The ways people travelled, moved goods and earned a living connect Great Brickhill with the surrounding towns and countryside. Local extraction, canal transport and nearby railways form part of that history.
Great Brickhill Heritage explores coprolite mining and its tramway towards the Grand Junction Canal, alongside the railway account. Connected Regional Heritage follows East West Rail through Bletchley and Marston Vale and considers Great Brickhill within the changing Oxford–Cambridge region.
Wider Area Context takes the story to Kempston Hardwick, from its brickworks landscape to the Universal resort development. The articles distinguish historical activity from later plans and developments, allowing each place to be understood in its own period.