Sports and Leisure

Milton Keynes offers am amazing range of sport and leisure activities. Watch or participate in almost every sport imaginable: play on ice, on turf, down the ski-slope, in the water, on the tracks. In our vibrant and active city, sport is part of the lifestyle. And with a wealth of accessible, wide-open spaces everyone can enjoy keeping active and getting fit.

We're working closely with Milton Keynes Council to promote our city as a great place for sport. Click here to see Milton Keynes - A Sporting City, a short film we co-produced to put the city on the map as a sports training camp venue for the London Olymics in 2012.

Mainstream and Spectator Sports

Milton Keynes is home to several professional sports teams and sporting bodies:

Milton Keynes Dons moved into a new UEFA Elite standard 32,000 capacity stadium complex in Milton Keynes in 2007. They won the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final at Wembley, secured promotion to League One for the 2008/09 season and, if England wins the bid to host the 2018 World Cup, the stadium is to be one of the venues.
Milton Keynes Lightning Ice Hockey team were the English Premier League play off winners 2005/06.
The Red Bull Formula One motor racing team has its headquarters in Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes Lions Basketball team were BBL Cup Winners 2007/08.
Milton Keynes is also home to the National Badminton Association

Unusual Sporting Facilities

Milton Keynes has established a reputation as the Extreme sports capital of the UK. Within 15 minutes drive of Central Milton Keynes you can try some of the most unusual sports and activities available in the UK, including:

Indoor sky-diving
Snowboarding, skiing and tobogganing on one of the UK's largest indoor real snow slopes
Indoor rock-climbing
Wakeboarding and water-skiing, using the UK's longest cable ski-tow
Adventure high-rope course
Windsurfing and sailing
Scuba-diving
Karting/motor-racing
Mountain/BMX biking
Ice-skating/Ice-hockey
Korfball
Martial arts

Community Sports Facilities

The Milton Keynes region boasts an enviable array of sporting facilities with a multitude of different sports to enjoy. There are five leisure centres across the city and a host of open spaces available for public use - including 30 cricket pitches, over 70 soccer pitches and 25 squash courts. The city also makes good use of the 'Redway' system; 270km of dedicated paths through often beautiful areas for use by walkers and cyclists.

Whatever sport or activity you're into, Milton Keynes is the city for you. For more information on all the sports you can enjoy in Milton Keynes contact Destination Milton Keynes, the official provider of tourism services for Milton Keynes and the surrounding area.

Last updated January 2010