Milton Keynes: City of trees
I have recently discovered that Milton Keynes was founded as a city of trees and planned as a first city or “city within a forest”. As I explore further, I am finding that it truly is leading the world in its approach to blending nature and green spaces with modern urban living.
Further reading
- MK50 Trees
- Tree cities of the world
- Exploring the Green Canopy in cities around the world
- England’s woodlands growing to 1,000-year record total an article from 2001. How well has this article stood the test of time?
- Aerial mapping reveals where in UK has most and least trees
- State of the UK’s Woods and Trees 2021
- Sheffield Tree city
- Milton Keynes
- Search: number of trees in milton keynes
- City of Trees: Urban Tree Planting 2023 – 2030 MK Council The vision and delivery for planting trees in our city
- Search: milton keynes forest city
- Planning and designing green infrastructures: Milton Keynes, the “Forest City”
- Milton Keynes: The story of urban woodland management in ‘forest city’ When it was conceived to relieve London’s housing congestion, Milton Keynes was designed as a ‘forest city’
- “The Greenest City in the World”: Physical & Natural Environment: Position Statement
- Milton Keynes, the “Forest City”. From the Landscape Planning to the Advent of the Car, Lessons for the Future Green Infrastructure?
- National Forest for Wales
- 21 wonderful autumn walks for you to enjoy around the Milton Keynes area which will really blow away the cobwebs
- Here’s just a few great outdoor places you can show off to friends and family who are visiting the Milton Keynes area for the very first time
- Another brand-new park announced as Milton Keynes leads the way in UK for places to play
- Masterplan launched for new wetlands project the size of 500 football pitches in Milton Keynes
- Heart of the Arc: Circulating – Propagating – Sustaining: A vision for inter-regional landscape change in the OxCam Arc
- The Wetland Arc creating plans for nature recovery along the river great ouse
