Tourist and travel information

Tourist information for the Milton Keynes area 

  • Destination MK (DMK) - for tourist information for Milton Keynes and the surrounding area including What to Do, Where to Stay and Meeting and Conference Venues and support services.
  • National Bowl, Milton Keynes - for details of events at the Bowl and travel and accommodation information for those attending.

Local events

Maps

  • The reference department at Central Library sells street maps of Milton Keynes
  • My Milton Keynes - Milton Keynes City Council's interactive mapping system

Parking in CMK

Public transport in MK

Shopping MK

Postcards of MK

Tourist information for the UK and beyond

Have you planned your holiday yet? Here's how you can find out about places to visit, travel and health advice and online accommodation guides.

Travel guides

  • The Reference Library has guides covering most countries and major tourist destinations, which include information on accommodation, eating out and transport
  • Many of these guides are also available for you to borrow. You will need to join the library to borrow a guide book
  • Search the library catalogue for guidebooks

Accommodation guides

  • The reference department at Central Library has some guides covering hotels, bed and breakfast, youth hostels, camping and caravan sites.

Online accommodation guides

There are many websites recommending accommodation:

  • Trip Advisor offers a vast resource of first-hand experiences of travellers with more than 10 million entries
  • Johansens Hotel Guide
  • Self-catering cottage holidays - there are any number of companies offering this type of holiday - try searching on Google or Yahoo for UK holiday cottages
  • Farm Stay UK - a co-operative of over 1000 inspected and vetted working UK farms that provide guest accommodation
  • Bed and Breakfast Nationwide - find reasonably-priced B&Bs throughout the UK
  • YHA - find youth hostel accommodation in England and Wales

Places to visit

Maps

  • The reference department at Central Library has road atlases for the UK and foreign countries including France, Germany, USA, Canada and Australia
  • It also has a complete set of National Cycle Network maps

Travel advice

Travel information for the Milton Keynes area

Buses

Cars

You can plan your car journey to Milton Keynes online with the AA or RAC route planners.

Coaches

See the National Express website for timetables and a journey planner.

Cycling

Parking

Trains

Walking

Travel information for the UK and beyond

Buses

Cars

The reference department at Central Library has road atlases for the UK and foreign countries including France, Germany, USA, Canada and Australia.

Coaches

Cycling

  • The reference department at Central Library has a complete set of UK Ordnance Survey maps in 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 scales.
  • It also has a complete set of National Cycle Network maps.

Ferries

Planes

You can book flights online with individual airlines or use one of the many websites to search for flights, for example:

Trains

Travel advice

  • Travel advice by country - produced by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • Fit for Travel website - provided by the NHS (Scotland), gives travel health information for people travelling abroad from the UK.
  • Trip Advisor - offers a vast resource of first-hand experiences of travellers with more than 10 million entries.

Travel guides

Walking

  • Walking Britain - a resource for walkers, walks and walking.
  • Ramblers Association - Britain’s biggest walking charity, working to support everyone who walks – or wants to walk – in England, Scotland & Wales.
  • UK National Trails - information and maps.
  • Buy Rope - advice and safety resources for hikers.