There have been continuing problems in the past couple of weeks with several incidents of criminal damage involving the burning of waste bins, damage to windows at the Visitor Centre and also to a tractor. Please be aware if you use the park particularly in the evening and at night. If you see suspicious activity […]
Author: Paul Oldham
Milton Photographic Club
The next meeting of the club will be on Wednesday (15/4) at 7:45pm in the church hall. This will be a show and tell evening. The pictures this month should be ones NOT taken on a digital SLR camera. This covers film (but could anyone with slides please let me know in advance), point and […]
Friends of Milton Country Park AGM
Brian Eversham of The Wildlife Trust will give an illustrated talk on ‘Climate Change & Local Wildlife’ at on Sunday (12/5) at 2:30pm. He has introduced the talk by saying: Changes in local wildlife are among the first and strongest signals that the climate is changing. Seeing new species colonising our area is exciting, but […]
Parish Council
Your parish council meets on Monday night (13/5) at the Bowls Pavilion starting at 7:30pm. The full agenda can be found on their web site. This is the council’s annual general meeting so they have to elect a chairman and vice-chairman, appoint members to committees, and representatives to other organisations and authorities. The following planning […]
Farm College Open Day
This Sunday (9/6) the College of West Anglia’s Cambridge campus, better known to us as Milton farm college will be throwing open its doors for an open day that promises something for everyone. The event links with National Open Farm Sunday. Visitors will be able to explore the college’s Woodside farm to meet the animals. […]
County Council Election Results
In summary the results across the county in yesterday’s election were as follows: Party Seats +/- Conservative 32 -7 Liberal Democrat 14 -7 UK I P 12 +10 Labour 7 +4 Independent 4 +1 Green 0 -1 Total 69 Note that the “+/-” column is relative to the make up of the council immediately before […]
County Council Election Result
The result for the Waterbeach division, which includes Milton, in yesterday’s election was as follows: Name of Candidate Description (if any) Votes % Share CRANE Eleanor Ruth Green Party 122 4.3 FINLEY Paul Thomas Labour Party 191 6.7 GLOVER Richard UK Independence Party (UK I P) 279 9.7 HOCKNEY James The Conservative Party Candidate 1053 […]
Together for Short Lives
The Duchess of Cambridge, Royal Patron of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices ( ) which has a hospice in Church Lane in Milton, has celebrated Children’s Hospice Week with this video on behalf of Together for Short Lives the national group of children’s hospices. This post includes a video, if it’s not visible then click here.
Discover Medieval Landbeach
Slightly outside Milton but the Cambridgeshire Archaeology and the County Farms Estate will be holding a free guided walk around historic Landbeach on Wednesday (1/5) from 7pm. The village of Landbeach has a rich heritage stretching back as far as the Iron Age. This includes the remains of two medieval manors, whose earthworks can still […]
Annual Parish Meeting
The Annual Parish Meeting will take place on Monday (22/4) in the Lounge at Milton Community Centre, Coles Road commencing at 7:30pm. Representatives from and will give a brief talk on the new Cambridge Science Park station. Please come along – it’s your opportunity to ask any questions about the new station, or anything else.
| Bins Schedule |   |
Thu, 25 July | Black Bin Collection |
Thu, 1 August | Blue Bin Collection |
Thu, 8 August | Black Bin Collection |
Thu, 15 August | Blue Bin Collection |
Thu, 22 August | Black Bin Collection |