You Can Bike Too, which is based at , is an all inclusive cycling project which has grown from a small idea into an amazing opportunity allowing people of all ages and abilities to become more bike confident. The project, run in partnership with Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust and The You Can Hub, aims to […]
Author: Paul Oldham
A14 Upgrade to Bring 10 Months of Misery
We have been notified by Costain, who are working with the Highways Agency, that on Monday they are starting a programme of road improvements on the A14 between J31 at Girton and J32 at Histon. The improvements are part of the targeted improvement programme and pinch point programme and are by their very nature intended […]
News from North Lodge Park
We received an email from Richard Leyland this week which was intended for all of you: I just wanted to say hello, and to give a little update on North Lodge Park, the new development of homes being built by Bellway at the North end of Milton. My family and I moved in last week. […]
Milton Photographic Club
The next meeting of the club will be on Wednesday (16/4) at 7:45pm in the church hall. It will be a show and tell with an open theme. Please bring up to four images or email to submit@miltonphotographicclub.org.uk All welcome. Please bring £2 as a contribution for use of the hall.
Parish Council
Your parish council meets this Monday night (7/4) at the Bowls Pavilion starting at 7:30pm. The full agenda can be found on their web site. The following planning applications are being considered relating to properties in Milton village: – 71 Coles Road, Milton – Single storey front porch extension. – 3 Pearson Close, Milton – […]
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough CCG Consultation
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group are holding a consultation on proposals to improve older people’s healthcare and adult community services. They write: We want to improve older people’s healthcare and adult community services for residents across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and those parts of Northamptonshire and Hertfordshire included in the CCG’s catchment area. We have […]
Running the London Marathon for EACH
A reminder that in a little over a week on Sunday, 13th April Dr Hunt of Milton Surgery is running the London Marathon in aid of , the children’s hospices charity one of which is located in Milton, and he is hoping you will support him. He writes: I am really excited about running the […]
Green Dragon Bridge Remains Closed
On 4th January we reported that the Green Dragon bridge in Chesterton, which is used by many villagers as a foot and cycle route into the east end of Cambridge, would be closed for the next ten weeks or so while contractors grit blasted the metal structure and repaired the ironwork before the bridge is […]
Green Dragon Bridge Re-Opened
The Green Dragon bridge in Chesterton, which is used by many villagers as a foot and cycle route into the east end of Cambridge and which has been closed since the new year for refurbishment, has finally re-opened.
The Ghost of Milton Hall
While doing some research on the history of Milton Hall we came across Violet Tweedale, a Scottish author, poet, and spiritualist who lived in the hall with her husband Clarens some time around 1900. In 1919 she published a book called Ghosts I Have Seen and Other Psychic Experiences. It includes a story about a […]