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Woburn Sands

Woburn Sands is a village in the County of Milton Keynes, England. It is located to the east of the town of Milton Keynes, near the Roman road Watling Street.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and refers to the sand excreted by a crooked stream. The place name is related to nearby Woburn in Bedfordshire.

Woburn Sands was anciently a hamlet in the parish of Wavendon, though is now considered a village in its own right because of Wavendon's inclusion in the development of Milton Keynes.