Adjacent to the M1 motorway, thirty-five minutes on the main intercity line from London Euston, ninety minutes from five major airports, Milton Keynes enjoys a prime l
ocation in today's national transport network - just as it has throughout history. In this third millennium, let us help you discover the fascinating story of this area of surprises - from the days of the Romans, the medieval pilgrimages, the great coaching era of the eighteenth century, the canal age, and the explosive growth of the railways in the nineteenth century.
Milton Keynes, an exciting much talkedabout new city boasting one of the largest covered
shopping areas in Europe with 150 shops attracting over 300,000 visitors every week.
An environmentally sensitive city with 4,000 acres of award winning parkland, six lakes with a shoreline longer than Jersey, 18 million planted trees now reaching full maturity, and 10 miles of the Grand
Union Canal running through the middle.
Britain's best kept secret Bletchley Park - the birthplace of the modern computer age. This elite code-cracking nerve centre was claimed by Churchill to have shortened the second world war by two years.
Historic towns like Stony Stratford, the early railway town of Wolverton and tiny villages with beautiful churches, imaginatively preserved in the city's urban landscape.
An innovative museum of industry and rural life and a renowned public art trail