Talk:Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre

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[edit] Name

I deliberately created one page covering both thecentre:mk and Midsummer Place because:

  • from the point of view of a shopper (or a geographer) they form one shopping centre, and
  • the combination can claim to be one of the biggest shopping centres in Britain (note that the management of thecentre:mk include Midsummer Place in some statistics such as the gross letting area).

But there is no commonly used name for the combination, and so I had to find a name for the page. I chose to call it Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre. I also considered using:

  • "Central Milton Keynes Shopping Area" - This is what appears on the plaque from the 1979 opening ceremony, but the name seems to be used to include everything up to Avebury Boulevard.
  • "Milton Keynes Regional Shopping Centre" - In the 1990s there were roadsigns to the "Regional Shopping Centre", but this description seems to be no longer used.

JonH 14:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Agreed - modern signs point to TheCentre:MK, which would not be accurate. Excellent article!
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