Milton Keynes

One of the last and largest settlements to be born from the New Towns Act, Milton Keynes was officially made a city in 2022, 55 years after it was first designated. MK today is one of the UK’s great centres of enterprise and innovation, with the country’s fourth highest rate of business start-ups per capita, as well as one of the nation’s greenest cities, with 6,000 acres of parkland, rivers, lakes and woodland. One of the largest employers in the region, Milton Keynes City Council is a unitary authority with responsibilities for all local-government services in MK, including education, housing, highways and social services.

Commissioned by Milton Keynes Development Partnership (MKDP) and Milton Keynes City Council, British-Nigerian artist and designer Yinka Ilori MBE – known for dynamic and playful work intended to foster joy, connection and conversation – created a large-scale 2D installation that filling Milton Keynes Station Square space with colour and capture the dynamism of one of the fastest-growing cities in the UK.

Inspired by the city, and Ilori’s roots, incorporating Nigerian textile patterns, ‘Walk With Your Dreams’ is a celebration of Milton Keynes’ diverse population and a tribute to the city’s visionary origins, dynamic present and ambitious future.

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On 2 October 2025, Milton Keynes revealed a dramatic transformation to Station Square – the gateway to the city and one of the largest public-realm spaces in the UK.

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02 Oct 2025

Yinka Ilori MBE invites Milton Keynes to ‘Walk With Your Dreams’: Exuberant installation in regenerated MK Station Square pays tribute to the UK’s trailblazing city

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