Olney is a market community and also civil parish in the District of Milton Keynes in South East England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of around 6,500 individuals. It pushes the River Great Ouse, really close to the borders of Buckinghamshire with Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, and equidistant from Northampton, Bedford and also Milton Keynes. It is accessed by the M1 at Junction 14 (about 7 miles), with the closest passenger rail service at Milton Keynes Central and also Bedford railway terminals (each about twelve miles distant). It is a preferred vacationer location, possibly best recognized for the Olney Pancake Race and for the Olney Hymns by William Cowper and John Newton.