Milton Village

Your parish council has added an extra item to the end of the agenda for next Monday’s meeting: “Suggested response to proposed application by Turnstone to build a hotel on land by the A14 (to be circulated) – note that the application has not yet been received”. At June’s full parish council meeting the council […]

The Chapterhouse Theatre Company are bringing A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Milton Country Park on Wednesday, 2nd July starting at 7:30pm. This will be an open air production so bring your own rugs or low backed seating. Tickets are available from the Rangers office in the Visitor Centre, the Cambridge Corn Exchange Box Office, or […]

The maintenance committee also meets on Monday night with a nominal start time of 8pm but given the preceding meeting I suspect it may start somewhat later. Full agenda on the village web site but it’s looking at cemetery fees, the state of the trees there, the grass cutting contract, and what to do about […]

Your Parish Council’s planning committee meets on Monday night at 7pm at the council office (note the time and location). This is an important meeting as it will be considering the application to re-develop the old electricity board site at the north end of the village as a retirement community which will include 121 new […]

Cambridge Sports Lakes Trust have entered into an agreement with Cambridge Fish Preservation and Angling Society Ltd (CFPAS) for them to manage the fishing rights at Milton Country Park. Anglers wishing to fish the lakes will need to buy a CFPAS season or day ticket. More information on the Friends of Milton Country Park web […]

Milton Children’s Hospice Gala Day is being held on Saturday (21/6) in the grounds of Milton Hall.

The Country Park’s Bare Necessities Café is looking for staff. They need a number of friendly and reliable staff who can work on a casual basis with existing staff to provide a quality refreshment service to our visitors. For further details please contact Mick Woolhouse at Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust on 01223 576360.

The annual Children’s Hospice gala is taking place on Saturday from 11am to 3pm in the grounds of Milton Hall. Entertainment, BBQ, teas, drinks, stalls, games, tractor rides, fun for all the family. Pedestrian access is via Church Lane, cars via the Pi Shurlock entrance on Ely Road.

This is now old news to those who read milton-chat but the recent activity in the field opposite Tesco was because the main sewage pipe had been broken by the company who had been instructed to do some trial bore holes as part of the preliminary investigation for the redevelopment of the site. As you […]

There has been some discussion on the milton-chat mailing list about what’s going on in the field opposite Tesco where we still had water pooling even after the hot spell. There had previously been speculation that this was down to the protective membrane having not been removed after the field was used during the A14/A10 […]