Middleton, Milton Keynes

, 1461 Before the Conquest Queen Edith held this manor; eventually shortening to 'Milton Keynes'. The original core village of the district, along Walton Road and Broughton Road, has retained its "Milton Keynes" road signs and has several rural village houses and a thatched pub which dates back to the 13th century. It is now known as "Milton Keynes Village". ==Education==

Middleton has two schools, Middleton Primary School and Oakgrove School, a secondary comprehensive. Both were built in the early 2000s, in the southwest of the district. == Community and leisure ==

There is a pub in the Milton Keynes Village, The Swan Inn. There is a village hall and pavilion. Recreational locations include Middleton Park, the Blue Funnel playground and The Poplar Plantation, a nature reserve. Leisure facilities include football, netball, martial arts and fencing. Other amenities include shops, church, allotments, medical clinic, defibrillators, and an eV charging station. == Governance ==

Current Middleton is administered for local affairs by Broughton and Milton Keynes parish council, the tier of local government below Milton Keynes City Council. It is in the Milton Keynes Village ward of the parish, the Broughton ward of the city council, and the Milton Keynes Central Westminster constituency of national government. Civil parish Early in the development of Milton Keynes (the city), the area surrounding Milton Keynes (the village) was given the name Middleton again but the original civil parish remained as 'Milton Keynes', and had a joint parish council with Broughton. From 1 January 2025, the parishes merged formally to become a single civil parish, 'Broughton and Milton Keynes'. ==Notes==