The sport of footgolf is coming to Milton following the UK governing body‘s decision to base their East of England headquarters at the 9 hole Milton Park golf course on Ely Road at the north end of the village which went into liquidation last summer. The course itself will become an 18 hole footgolf course. […]
Author: Paul Oldham
Parish Council
Your parish council meets this Tuesday night (7/4) at the Bowls Pavilion starting at 7:30pm. The agenda can be found on their web site. Council will be considering the following planning applications in Milton village: – 45 Cambridge Road, Milton – Two storey rear extension and side and rear roof extension. – 40 Old School […]
Milton Footgolf Course Clubhouse Licence
As some villagers may already know the new footgolf course at the old golf course on Ely Road recently applied for a 24/7 licence which would allow it to serve alcohol any time, day and night, seven days a week, plus “Adult Entertainment”, and live music both inside and outside the building. Unsurprisingly Milton Parish […]
Easter Egg Hunt in the Park
On Easter Sunday (5/4) the Friends of have hidden local organisations around the Park. Children must follow the trail to find the stalls, for a mixture of activities and displays, plus eggs to collect. Start the trial from the Friends’ Stall in front of the Visitor Centre any time between 2pm and 3:30pm. Entries £2.50 […]
Standing as a Parish Councillor
This May we have elections for both parish and district council in Milton. We are currently one parish councillor down there may well be others who choose not to stand again as with a fifteen member council there’s always some turnover every four years. So would you be interested in standing? Before the last election […]
Nominations open for District Council election
Anyone wanting to stand as a district councillor for Milton is being urged by to come forward as one of our two seats becomes vacant this time around as Cllr Hazel Sminth comes to the end of her term. Nominations open on Wednesday (1st April) with potential councillors being asked to pick up a nomination […]
Easter at All Saints’
Unsurprisingly All Saints’ church are pulling out all the stops over the next week with a full programme of services and other events. You can find dates and times in the village diary and of particular interest to younger villagers will be Messy Easter on Good Friday.
Paddle Boarding in Milton Country Park
are running another programme of paddle boarding in this summer. Experts say paddle boarding, which involves standing on a board and moving through the water using a long paddle, feels like walking on water because it works on the still surface of a lake. One of the world’s fastest-growing water sports, paddleboarding is good exercise […]
The Big Give – Fling a Fiver @ Phoenix
Phoenix Milton provide disadvantaged young people and adults with a range of learning opportunities in a safe, supported working environment sustained through the sale of produced goods from their premises on the industrial estate off the access road to . They can also be accessed on foot from the play area in the Park. They […]
The Cathedrals Express … but no “Mayflower”
As promised we got The Cathedrals Express through last Saturday but as Ian Blair, who made the effort to go down to take more photos in less clement weather than on its previous visit, discovered “Mayflower” wasn’t hauling the train as promised. Instead it was hauled by a Class 47 diesel “County of Essex”. Ian […]