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Somewhere to meet a friend in Milton Keynes

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HoldTightandPretenditsaPlan · 28/09/2019 09:54

I am currently EBF my 7 week old daughter and am looking for a place in Milton Keynes (halfway between where we both live), to meet for lunch. Obviously as soon as baby smells my food, she'll want feeding, so somewhere with comfortable seating where I can be discreet - I'm not comfortable being on display at the best of times. It doesn't have to be in the centre MK, just within the area.
Many thanks

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Perch · 28/09/2019 11:30

Stowe is at least 40 mins drive from MK if not more.

There is a Giraffe in Mk shopping centre that is very child friendly with lovely staff. Loads of other restaurants too.

The Frosts in Woburn have a great restaurant with a family area, free tap water and glasses and a microwave in the family area. Same at the Ikea.

Also the lovely market town of Olney just outside MK with lots of restaurants and coffee shops, very family friendly, free parking on the market place. About 15/20 mins drive from the centre

Prettyprettyplease · 28/09/2019 20:21

There are loads of nice places to meet in and around MK. Howe Park Wood café might be good - it's small, has free parking (iirc) and has some nice short walks close by for if the weather is good. It's not central but it is accessible. Willen Lake is another good one, with loads of walks, though you have to pay to park there. Willen has a café and a pub I think and again is not central but is accessible. Milton Keynes shopping centre itself has loads of cafés and restaurants if that's more your kind of thing, and Campbell Park is close by if you did decide you wanted to get outside.

Outside of the town but still close by, Rushmere Park is close to the A5 and has a nice café by a lake, or the country park at Marston Moretaine is quite close to the M1. Both have cafés and plenty of parking (I think Marston Moretaine has free parking but at Rushmere you do have to pay.

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HoldTightandPretenditsaPlan · 30/09/2019 12:39

Thanks for the suggestions. Is there anywhere bd friendly in Stony Stratford? Friend has suggested there.

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Prettyprettyplease · 01/10/2019 21:44

Sorry OP, I don't really know Stony - hopefully this message will at least bump your thread so someone more knowledgable sees it!

SockQueen · 03/10/2019 00:54

MK has a very young population so almost any restaurant you go in will have babies/kids in. I'm yet to come across one that's disapproved of bf! I don't know Stony very well, it's pretty with several nice little cafes/tea rooms. Because it's an older town than the rest of MK, some of the buildings are less buggy-friendly than you might find elsewhere but I'm sure there'll be suitable options around.

HoldTightandPretenditsaPlan · 08/10/2019 13:01

We decided to meet at the cherry tree garden centre just off the A5 towards towcester. It was absolutely perfect. The food was lovely and well priced and the sofa we sat at was comfy and would have been perfect to feed on... As it happens, the baby slept the whole time so it didn't matter anyway. But I would recommend it as a place to meet.

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