Along the redways to Campbell Park

The system of redways/cycle paths that cris-crosses the whole of Milton Keynes allows pedestrians and cyclists to move around the town without having to cross many roads and offers a pleasant rural setting to weekend leisure walks although their quiet rural nature and poor lighting can make some paths a bit threatening after dark. To the newcomer to Milton Keynes they can also be a bit of a maze as the signposts point the way to local estates and villages which you may not be familiar with rather than following the incredibly easy to navigate grid system of H (horizontal) and V (vertical) roads. Luckily Milton Keynes Council publishes a handy map that you can pick up for free at various places in the town including the Centre:MK.



Following the redways from Newport Pagnell into the town centre will most likely take you along the edge of the Grand Union Canal, popular with barge owners and with several pubs along its edge from where you can sit with a pint watching the boats go by.



Eventually the canal path leads you to Campbell Park, a strange sort of oasis of green in the middle of the town centre where sheep happily graze whilst trying to ignore the cyclists whizzing past them and from a surprising vantage point in this flattest of towns you can look out over a good chunk of the east side of Milton Keynes.



As you approach the top of the hill it becomes apparent that you really are in the centre of town as the Milton Keynes Gallery and Theatre complex becomes visible behind the fields of sheep and to their left the imposing dome of the XScape centre that houses the local indoor ski slope and skydiving arena.