Milton Keynes, England
Roundabout City
"Where every road leads to another roundabout"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield quartered with four identical roundabouts, rampant, beneath a concrete cow couchant on a field of grid roads. The crest bears a red-brick Xscape dome flanked by two shopping trolleys, with the motto ribbon depicting a satnav recalculating.
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Came for a work meeting, spent 45 minutes navigating the grid roads trying to find the office because every roundabout looks identical. The concrete cows were a highlight, genuinely more charismatic than most of the retail parks. Centre:MK is basically Narnia if Narnia sold trainers, and the shopping is honestly excellent once you accept you'll never find your car again. Three stars because the canals are lovely but nobody warns you about the 130 roundabouts."— Gary Satnav, Rugby
Property Listing
Nestled amidst impeccably engineered grid roads, this thriving new city offers unparalleled access to roundabouts of every size, a shopping centre so vast it has its own micro-climate, and canalside walks perfect for pretending you're not in Buckinghamshire's most efficiently organised commuter town. A blank slate lifestyle opportunity where the concrete cows add rustic charm to your daily grid-road commute!
Twinned With
Brasilia — Both are meticulously planned new towns where the grid layout looks brilliant on paper and baffling in a car.
Supporting Evidence
Milton Keynes has around 130 roundabouts, more per square mile than almost anywhere else in England, and its famous concrete cow sculptures have been stolen and vandalised so many times they've needed multiple replacements.