The cornerstone of successful exhibiting is
reliant on strong and experienced organisational back-up. Proprietor of DavEx
(Davan Exhibitions Ltd.), Ann Pollard, has 24 years of
exhibitions experience and has built up an enviable working relationship with
the Shopping Centre authorities - essential when it comes to keeping everything
running smoothly.
Sales Manager, Maureen Parrish is
happy to provide information and general advice as to the suitability for your
inclusion in the exhibition. Our aim is to deal with individuals and companies
both large and small in an efficient and friendly way.
We believe that attention to detail in terms of organisation is
paramount, therefore, should you require any further information, you can fill
in the email enquiry form herein or call Maureen on
01582
478964 or write to us at:
Davan Exhibitions Ltd, PO Box 6332,
Leighton Buzzard, Beds, LU7 6BE.
Registered number 4328403
THE VENUE
There are lots of reasons to make...
...your first choice for exhibitions
The Centre:mk is one of Europe’s largest shopping centres.
Moreover, it is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest shopping
Mall in the world and a staggering 27 million people shop there each
year.
Our exhibitions are staged in Middleton Hall - a 22,000 sq.
ft open exhibition hall – directly outside the massive John Lewis store. This
provides the perfect opportunity to offer your goods and services to an eager
buying public.
 | Its central location and makes Milton Keynes an ideal exhibition venue; it’s
50 miles from London, Oxford and Cambridge and 80 from Birmingham; eight
million people live within an hour’s drive of the centre:mk. |
| The M1 and A5 trunk roads run through Milton Keynes and the M40 is just to
the west of Buckingham. |
| The congestion-free grid road network based on the North American model
makes it possible to drive from one side of Milton Keynes to the other in
approximately 15 minutes. |
| The West Coast main line from London Euston runs through Milton Keynes
(approximately 100 trains a day run between the two) and Heathrow,
Birmingham and Luton airports are within easy reach. |
| Milton Keynes has a relatively young population profile with 46 per cent
under 30yrs compared to a national average of 38 per cent. |
| Milton Keynes, designated as a new town on 23 January 1967, is the largest
new town in England. In 2007 it had its 40th birthday celebrations. |
| It is the fastest growing urban area in Britain with four decades of rapid
economic growth and success - approximately 220,000 people live in Milton
Keynes Borough today. |
| The phrase Cock and Bull Story originates from the two pubs of those names
in Stony Stratford. The "cock horse" in the rhyme "ride a
cock horse to Banbury Cross" derives from horses hired from the Cock
Inn.
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| The world's first operational computer was developed at Bletchley Park in
Milton Keynes.
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| The Point, the UK's first multi-plex cinema opened in 1985.
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| The UK's first motorway service station was at Newport Pagnell in Milton
Keynes Borough.
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| The first drive-through fast food outlet opened in the UK was in Milton
Keynes.
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| Midsummer Boulevard in Central Milton Keynes is so called because the sun
rises and sets at each end on Midsummer Day.
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| Key sequences of Superman IV were filmed in Milton Keynes.
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| Milton Keynes Shopping Centre was the first covered shopping mall in the
UK.
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| Olney, in the borough of Milton Keynes, is believed to be the place where
the origins of the pancake racing tradition on Shrove Tuesday can be found.
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| Milton Keynes has one of the largest collections of contemporary sculpture
in the country including works by Elisabeth Frink DBE, Wendy Taylor CBE,
John Clinch,Philomena Davis, Andre Wallace, Philip Jackson, Stephen Gregory
and Ronald Rae.
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| The Wren-style 'Church of Christ the Cornerstone' in Central Milton Keynes
is Britain's first purpose-built ecumenical city church. |
