Milton Keynes has long since shed off its image as a concrete new town to become one of the most thriving locations in South East England.

Day visitors to Milton Keynes will love the excellent shopping facilities, with over 300 shops, including one of the longest indoor shopping centres in Europe at thecentre:mk. If you’re planning on a longer stay, you will find dozens of attractions in the town and in the surrounding countryside.

Milton Keynes has also become an extreme sports hotspot. You can water-ski, wakeboard and more on Willen Lake, or head to Xscape for the UK's longest indoor real-snow ski and boarding slope, as well as some of the best indoor climbing facilities in the south.

For more sedate pursuits, Milton Keynes offers one of the best theatres outside of London, excellent free art exhibitions at the Milton Keynes Gallery and dozens of regular free festivals and events.

Things to see and do in Milton Keynes…

• Take the family to Gulliver's Land - a theme park adventure for all ages, including fun rides, life-size dinosaur models and farmyard animals that you can get up close to!
• Head to Bletchley Park and discover how WWII code breakers cracked the Enigma code.
• Visit the Cowper and Newton Museum, the Georgian home of the 18th century poet William Cowper.

More Milton Keynes Information

The hotels in Milton Keynes offer a great selection of accommodation when staying in this vibrant town - there is a fantastic range of things to do in Milton Keynes too.

For more information visit the official tourism website for Milton Keynes.