East of Saxon Gate: The Main Retail/service/entertainment District
This area is almost the highest point of Milton Keynes and includes the site of the moot mound (meeting place) for the Anglo-Saxon Secklow Hundred just behind the library.
The area is defined by Marlborough Street (V8, B4034) to the north-east, the Saxon Gate (Saxon Street, V7) to the south-west, Portway (H5, A509) to the north-west and Childs Way (H6) to the south-east. The core retail district is further delimited by Silbury and Avebury Boulevards, with civic and office developments outside the Boulevards.
The retail district includes thecentre:mk and Midsummer Place (the covered high streets that are the Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centres). The Library, Milton Keynes Borough Council civic offices and other commercial offices are on the north side of the shops; the theatre, art gallery, Theatre District, Xscape (see below), pubs, sports shops and other leisure facilities are on the south side.
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