Milton Keynes UK Guide MK

Milton Keynes UK Guide

MK Local Information guide on Milton Keynes today, the history and the future.

MK boasts to be The best new city in the World with one of the longest shopping centres in Europe, the largest indoor real snow ski slope in the UK and over 4,500 acres of parkland and green space, 22 million trees, 57 paddocks, lakes, woodlands and 13 historic sites all maintained in mk by The Parks Trust.

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Milton Keynes UK Information

(Wikipedia - MK)

Milton Keynes has a 125 mile (200 km) network of cycleways/footpaths for pedestrians and cyclists called the Redway system, generally surfaced with red tarmac, which criss-cross most of mk.

The UK SUSTRANS cycle network runs to and through Milton Keynes. The Swans Way long distance path does the same.
Milton Keynes is home to the National Badminton Centre.

There is a new football stadium in the Denbigh district near Bletchley called thestadium:mk - home of Milton Keynes Dons F.C.

Near the station, the "Planet Ice" rink is used for professional and amateur ice hockey plus leisure skating and amateur figure skating. It is also the home of the MK Lightning ice hockey team.

Also near the station there is a covered "urban skateboarding" arena known as the Buszy, but the wide expanses and slopes of the station plaza remain very popular among boarders.

Milton Keynes is covered by a high speed WiMax network and central Milton Keynes additionally has free WiFi.