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Extending for over 250 kilometres the Redway will take you into most parts of Milton Keynes. Use it to observe and explore the various stages of the city's growth.
As you travel about notice the way design has been used to give each district its own individual identity. At Coffee Hall and Netherfield, constructed in the 1970s, the dwellings were constructed using prefabricated building technology.
Neath Hill, designed by Wayland Tunley in 1974 was greeted as a resurgence of the townscape movement in housing layout.
Visit the site of the Homeworld exhibition - a type of "ideal home show", set up in the 1980s to persuade house builders to innovate and create a wider variety of housing and so attract more people to Milton Keynes.
Energy efficiency has also become a priority in Milton Keynes. At Shenley Lodge, a large number of houses designed to be energy efficient can be seen. At Kents Hill, 36 futuristic houses that incorporate homeworking or "telecommuting" in their design are featured.
At Bancroft you will find remains of a first century Roman villa discovered in 1971. Just a short distance from Bancroft you will find the Bradwell Windmill, built in 1815.
Then go to Willen and the Peace Pagoda. Erected in 1980, the story of Buddha is exquisitely etched on the surrounding frieze. Or why not Campbell Park, Britain's largest sculpture park where such treats as "Metropolis" by Robert Keonig are permanently on show. While you are there, look for the plaque erected to honour Lord "Jock" Campbell, the first chairman of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation. The inscription reads, "Si monumentum requiris, circumspice". (If you seek a monument, look about you.)
The Redway is more than a clever means of separating walkers and cyclists from the dangers and pollution of motor transport. A vast world of art, heritage, nature and sheer good fun is readily accessed via Milton Keynes unique cycle and pedestrian system. Discover ideas for day trips, special events and local walks at the Milton Keynes Tourist Information Centre.
Whether you're visiting perhaps for a day or longer, or if you're a resident who'd like to know more about your city, drop into the Milton Keynes Tourist Information Centre, located in the Food Centre on Secklow Gate East. While you're there you can pick up books, handy maps and unique Milton Keynes souvenirs.
History of Milton Keynes
Because Milton Keynes is famous as a new city, visitors to the borough could be forgiven for assuming that it has no history - nothing could be further from the truth!
The building of the new town provided a unique opportunity to study and record the archaeology and landscape history of some 22,000 acres of countryside.
The Milton Keynes Development Corporation, charged with the task of building the new city, employed a team or archaeologists who located and excavated many sites in the area, making it, in effect, one of the largest archaeological sites in the country in its day.
The excavation of Caldecotte Lake unearthed the fossilised remains, of an Ichthyosaur, approximately 150 million years old. The same area also provided signs of early human activity when gravel deposits exposed by the construction of the lake produced evidence of the manufacture of flint tools around 6000 BC.
At Heelands, the discovery of an occupation site of 2000 BC dates the earliest known settlement in Milton Keynes.