Milton Keynes

Whether you want to go skiing, skydiving, play a game of mini-golf, or run away from a dinosaur, you'll find Bounce provides a convenient and economical solution for storing your luggage in Milton Keynes so you can do all the fun activities the town has to offer without having to worry about your bags.  

About Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes is a British city that likes to hide its light under a bushel. While it might at first appear dull and boring, it does have a very short but interesting history and some diverse attractions.

Forget visiting historical buildings in Milton Keynes. The city was built at the end of the 1960s and has only just celebrated its fiftieth anniversary of existence. Classed as one of England's 'new towns', the urbanization sprang up to help relieve the mass housing shortage of the era in South East England.

Milton Keynes takes up a ninety square kilometer area of Buckinghamshire county and is within easy traveling distance of London which makes it popular with commuters. It's also a lot more economical to live there than it is in Britain's capital city which is a fact that has influenced its continued growth.

The town planners didn't just build houses when they designed Milton Keynes but added public green spaces, and left areas free for developing diverse entertainment facilities as well as churches and other places of worship. It may be a new town, but Milton Keynes is one that is now definitely on the map.

Things to do in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes may not have any quaint cobbled streets to wander down or historic buildings to tour around, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to do there. There's actually a surplus of things to do in Milton Keynes and while some are educational, all of them are great fun so any visit to the town will pass in a blur of activities that could be as varied as riding on a miniature train to going skiing.

• Take a selfie standing next to the internet-famous Milton Keynes cows. They're a set of life-size cow statues with curious expressions in a field on the side of Monks Way.
• Have a meal out while sitting under the sails of a windmill at the Caldecotte Arms pub in the grounds of Caldecotte Lake Park.
• Go abseiling or learn archery at the Caldecotte Xperience sports center in Caldecotte Lake Park.
• Learn how to ski or snowboard at the Snozone, an indoor skiing center with real snow even in summer.
• Have a fun day out among the giants at Gulliver's Land Theme Park Resort.
• Play a game of mini-golf in a fantasy world setting at Mr Mulligan's Indoor Golf Course.
• Get freaked out by the enormous animated dinosaurs at the Gulliver's Dinosaur and Farm Park.
• Visit the Milton Keynes Museum to learn all about the town's local history.
• Go parachuting without having to jump out of a plane at the iFly Indoor Skydiving Center.

Transit options in Milton Keynes

The main rail hub for Milton Keynes is the Milton Keynes Central Station on Elder Gate.

Luton Airport is the nearest airport to Milton Keynes. Other airports from which Milton Keynes is accessible by public transport are Stansted Airport, London Heathrow and London Gatwick.

There is a National Express coach station where you can catch swift services to major cities from Milton Keynes on the Coachway Road.

Luggage storage in Milton Keynes

There are so many fun activities to get involved in while you're visiting Milton Keynes there's no way you'll want to be lumbered with your baggage. Places where activities take place inside or museums, theaters and galleries, may not allow you to go in with bulky luggage and often don't have on-site locker space available for hire. You can make life simple and straightforward by leaving your bags in a Bounce luggage locker in Milton Keynes.

Attractions and activities near Milton Keynes

• Bletchley Park: Bletchley Park is a landmark in both the British countryside and in the country's history. The magnificent mansion which sits in acres and acres of highly groomed gardens is now a museum dedicated to the code-breaking activities carried out there during WW2. Several of the rooms there are exactly as they would have been during its operative years and contain replicas of the machinery and technology used by the cryptologists to decipher the complicated codes.
• Buckingham: Buckingham is a town fifteen miles west of Milton Keynes with a long and slightly gory history. The Buckingham Old Gaol is a castle-like building dating from the 1700s which is now a museum but was once where the worst of society were incarcerated for their bloody crimes. The cells there have housed notorious murderers and other perpetrators of heinous acts. The museum also houses various temporary and permanent exhibitions of local and national interest.
• Aylesbury: Aylesbury is a historic market town in Buckinghamshire twenty miles south of Milton Keynes with something to do for both adults and kids. The main market in Aylesbury is held three times a week on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday in the market square around the historic clock tower. The kids will be fascinated by a visit to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery, a museum which uses popular figures from his books to make the exhibits more interesting to young minds.