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archaeological history. In fact, the excavation of Caldecotte Lake unearthed the fossilised remains of an Ichthyosaur, approximately 150 million years old, together with evidence of the manufacture of flint tools around 6000 BC. Milton Keynes was originally developed and built in a bid to relieve housing congestion in London.
Despite Milton Keynes being famous as a new town, it actually boasts a wealth of history and the building of the town itself provided a unique opportunity to record its
The designated area encompassed almost 22,000 acres in north Buckinghamshire in the SE of England and the city itself is named after one of the villages in this original designated area of the new "city" of Milton Keynes.
Nowadays, Milton Keynes is a shopper’s paradise and the city centre is dominated by thecentre:mk, one of Europe's longest shopping centres, about half a mile in length, offering over 230 shops. A range of smaller shops offering a more traditional shopping atmosphere can also be found in the nearby older towns of Stony Stratford, Newport Pagnell, Bletchley and Woburn Sands. Milton Keynes is also home to the hub:mk - a thriving business and leisure development of offices, apartments, hotels, shopping, cafes, bars and restaurants in the heart of the city.
For leisure pursuits, the list is endless. You can play nearly every type of sport in Milton Keynes - athletics, fishing, archery, fencing, football, rugby, martial arts, karting and extreme sports like wakeboarding, rock climbing and skiing. The cycling in Milton Keynes is second-to-none, with a network of cycle ways boasting beautiful landscape and scenery.
You can also discover, ‘Xscape’, a unique centre, combining Europe's largest indoor 'real snow' ski slope, indoor rock climbing wall, 16 screen cinema multiplex and family entertainment centre featuring ten pin bowling, health and fitness centre, bars, restaurants and cafes.
In addition, there are a host of primary and secondary schools on offer and for further education - De Montfort University is located nearby.
Greenways @ Broughton Farm is ideally situated close to the centre of Milton Keynes with its excellent links to the M1 motorway, railway network and coach routes. National Rail operate a regular service into London Euston. The closest airport to Milton Keynes is Luton and Virgin operate a bus service to the airport regularly from CMK with buses running once an hour.
A unique road system was designed to avoid rush-hour congestion and a system of linear parks based on the river valleys added to the overall effect. As a result, there's nowhere quite like Milton Keynes in England.