Riders and walkers telling each other which redway routes are clear, rough going or blocked right now — alongside the council's Report It route, which is the thing that gets a defect fixed.
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Milton Keynes has 270 km of redway — a segregated network for bikes and people on foot that runs alongside the grid roads and through the linear parks, mostly separate from traffic. The city's own maintenance programme resurfaces a handful of stretches a year, chosen partly from what residents report.
What stops a rider on a redway is rarely the thing that stops a car. It is a flooded underpass after heavy rain, glass, a broken or lifted surface, or vegetation grown across the width. This board is riders and walkers telling each other which routes are like that right now.
It does not report anything to the council. To get a defect logged and fixed you have to use Report It, which is linked below — please do both.
Tap a route to say how it is to ride or walk right now.
Redway alongside H3 Monks Way
The northern cross-city route, Wolverton end to the Willen and Newport Pagnell side.
No reports yet
Redway alongside H5 Portway
East–west through the middle of the north, past Bradwell and Downhead Park.
No reports yet
Redway alongside H6 Childs Way
East–west through Shenley, the CMK fringe and Simpson.
No reports yet
Redway alongside H7 Chaffron Way
East–west across the south, Tattenhoe end through Oldbrook to Walnut Tree.
No reports yet
Redway alongside H8 Standing Way
The A421 corridor across the south of the city.
No reports yet
Redway alongside V6 Grafton Street
North–south from the Stony Stratford end through CMK towards Bletchley.
No reports yet
Redway alongside V8 Marlborough Street
North–south past New Bradwell, Campbell Park and Walton.
No reports yet
Redway alongside V10 Brickhill Street
North–south on the eastern side, Newport Pagnell end down past Caldecotte.
No reports yet
Railway Walk
The old railway line path through Wolverton and New Bradwell — two sections of it are in the council's 2026–2027 improvement programme.
No reports yet
Ouse Valley Park
The riverside routes along the Great Ouse in the north of the city — the first to go under after heavy rain.
No reports yet
Central Milton Keynes underpasses
The subways under the grid roads around CMK, where standing water and lighting are the usual complaints.
No reports yet
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Getting it fixed
These are neighbours, not the council — nothing reported here reaches anyone who can repair it. To get a defect logged and dealt with, report it officially: Report It — Milton Keynes City Council — Redway and road defects go through the council's Report It pages. Highway inspectors survey the network through the week, with monthly safety inspections on the major routes, and defects are triaged as either a safety issue needing a quick repair or an item for a later resurfacing programme. Something dangerous right now: 01908 252353 in office hours, 01908 226699 out of hours. One thing worth knowing before you need it — the council will only consider a claim for damage caused by a defect that had already been reported to them.Report a hazard: 01908 252353
How this works
Each report counts for about 24 hours, then drops off on its own. A route shows once at least 1 recent report is in; when several are in we show the middle one, so a single voice can’t swing it.
These are reports from neighbours who happened to be out on the route, not an inspection by the council. A route with nothing on it is a route nobody has reported yet, not a route that is fine. And nothing posted here reaches anyone who can send a repair crew — Report It does that.