Milestones Since 1967
1960s
- 1961 Census: Population of districts to become the Borough of Milton Keynes = 52,931
- 1967 Designation
- 1969 The Open University moves to its new headquarters in Walton Hall.
1970s
- 1970 First section of new city grid road system (H2 from V4 Watling Street).
- 1971 First major housing scheme (Galley Hill, Stony Stratford).
- 1971 Census: Population of future Borough of Milton Keynes = 66,949;
population of designated area = 46,500 - 1974 Stantonbury Campus opens; first major grid road (V8 Marlborough Street connects Bletchley to Stantonbury (for New Bradwell and Wolverton); work begins on the Shopping Building (now The Centre:MK); the first balancing lake (Willen Lake) is finished. Borough of Milton Keynes created (as a district of Buckinghamshire until 1997)
- 1975 The first office building in Central Milton Keynes (Lloyds Court) opens.
- 1979 First concert at Milton Keynes Bowl (Desmond Dekker/Geno Washington); Margaret Thatcher opens the Shopping Building.
1980s
- 1980 A5D opens, bypassing Watling Street; Peace Pagoda dedicated at Willen.
- 1981 Homeworld, Central Library, Willen Hospice
- 1981 Census: Population of the Borough of Milton Keynes = 123,289;
population of designated area 95,800 - 1982 Central Milton Keynes railway station officially open.
- 1983 Caldecotte balancing lake ready.
- 1984 A421 road connects to M1 motorway at Junction 13; Milton Keynes General Hospital opens.
- 1985 Britain's first multiplex cinema, The Point, opens.
- 1986 Energy World ; new County Court; Forte Crest Hotel (now Holiday Inn); Gyosei school
- 1987 Woughton Marina opens.
- 1989 Furzton balancing lake, Bradwell aqueduct (first aqueduct on Grand Union in over 100 years).
1990s
- 1991 Census: Population of the Borough of Milton Keynes = 179,252;
population of designated area = 144,700. - 1991 Ecumenical Church of Christ the Cornerstone was completed; De Montfort University opens Milton Keynes campus. (Closes 2003).
- 1992 Milton Keynes Development Corporation wound up, replaced by Commission for New Towns; Kingston District Centre; Woodhill (HM Prison).
- 1994 Westcroft district centre.
- 1996 National Hockey Stadium opens.
- 1997 Borough of Milton Keynes unitary authority
- 1999 Milton Keynes Theatre, Art Gallery and new Visitor Centre.
2000s
- 2000 Xscape opens.
- 2001 Census: Population of Borough of Milton Keynes = 207,063;
population of designated area = 177,500. - 2003 Wimbledon F.C. moves to the National Hockey Stadium.
- 2004 ("MMIV") Wimbledon F.C. renamed and relaunched as Milton Keynes Dons F.C..
- 2007 Stadium:mk opens and Milton Keynes Dons move in.
- 2008 University Centre Milton Keynes opens.
2010s
- 2010 National Hockey Stadium is demolished, construction begins on Network Rail National Centre, Milton Keynes Shopping Centre grade II listed.
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