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The town of Milton Keynes is based on a grid system. In the suburbs, the roads of the grid are relax...
The town of Milton Keynes is based on a grid system. In the suburbs, the roads of the grid are relaxed and curvy but in the central part, they are straight and orthogonal. The roads are classed as horizontal or vertical, and numbered in each direction. They also have names. This is the central avenue, Midsummer Boulevard. I have heard that it gets its name from being aligned to the rising sun on midsummer's day but by my calculations, it's something like 10 degrees off. I'll have to come here at midsummer one year when it's not cloudy and check for myself.


UTC Time: 12:06, Thursday 17 September 2015
Local Time: 13:06, Thursday 17 September 2015
Estimate of longitude: 0° 46' 7.39" W = -0.768720°
Estimate of latitude: 52° 2' 10.46" N = 52.036240°
Possible error on position estimate: 100 metres