Milton Keynes is leasing an area of land in Newport Pagnell for an Aston Martin car museum.
Milton Keynes Council has agreed to lease an area of land in Newport Pagnell to the Aston Martin Heritage Trust (AMHT), which will build an Aston Martin car museum on the site. Aston Martin, a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, is associated with James Bond. The brand features heavily in No Time To Die, Daniel Craig‘s final outing as 007.
The land in Milton Keynes, which is valued at £120,000, will be leased due to the Aston Martin museum’s “huge social and cultural benefits”, the council said (via BBC). Robert Middleton, cabinet member for resources at Milton Keynes Council, said the project would “create a new nationally significant visitor attraction” in Newport Pagnell.
He said: “This new museum will not only showcase the history of Aston Martin, a world-famous vehicle designed and created right here in MK, but it will also act as a centre of learning.”
The museum will showcase historic Aston Martin cars and memorabilia, including the motors used in the James Bond film franchise (via Milton Keynes Citizen).
“As so many people associate Aston Martin with the James Bond films, the AMHT intends to work closely with Eon Productions: the producer of the Bond films,” said an AMHT spokesperson in documents to the council.
