Setting the record straight on Milton Keynes | Letter

It’s time to lay to rest the erroneous idea that Derek Walker was behind the town’s famous grid system, says Peter WatermanYour review of John Grindrod’s book Iconicon refers to Derek Walker as “the architect who laid out Milton Keynes”. In fact, the plan for the new town – including the main features of the grid road pattern, the linear park, the location of the centre and the districts, and the separation of housing and employment in the grid squares –