[2] The Office for National Statistics records Newport Pagnell as part of the Milton Keynes urban area.

[4][5] It was the principal town of the "Three Hundreds of Newport",[6] a district that had almost the same boundary as the modern City of Milton Keynes UA.

The Ouzel joins the Great Ouse nearby, and a large set of sluice gates – used to control downstream flooding – is located near the bridge.

There is still a service facility in Newport Pagnell, but the factory on the north side of Tickford St has since been demolished apart from the engine shop, board room and offices that are listed buildings.

Notable industries in the town include the only remaining vellum manufacturer in the United Kingdom, William Cowley, located at Parchment Works, 97 Caldecote Street.

It is served by the M1 motorway from Junction 14 (2 miles (3.2 km) to the south) via the A509 which, along with the A422 and Wolverton Road, connects it with (the rest of) the Milton Keynes BUA.

To the east of the town, the A422 and A509 multiplex northwards to form the Newport Pagnell Eastern Bypass, providing links to Bedford, Wellingborough and Kettering.

The historic Newport Pagnell-Northampton road (B526) runs through the centre of the town, linking rural villages to the north, and provides a secondary route to Northampton.

[22] Since its completion in March 2021,[23] the town has been served by three connections to the wider redway network of Milton Keynes, all heading westwards into Blakelands first: Tongwell Lane, Stanmore Gardens and the Wolverton-Newport Pagnell railway walk.

Bus 21 (Red Rose) operates an hourly service from Monday to Friday, connecting the town with Olney and Lavendon to the north, and Central Milton Keynes to the south-west.

[37] Although Newport Pagnell was excluded from the 1967 designated area of Milton Keynes,[38] its growth has been at a similar level to that of the constituent towns of the latter; the two now join at the M1 and there are no other practical distinctions between them.

As of 2001, the Office for National Statistics records Newport Pagnell as part of the Milton Keynes Urban Area.

The game was developing locally due to the Railways,[clarification needed] with clubs at Wolverton existing already and Olney forming in 1906.