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  • Wolverton
    • Introduction
    • Places of Interest
    • Trails >
      • Explore Early Wolverton
      • Walk in Railwaymen's Footsteps
      • A Recycled Wolverton Walk
      • Children’s Trail
    • Education
  • Soulbury
    • Introduction
    • The Soulbury Trail
    • Education
  • Olney
    • Introduction
    • John Newton's Olney Trail
    • Cowper's Rural Walks
  • Pilgrims' Trail
    • Introduction
    • The Trail
  • MK Skate
    • Introduction
    • The Trail
  • MK Trails App

A town of modest red brick terraces, Wolverton is nevertheless unique as the world’s first “railway town” built by the London and Birmingham Railway Company in the 1830s to house its workshops and workers.


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Wolverton Town Trail will guide you around some of the landmarks and histories of Wolverton, many of which are interwoven with the history of the railways and of the country. This project includes a mobile app and a series of three leaflets which contain information about places of interest and trails to take you around them.​

Much of the material used for MK Trails: Wolverton is drawn from the work of Bryan Dunleavy whose books and website (wolvertonpast.blogspot.co.uk) are an invaluable and wide ranging source of information about Wolverton and its history. This history is also brought to life through the Living Archive’s recordings of interviews with its residents, some of which date back to the 1970s and with people who recall, first hand, events from the late 19th century onwards. The foresight of the Archive’s founders and the generosity of those people who have shared their stories cannot be over stated.
           
​MK Trails: Wolverton 
project was funded through the Wolverton and Greenleys Town Council and managed by Living Archive Milton Keynes with the assistance of the Wolverton Society for Arts & Heritage.
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​Living Archive Milton Keynes
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Wolverton Society for Arts & Heritage
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Wolverton & Greenleys Town Council
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Milton Keynes Council

© Living Archive Milton Keynes 2018

  • Home
  • Wolverton
    • Introduction
    • Places of Interest
    • Trails >
      • Explore Early Wolverton
      • Walk in Railwaymen's Footsteps
      • A Recycled Wolverton Walk
      • Children’s Trail
    • Education
  • Soulbury
    • Introduction
    • The Soulbury Trail
    • Education
  • Olney
    • Introduction
    • John Newton's Olney Trail
    • Cowper's Rural Walks
  • Pilgrims' Trail
    • Introduction
    • The Trail
  • MK Skate
    • Introduction
    • The Trail
  • MK Trails App