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Milton Keynes City guide, including Milton Keynes Hotels
Milton Keynes is a city of contrasts. It combines the fun and enjoyment
of city life with plenty of scope for leisure and relaxation. Busy and
prosperous, its prime location promises business success and offers the
sophistication and innovation to rival any other city. Milton Keynes is
famous as a new city, so visitors could be forgiven for assuming that
it has no history - nothing is further from the truth. When building
the new town in the South East of England there was a unique
opportunity to study and record the archaeology and landscape history
of over 20,000 acres of countryside.
Places of interest:
Milton Keynes has a vast array of intriguing modern art. Enjoy a
fascinating stroll around one of the largest collections of outdoor
public art in England.
Most of this art is based in the City Centre, or in Campbell Park.
Milton Keynes Gallery is free to enter. It is the city's most
successful and imposing gallery and presents between 6 and 8
exhibitions a year. These are of contemporary and modern art.
Gullivers Land provides great family entertainment and is a great
day out for the younger family. It is aimed at children between the
ages of 3 - 13 years and is great value for money.
Xscape is the ultimate entertainment destination in Milton Keynes.
It combines a large indoor 'real snow' ski slope, an indoor rock
climbing wall, a multiplex cinema, a family entertainment centre which
includes ten pin bowling, health and fitness centre, bars, restaurants,
cafes and lifestyle and fashion retail outlets - all under one roof.
Willen Lakeside Park is the place to go to for a picnic, take part
in water sports, jog, attend events or simply sit and watch the world
pass by.
The City Discovery Centre was set up in 1987 and adopted the
heritage site of Bradwell Abbey as its permanent base in 1992. Bradwell
Abbey is the site of a 12th century Benedictine Priory.
Things to do:
For the visitor whose ideal break includes sporting pursuits Milton
Keynes has facilities available throughout the city and surrounding
areas. For those whose idea of a good time is shopping there is one of
the largest covered shopping complexes in Europe.
The cycling in Milton Keynes is top quality; we have a huge network
of cycle paths. These pass through beautiful scenery and guarantee an
enjoyable bike ride.
Milton Keynes has over 70 Community Buildings in and around the
city. These buildings include Community Centres, Meeting Places, Sports
Grounds, a Windmill, Golf Courses and Swimming Pools.
Shopping in the city centre is dominated by the centre: It is a
glass construction about a half mile in length and is one of the
longest under-cover shopping areas in Europe, incorporating over 230
shops from large national stores to smaller specialist shops. It
attracts nearly 30 million visitors a year. Within the shopping
building there are a number of specialist barrows selling a wide
variety of distinctive goods and four days a week there is an open
market alongside the building. Being built on ground level with
automatically-opening doors and with ample parking around the building,
it is also very popular with visitors with disabilities.
Food & Drink:
Milton Keynes is well known for the varying different styles of
restaurant. There are American, Chinese, English, French, Greek,
Indian, Italian, Mexican, Thai Restaurants, and many more in and around
the Theatre District. There are many different places to go out for a
drink, either for a night out with the lads, or a quiet evening drink.
Eastern Paradise is in the Wolverton area of Milton Keynes. The
contemporary surroundings are pleasant and spacious. You are
immediately captured by the bright colours and the art work which has a
very east meets west feel, and this is reflected on the menu.
The Swan Inn is in the picturesque village of Cranfield, a few
minutes from Milton Keynes centre. The striking interior gives off an
atmosphere of a contemporary minimalism. A small but simple Italian
menu means that the food is freshly prepared every day. Vegetarian
alternatives are available.
La Tasca, the Spanish restaurant is situated in the heart of the
Xscape complex. On entering the restaurant you are immediately met by a
traditional Spanish setting. Every detail is Spanish, the wooden
Spanish tables, the flowers, beautiful pottery adorns the walls, the
colour is rustic and to top the atmosphere lovely Spanish music plays
in the background and with subtle lighting in the background. The menu
comprises all the traditional Spanish dishes that seem so familiar.
Hotels & Accommodation:
Milton Keynes offers the usual variety of accommodation for the visitor
in the guise of Hotels, Guest Houses and Bed and Breakfast
accommodation. What makes it different from most cities is the amount
of accommodation to let on a short term basis, usually a minimum of one
week. Some of these fully furnished apartments also offer home office
facilities for the business traveller.
Entertainment
There is nowhere like Milton Keynes in England. You'll find great
entertainment and unlike other cities not all of it is situated in the
centre.
Milton Keynes theatre building uses the most technically advanced
equipment available. It is able to accommodate a vast range of
productions, from large-scale West End musicals, to smaller, more
intimate drama. In addition to bringing a variety of performances to
the city, Milton Keynes Theatre provides a focus for the city's already
thriving cultural life.
The National Bowl is UK's premier open-air concert venue with no
permanent seating. It consists of a grass amphitheatre, crescent shaped
and gently sloping down to a large flat area in front of the stage
allowing excellent viewing of the performance from all parts of the
arena.
There are a couple of cinemas in Milton Keynes, which means you
always have a choice of venue depending on mood, and there is always
something on to see.
Hailed as “Comedy’s Unofficial National Theatre”, The Comedy Store
will present “The Best In Stand Up” from around the globe, showcasing
the brightest names in comedy talent. The Comedy Store is showcased at
Bistro L!VE
The location of Milton Keynes makes it accessible by all forms of
transport. With the M1 motorway on its doorstep, and the London to
Birmingham train line running through it, Milton Keynes is ideal for
the local traveller wanting an enjoyable day out. For the international
traveller a regular coach service runs to the centre of the city from
Luton Airport.
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