Wolverton and Cosgrove

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FOOD AND DRINK SHOPS AND OTHER SERVICES – COSGROVE Pubs 1 Thrupp Wharf Marina, water, pumpout Cobbs Bush Farm, MK19 7BE 01908 542 113 Braunston Restaurants and take-aways 2 Cosgrove Park Stores (open 1 Apr - 1 Nov) Via drive parallel with Lock Lane 01908 565 797 Stoke Bruerne In Wolverton, not all are marked, due to 3 Cosgrove Marina, moorings Lock Lane, MK19 7JR 01908 562 467 map scale limitations. For deliveries, SHOPS AND OTHER SERVICES – WOLVERTON 1 64 please google “wolverton take-aways”. 1 Jewson building & DIY Dickens Road, MK12 5QF 01908 316 171 2 Travis Perkins building & DIY 1 Dean's Road, MK12 5NA 01908 456 500 3 LIDL supermarket Stratford Road, MK12 5NT 0800 977 7766 4 Tesco superstore & filling station (24 hours) McConnell Drive, MK12 5RJ 0345 077 0008 Features broken 1/4 mile approx. omitted 5 Modern Man barbers 26 Stratford Road, MK12 5LW 01908 223 474 6 MK Superstores and Post Office 14 Stratford Road, MK12 5LJ 01908 310 792 7 ASDA supermarket 1-2 Glyn Sq, Creed St, MK12 5JQ 01908 457 500 COSGROVE 8 Abbey Dental (entrance in Cambridge St) 122 Church Sreet, MK12 5JR 01908 312 727 9 Microtek computer and phone repair 79 Church Street, MK12 5LD 01908 316 216 Yardley 65 10 CP Locks and 54 Church Street, MK12 5JW 01908 225 954 (A508, A5) Road Rd Prime Pet Supplies 54 Church Street, MK12 5JW 01908 322 262 Bridge StST 11 Bubbles laundromat 44 Church Street, MK12 5JW 01908 579 053 Main 12 Agora indoor market - due for redevelopment. Church Street / Buckingham Street

The S Lock 13 Buzz Inn hairdressers 6 The Square, MK12 5DG 01908 579 425 Road R t o 14 Lloyds Bank - cashpoint 10 The Square, MK12 5DG 0345 300 0000 c k s Ln 15 Lloyds pharmacy 15 The Square. MK12 5DG 01908 315 612

16 Milton Keynes Museum McConnell Drive, MK12 5EL 01908 316 222 2 Off map Milton Keynes University Hospital - Standing Way, MK6 5LD 01908 243 600 Accident & Emergency opposite Car Park A Bus routes: see below. Stratford (A508, A5) River Great Ouse Off map Central Milton Keynes - all services: major shopping centre, restaurants, entertainment. Bus routes: see below. 3 Replica lock on course of Old Stratford and temporary flights 1800 - 11 Buckingham Branch “Iron Trunk” Aqueduct, 1811 PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND PARKING (under restoration) Useful bus routes (stops are shown on side of road for outbound journey from Cosgrove or Wolverton): From Cosgrove (crossroads): 89 to Central Milton Keynes, via Stony Stratford. Every 1½ hours at best. From Wolverton (by Agora): 5 or 6 to Central Milton Keynes and Hospital. 4 buses per hour at best.

Wolverton rail station: main line services to London Euston, Northampton and Birmingham, and to the north-west via Milton Keynes Central.

Taxis: Eezy 01908 218218; Skyline 01908 222111, Carlton Car Service (Cosgrove-based) 01908 307030 No taxi rank at Wolverton rail station. N P Car parks: Off Church Street and at Tesco. Northampton Birmingham 1

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Old Towpath access Newport Pagnell Rd 2 Dean’s 69A 69B V6 Road Informal towpath access Grafton

Street 68 4 69 P 71 Secret Connell Drive Wolverton and Cosgrove Site of Wolverton Railway Works Garden (due for redevelopment) 3 Guide Map for waterway visitors Creed 7 Train Road Rad Wolverton 6 P 5 St IWA Milton Keynes Branch welcomes you to Wolverton and Cosgrove. Stratford -

Old Wind 11 Mural Central MK Wolverton was home to the workshops of the London & Birmingham 10 St Stony Road P (A5 south) Stratford 8 71A Railway (later the LNWR and LMS), and is a classic railway town. M1 Junc. 14 Stratford Camb’ge St 9 12 16 sor St (400m) cliffe St By contrast, Cosgrove is a quiet country village, bisected but enhanced by Church The Map not to scale. Every effort has been Buck’gham Sq V5

the canal. Between the two is the “Iron Trunk” Aqueduct over the River made to ensure accuracy, but no responsi- 13, 14, 15

St Gt bility is accepted for loss or inconvenience Great Ouse, built in 1811 after the earlier brick aqueduct collapsed.

Monks due to inaccuracies. Service list includes St MK Central those thought useful to visitors, but is not Ayles bury A companion Guide for Fenny Stratford, where the canal leaves Milton Watford Fenny Stratford Central MK exhaustive. Inclusion is not intended as an WOLVERTON Keynes towards London, is also available at: London Euston Linslade (A5 south) St endorsement, nor is omission intended as https://www.waterways.org.uk/miltonkeynes/maps_guides_etc a criticism. Revised March 2019.