Milton Keynes Town Centre Walk【4K】| Let's Walk 2021

Join me for a walk around the centre of Milton Keynes, one of the UK's most unique towns! Built in the 1960s amid a new wave of town planning, Milton Keynes is full of contrasts - home to striking modernist architecture, wide boulevards and lots of green space.

On our walk around town, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including Church Of Christ The Cornerstone, intu Milton Keynes, thecentre:mk, The Point, Milton Keynes Central Market, 12th Street, Xscape, Milton Keynes Theatre, Campbell Park, The Milton Keynes Rose and The Light Pyramid.

0:00 Church Of Christ The Cornerstone
0:36 Saxon Gate
1:01 Midsummer Boulevard
1:54 Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre
4:15 The Point
5:48 Midsummer Boulevard
6:26 View of Xscape from Midsummer Boulevard
6:43 Midsummer Boulevard
7:47 Modern Art
8:04 thecentre:mk
8:33 Milton Keynes Central Market
9:44 Midsummer Boulevard
12:44 12th Street
14:39 Avebury Boulevard
15:41 Xscape
16:11 Avebury Boulevard
18:01 Marlborough Gate
19:01 Milton Keynes Theatre
19:10 Marlborough Gate
20:10 Walking over V8 Marlborough Street
21:06 Campbell Park
21:27 The Milton Keynes Rose
22:08 Campbell Park
24:21 The Light Pyramid
24:39 View of Milton Keynes town centre from Campbell Park
24:46 Thank you for watching!

Stats for nerds:

Distance walked: 1.4 miles/2.3km
Step count: 2800 steps (approx.)
Time taken: 24 mins 24 secs
Average speed: 3.4mph/5.5kmh

Please do not use any footage from this video without my permission.

[mayyaraskina]

That's Dangerous Liaisons (the sculpture) by Philip Jackson at 13:10! I love his work:)

[robcook]

Thanks for your video. We moved away 15 years ago and it brought back a lot of great memories. Milton Keynes is the place second to none to bring up young kids. You can literally bike or walk for miles without going near any road.

[drtydawg]

this actually brought a tear to my eye. i moved to mk after first visiting from north london when i was 18, back in 1991. i fell in love with the architecture, the open spacen and red routes, giving you an amazing sense of freedom, all the while, having everything you need in the centre or hidden away behing trees and bushes. unfortunately now the council have started destroying the awesome town with its departure from the classic grid system and under paths etc, not to mention going against the rule of "no building over the height of the trees" which was something that was kept to with the enitial building of mk. its now just slowley becoming just like any other over built and over populated new town. spreading like a plague from the centre outwards. :-( rip milton keynes, it was a pleasure being part of you when you were still great. <3

[tinterlight]

I grew up there in the 80s/early 90s and left as soon as I could, eventually settling in the centre of the universe: Liverpool! But my family love it there and I have affection for Newport Pagnell where I lived. The surrounding towns and villages are lovely.

[mtunmore]

Yes! As of August 2022 MK now has city status, thanks to the Queen! How wonderful. 🌟

[ThisWontEndWell]

My family came to the village of Great Linford in what is now Milton Keynes with the Normans just after 1066, the area has a lot of history if visitors are willing to look outside the shopping centre.

Some of us original local families are still here.

[jaynerichardson]

I really enjoyed watching this video. It was informative and interesting. Thank you for sharing. I've been to Milton Keynes a couple of times and think it's a great place.🙂

[paulmilthorpe]

Thanks for this walk. I moved to MK in 1985 to work at The Point..it's certainly a unique place, I could go on forever but it's as a unique a place as any ancient town in the uk. The local council just needs to take care of it, ...most people don't realise just how important some of the architecture will become. The Point was the first multi-screen cinema in the UK, pathetic by todays' standards but unbelievable in 1985; It had a restaurant, Brasserie, Nightclub (&Bingo!). The original shopping centre was probably the last great public building in the UK, it defied the bunker like structures of other shopping centres and is very tall and light. The listed building status has probably saved it from the developers; it originally had no external barrier doors and was a true 'high street' that could be walked through at any time. The structures you walked under on the Boulevards ('Porte Cochere') are getting very tatty and need rescuing, The marble lined underpasses are pretty unique and need saving. The grid road plan is being overridden. Originally there were meant to be no tall buildings allowed, but I think that this has been successful - they add interest to the skyline.

[LeonTrotsky]

Lived in MK since 1980. Absolutely love it. I hardly ever go to the City Centre. When driving around the place, the trees, open space, green areas, red ways, lakes & surrounding countryside always make me smile. Possibly a marmite place. You either love or hate it.

[jasonfreshwater]

What I love most about M.K are the red ways and parks trust. Its a beautiful place to go and walk about. I think alot of people just drive into the centre and complain its a concrete jungle. Its really not. Its an amazing place thats been very well thought out in its design. It has so many tree's and parks, its a beautiful place.

[jhonathanazeredo]

It seems to be very nice to live in Milton Keynes. This mixture of urban and nature is something I really love, I could move there easily.

[SAVELOG]

Thanks for this fascinating video. I studied english new towns concept when I was in architecture school, in italy, during the middle of the 80ies of last century. So I'm really surprised and sad about it too, to see whats is nowdsys this city which were presented to us as a real modern and reaviling concept of architecture in service to people for their better life reality and places to live in.

[grahamsibbert]

I moved here in March 1971, Bletchley, Stony Stratford, Wolverton were the small towns making MK, gradually all being joined by the fantastic grid road system. So far this walk has only got to the end of CMK starting at the station end, and as typing this it’s at the Theatre District. The whole of MK is always one big building and regeneration system. When I arrived here on the train from London to Bletchley the signs just outside Bletchley read Milton Keynes, London Overspill Town. Now it’s like a little London. More languages are spoken here than at Waterloo Station in London. However, I wouldn’t want to leave MK and no amount of money would ever tempt me to go back to London.
Lastly, this walk must have been made very early on a Sunday morning in the main lockdown. Where are the people and traffic.

[RichardRatner.]

Well done with this video! I've lived in Milton Keynes since 1980. Excellent, informative & interesting video, take care, kindest regards, Richard

[michellebruce]

Great walk today. I enjoyed it very much. Beautiful and interesting. Hope to see more soon 😀😀

[kiwi_sodas]

Sometimes I forget to appreciate the places that are right on my doorstep, it isn't always boring you just have to look for the beauty and interest. I really liked the little facts in the subtitles. :D

[Trendlifemagazine]

We are loving your walks through the Three Counties

[LittleBearBBQ_Food_Original]

Thank You so much for a beautiful and intelligent walk through of my Home City!

It brought back so many memories of fun times at The Point and "The New Bit" of the City Centre....I still can't quite believe that The Point went from Hero to Zero in less than fifteen years!!!

[sarribel]

being an amateur fan of urban design MK raised my attention a long time ago. I recall asking the then dev corp for info which I still keep somewhere. That was back in the late 80s or so. Bracknell, Stevenage, Washington, Irvine, Warrington, a long list of new towns I got in contact with. As you can imagine I did enjoy today´s let´s walk so much. Once again, thank you and Let´s walk

[tinglestingles]

I lived close by in Woburn Sands and then Wootton (Beds) - we now live in Portugal. I still don't understand why it has such a comedic reputation, usually by people who have never visited.