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Walking Festival: A Literary Green City Walk with MK Lit Fest

Join us for a literary walk in Milton Keynes' city centre.

Walking Festival: A Literary Green City Walk with MK Lit Fest

Sun 11 May 2025

14:00 PM

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Adults only

Let the writers of Milton Keynes take you for an adventure into their imaginations as we stroll with them from MK Central Station and around the Teardrop Lakes and Loughton Valley Park, spinning poems and tales with a twist.

Join us for this literary walk, featuring the very best of local writing from MK Lit Fest’s fabulous anthologies of creative writing.

Date: Sunday 11 May, 2pm - 4pm

Location: Starting and ending at MK Central Station Plaza - What3words eggshell.monopoly.latched

Places can be reserved online, or just meet us in the Station Plaza on the day!

No fixed ticket price. Pay what you can.

Event is part of the MK Walking Festival in collaboration with Milton Keynes Literary Festival.

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