Snowboard at Milton Keynes' Xscape

Sports and activities


Whether you want to watch some live sporting action or take part in some thrilling activities, Milton Keynes is the place to visit. You’ll discover a wide range of sporting activities to keep everyone occupied, from the action-seeking adventurer to the armchair sports fan.

  • Home to the Milton Keynes Dons football team their brand new 30,000 all-seater capacity state-of-the-art stadium
  • Watch live basketball and ice hockey with two professional teams, MK Lions and MK Lightning, playing in the city
  • Milton Keynes is also home to the National Badminton Centre and the National Hockey Stadium
  • Indoor real-snow skiing and snowboarding at SNO!zone at the Xscape complex, as well as rock-climbing and indoor sky-diving at Airkix
  • At Willen Lake you can try watersports, cable-tow waterskiing or wakeboarding, the high ropes course, adventure golf or hire a bike and cycle around the two lakes 
  • 10 golf courses within the city centre and surrounding areas, including Woburn Golf Club, ranked one of the top 100 courses in the UK
  • Try karting at Daytona or sports-car racing on the legendary Silverstone circuit, just 15 minutes’ drive away
  • If want to get on your bike and explore what Milton Keynes has to offer why not try the new Heritage Cycle Trails. Suitable for those who want to get off the main roads and discover a different side of this new city with rivers, parks, villages and beautiful wildlife. To find out more about the trails click here
  • And if you still want more, Aerial Extreme lets you climb through the treetops on the gravity-defying rope adventure course

There’s loads more to discover including ice-skating, skateboarding, horse-riding, sailing, quad-biking, BMX-ing and tobogganing. Whatever sport or activity you’re into – Milton Keynes is the destination you can find it.

To find out more about the sport and activities available within Milton Keynes call us on +44 (0)1908 677010 or email us at info@destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk.