Milton Country Park are increasing the size of the community orchard again this winter and you can help. For £50 you can sponsor a local variety fruit tree in the community orchard. If you wish on the 3rd January from 11am until 2:30pm you can also come along and plant it. The Park already has […]
List Administration
Mark Palmer pointed out to me this week that if you are reading milton-news via the digest option what you get is not entirely correct. In truth didn’t even realise I’d left it enabled for the milton-news mailing list (a list for which reading via a digest seems inappropriate as I often post event reminders […]
Steaming through Milton
Battle of Britain class 34067 “Tangmere” is passing through Milton on its way to Ely this Sunday (7/12). I think this may be its first visit. It should pass the level crossing on Fen Road at about 13:25 and will return at about 18:30. Full timetable here. Tangmere glimped from another train at Clapham Junction […]
Alex Campbell Makes the Grade
Congratulations to Cllr Alex Campbell 4th Dan Tang Soo Do on his recent grading examination on achieving Master status at karate. Alex at the 2005 Village Fayre
Parish Plan Preview
You are invited to a Preview of ‘A Plan for Milton‘ This is the report based on the village survey that is being prepared giving information about the data collected and the action plan submitted to the Parish Council. It will be sent to all households in the village. This event will take place on […]
Milton Environmental Group
The next meeting of the group is being held this Wednesday (3/12), at the Bowls Pavilion, Coles Road (on the right hand side of the car park, opposite the Doctor’s). All are welcome – just turn up. The meeting will have a speaker on solar energy, who will give a short presentation and answer any […]
Assistant Parish Clerk
Your parish council is looking for an assistant clerk to assist Jim and this advert is going out today. Assistant Parish Clerk vacancy, Milton Parish Council, Cambridgeshire Starting Salary: £9.81 per hour Scale SCP 21 (£18,882 per annum full time). Milton is a village of approximately 4,500 situated close to Cambridge with a thriving social […]
Parish Council
Your parish council meeting on Monday night at 7:15pm in the Bowls Pavilion on Coles Road. The full agenda is online. Planning applications on the agenda include first floor side and single storey rear extensions at 313 The Rowans, conversion of outbuilding to form annexe to main building at 42 Fen Road, and removal of […]
South Cambridgeshire Tenth Best Place to Live
South Cambridgeshire has been named as the tenth best place in Great Britain to live in the third annual Halifax Quality of Life Survey, improving one place from 11th last year. Considering factors such as house prices, labour market, housing market, environment, education and health, the survey ranks local authority areas according to their perceived […]
Leave a legacy – Plant a family tree
If Milton Country Park is special to you, you might like to leave a lasting legacy within it by planting a tree for your family. The rangers will be planting a mixture of native trees and shrubs in recently coppiced areas on the 7th December from 11am to 4pm. Why not call them on 420060 […]