Tootler - Do you know how BIG Milton Keynes is - ie. the area of the city?

No, but I'm sure if I ask, you'll tell me, so I'm asking, though I have driven through/round MK on a couple of occasions.

I doubt it is actually any bigger than the urban sprawl that is Teesside which is where I live and I regularly go across the conurbation to one local folk club.

All I was looking for was somewhere welcoming to visitors reasonably near where I could spend a pleasant evening rather than staying cooped up in an anonymous hotel room.

The Bull at Barton sounds promising. Do they welcome visitors and what time do they usually start?