Shopping can be for both necessity and pleasure. The majority of shopping centres, supermarkets, and retail centres throughout Milton Keynes are accessible for disabled people. Even the more traditional high streets in the local area are improving, with lowered kerbs, accessible doorways, and suitable road crossings.
Centre:mk Milton Keynes
Guest Services, 24 Silbury Arcade,
Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3DX
Tel: 01908 398115
Web: https://www.centremk.com/visit/guest-services/
Visit Guest Services in centre:mk, or call ahead, if you require mobility help on your visit. There is free electric mobility scooters and wheelchair hire from the Guest Services Lounge. Pre-booking is required.
The opening hours are:
Monday-Friday: 9:30am-8:00pm
Saturday: 9.30am – 7pm
Sunday: 11:00am-4:00pm
Please note that you will be required to provide a photo ID and proof of your address to hire the equipment.
Sunflower lanyards are available. Guide dogs and medical assistance dogs are allowed. Toilets are accessible at any time the centre is open to the public at our Guest Services Lounge. Wider disabled toilets are available and a dedicated ‘changing places’ toilet, featuring a left and right transfer toilet for wheelchair users, adult changing table with electric powered hoist and emergency alarms. Free individual period products in the toilets and free to use hairdryers.
. These facilities have Changing Places status and include:
- Left and right transfer toilets for wheelchair users
- Adult changing table, adjustable with electric powered hoist
- Radar key access (key also available from Guest Services)
- Emergency alarms
Midsummer Place
67 Midsummer Place Central
Milton Keynes, MK9 3GB
Tel: 01908 557 000
Web: https://midsummerplace.co.uk/centre-info
See Guest Services above for details on disabled equipment available. They also have free WiFi, Power Bank for mobile charging, Amazon lockers and first aiders on every shift.
Quiet hours are there for anyone who prefers a quieter setting within Midsummer Place. Music is turned down and lights dimmed.
Quiet Hours run every Monday from 4pm-6pm.
All participating retailers, restaurants and leisure facilities will commit to a minimum of:
- Reducing noise of in-store music and tannoy announcements: Overwhelming noise is a common barrier to autistic people accessing shops. Where possible, in-store announcements and other controllable noise will be reduced.
- Dimming lights: Wherever possible, while maintaining safe premises, lights should be dimmed or switched off.
BucksVision
143 Meadowcroft,
Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 9HH
Tel: 01296 487556
Email: reception@bucksvision.co.uk
Web: bucksvision.co.uk
A shopping service ‘Shop and See’ is currently run by Bucks Vision as part of the offering from the Milton Keynes Reader Service. For further details and information on their waiting list please contact BucksVision.
Wiltshire Farm Foods
2 Soulbury Road, Stewkley
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 0DL
Tel: 0800 077 3100
Local Outlet: 01525 242220
Web: https://wiltshirefarmfoods.com/
Wiltshire Farm Foods is a frozen meals home delivery service. The kitchens, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, produce over 250 different meals and desserts, including options from the soft and pureed and ethnic ranges. Most dishes come as a single serving and include accompanying vegetables.
Each meal is frozen as soon as it’s cooked, and this ensures flavour and nutrition standards are as high as possible. The orders are then dispatched from local outlets. There is a free home delivery service, which is available throughout the UK, and delivery is available weekly.
Wiltshire Farm Foods can produce a wide range of meals that cater for many different dietary requirements including diabetic, gluten-free, low-fat, low-salt, and vegetarian.
Orders can be regular weekly orders or just occasionally. There is no need to sign up for regular deliveries.
Orders can be made online or by phone. Please call or visit the website to request a brochure.