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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Denny Abbey Farmland Museum Local Residents Season Ticket
Denny Abbey Farmland Museum just up the A10 offer local residents, which includes people living in Milton, season tickets to the museum. These are available at the Museum Shop from 1st April or you can download a form from their web site . Ticket Prices: Families £17, Adults £8, Concessions £7, Children £5. More details […]
Denny Abbey Farmland Museum Seasonal Vacancy
Denny Abbey Farmland Museum have a seasonal vacancy (from April to November 2015) for a Tea Room Assistant. Rate of Pay: £7.29 per hour. Friendly person wanted to serve customers food and drinks, make sandwiches, keep the tea room clean and wash up. Work weekends on a rota system and occasional Bank Holiday Mondays and […]
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 […]
A14 Overnight Closures
In the continuing programme of overnight closures the A14 is closed westbound from junction 36 (the A11) as far as junction 32 Histon from tomorrow night (23/3) until Friday (27/3) from 8pm to 6am. So that means you won’t be able to get onto the A14 westbound at the Milton interchange (junction 33). Instead you’ll […]
Friday’s Eclipse
We weren’t blessed with great weather on Friday for the eclipse but villagers did their best to get photos and some succeeded. Mark England went along the A14 to Titchmarsh and took some photos which he’s posted here on Flicker. Photo by Mark England Chris Thomas took photos of the effects of the eclipse (and […]