My Milton Keynes Stag Weekend: A Real Groom's Review

Editor's Note (December 2025): While this legendary stag do took place a few years ago, we have updated this post to ensure all venues, activities, and prices are accurate for the 2026 season.

My mate Liam loves Milton Keynes. I know that sounds like a weird statement, but it is true. He’s a bit of a metalhead, and he’s been to some of his favourite gigs of all time at the Milton Keynes Bowl (Metallica, Black Sabbath, Slayer—the lot).

He’s also a bit older than most of us, and is only just now getting married (we joke that he’s got to do it before he turns forty, otherwise she won’t want him anymore!). So when he asked me to be his best man, he already knew where he wanted to go for his stag weekend.

I was a bit sceptical if I’m honest. Milton Keynes is not traditionally at the top of anyone's list for a stag do, but we all know the rules: what the stag wants, the stag gets. So when the weekend rolled around, I picked him up in a car that contained two other hyperactive lads and one bottle of tequila, and we were off.

Friday: Arrival & The Bar Crawl Babes

We rolled up to our accommodation, a simple Travelodge, which we requested because we weren’t planning to spend too much time there! We checked into our functional triple rooms. There was a little debate about who was sleeping in the same room as who (mostly due to the ridiculous gas levels a couple of the group are known to emit), but once that was resolved we headed to a nearby pub for food and the first drink of the evening.

Liam didn’t want to do much on the first night apart from drink and have a laugh, so I decided our cash would be better spent with a guide showing us around. That’s why we booked the Bar Crawl Babes.

These lovely ladies met us at the pub and took us on a tour of Milton Keynes' best (and worst) bars. To be honest, this was perfect. After we clarified what kind of music Liam was into, our evening was tailored perfectly, even ending up at a Rock Night in a popular club, which we all absolutely adored! A perfect start.

Saturday: Karts & Zorbs

The next morning, most of us staggered out of bed for the first activity: Go-Karting. After leaving two lads behind who were so hungover they couldn’t stand up, the rest of us headed to the track. We quickly proved that none of us are ever going to be F1 drivers, but a couple were significantly better than everyone else!

We stopped at a pub for a quick lunch (which Steve from The Stag and Hen Experience had helped me find), where the two "casualties" from the morning finally joined us. A full compliment of stags then went to enjoy activity number two: Zorb Football.

Just to say: if you think you’ll be good at Zorb Football because you are good at football, you are an idiot. One of the lads boasts that he was a "semi-pro" (which none of us can actually verify), and there was nothing sweeter than seeing him get bounced around the room like a pinball every time he tried to get his feet on the ball. We weren't good at football, but we got very good at slamming into each other!

Saturday Night: Casino Wins

Our second night out was solo—no guides this time. But since we’d had such a good grounding of the local area the night before, it didn’t feel like we were out of our depth.

We’re not a group for whom beer is the only option. We embraced pitchers of coloured cocktails, weird shots, and anything you could order. By the time we were heading to a nightclub, anything could happen.

We popped into a Gentlemen's Club to get the stag a special dance of his very own. Then it was onto a cheesy nightclub, followed by a trip to the Casino. Liam and I seemed to be able to do no wrong—we ended up walking out well up on the weekend, which was a massive bonus!

The Verdict

The Sunday was mostly taken up with headaches, painkillers, and laughing. As we were leaving, Joe (one of Liam’s oldest friends), said he never imagined a weekend in Milton Keynes could be so much fun.

It was a stag weekend that could never have happened anywhere else. So if you are considering it, trust me—you should definitely do it! You can see the full range of accommodation and activities available on our Milton Keynes location page.

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