest in Emberton, Milton Keynes, England. Sowel Spinney is situated nearby to the village Emberton, as well as near the hamlet Petsoe End.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Emberton Country Park and Hollington Wood.

Emberton Country Park

Park

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Emberton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is near the borders with Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, just to the south of Olney, 4 miles north of Newport Pagnell, and 7 miles north-east of Central Milton Keynes.

Hollington Wood

Deciduous forest

Hollington Wood is a small patch of ancient woodland about a mile south-east of the village of Emberton near Olney in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.

The Cowper and Newton Museum is a museum in Olney, north Buckinghamshire, England, around 8 miles north-east of Central Milton Keynes. Celebrating the work and lives of two famous local residents: William Cowper, a celebrated 18th-century poet; and John Newton, a slave trader and subsequently a prominent abolitionist, who was curate in the local church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newport Pagnell and Chicheley.

Newport Pagnell

Town

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Newport Pagnell is a town and civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The Office for National Statistics records Newport Pagnell as part of the Milton Keynes urban area.

Chicheley

Hamlet

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Chicheley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 2.5 miles north-east of Newport Pagnell, and 5 miles north-east of Central Milton Keynes.