Civil Parish
In addition to Great Linford district itself (with the historic village at its core), the civil parish also includes the districts of Giffard Park, Blakelands, Neath Hill, Pennyland, Tongwell, Conniburrow, Downs Barn, Downhead Park and, since 1 April 2012, Newlands, Willen Lake and Willen.
The parish is bounded to the north by Newport Road, to the west by the B4034/V8 Marlborough Street (as far as H4 Dansteed Way), then along Dansteed Way as far as V7 Saxon Street, south along Saxon Street as far as the A509/H5 Portway, then east along Portway to the M1, then north along the motorway until it reaches Newport Road again. The Grand Union Canal bisects the parish.
The parish increased in population from 263 in the 1971 census to 11,882 in the 1981 census, an increase of some 4,400%.
Little Linford is in the adjoining parish of Haversham-cum-Little Linford. Linford Wood is in the adjoining Stantonbury parish.
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