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new town (UK)

proposed town in the United Kingdom following the Second World War
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new town (UK)

Summary

new town (UK) is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[1]

Key Facts

  • new town (UK) is in the country of United Kingdom[2].
  • new town (UK)'s main regulatory text is recorded as New Towns Act 1946[3].
  • new town (UK) is associated with the new towns movement in the UK movement[4].
  • new town (UK) is a type of new town[5].
  • new town (UK) is a type of planned community[6].
  • new town (UK)'s Commons category is recorded as New towns in the United Kingdom[7].
  • new town (UK)'s topic's main category is recorded as Category:New towns in the United Kingdom[8].
  • new town (UK)'s different from is recorded as New Town[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include new town[5] and planned community[6].

Movements and Schools

new town (UK) is associated with the new towns movement in the UK movement[4].

Why It Matters

new town (UK) is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[1]

Related Entities

Milton Keynes United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Q533822. Retrieved . legislation.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . legislation.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → new town, planned community
    Topic's main category → Category:New towns in the United Kingdom
    Movement → new towns movement in the UK
    Eurovoc id → 4711
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P5437]]: 4711, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260983|batch #260983]]"
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