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