Furzton

The district lies just north of Bletchley, and roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Central Milton Keynes.

Because of its clay soils and relatively flat topography, the designers of Milton Keynes had to make provision for flood control.

A key element of this strategy is to restrain floodwater from reaching the River Great Ouse lest it create problems for downstream settlements, using balancing lakes and managed flood plains.

[3] Loughton Brook, which rises in Whaddon (just beyond Tattenhoe) and joins the Ouse at New Bradwell, is usually a very minor tributary, little more than a metre wide here.

The flood plain of the brook forms a linear park about 200 metres wide that runs through the district west to east.