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The Parks Trust is busy preparing for Big Doggie Do, which will be held at Willen Lake over the bank holiday weekend, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May 2019. This hugely popular free event will be over two days again for 2019; with dog shows, charity stalls and activities for all dog lovers to enjoy. Big Doggie Do will run from 12noon to 5pm each day – event days start with registration for the fun dog show, with different categories each day including; Best Golden Oldie, Most Appealing Eyes, Greatest Paw Shaker and Dog That Looks Most Like Their Owner...

Buckingham based beauty salon, Harmony Skin and Beauty Therapy will open its doors to the public to celebrate its 15th anniversary and raise money for the Brain Tumour Research charity in memory of a long-standing client who sadly passed away in March. Taking place on Saturday 18th May, between 11am – 4pm guests can receive free express treatments and a complimentary Dermalogica® face mapping – a skin analysis technique that allows specialists to prescribe a targeted skincare regime for an individual’s unique needs. Plus, anyone attending will be able to take part in competitions to win products or treatments and..

The Parks Trust, the self-financing charity that organises and enables over 450 events and activities in its parks each year, invites everyone to head outside and join them from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th May 2019 for its annual Walking Festival. There will be 18 walks held over the three days at different locations across the city, giving people the opportunity to explore somewhere new and enjoy Milton Keynes’ beautiful and inspiring landscapes. To celebrate the 10th year anniversary of MK Walking Festival we’ve included a real highlight and challenge to get involved with. Join the 25-mile challenge walk on..

Congratulations to everyone who took part! It was a record-breaking weekend for the Rightmove MK Marathon Weekend 2019, with more people than ever running, and the biggest crowds the event has ever seen! The whole weekend was a roaring success, with 10,000 runners coming from far and wide to take part in one (or more) of the five races across Sunday 5 and Monday 6 May. Andy Hully Race Director and Founder – who ran in his own event for the first time ever this year – said: “This has absolutely been the best MK Marathon Weekend in our eight-year..

To the dog walkers who use the green expanse to exercise their pets, Bury Field is a tranquil, wide open space. But Bury Field has a rich history, and it has been at the heart of life in Newport Pagnell for a millennium. During that time, it has been utilised for mass burials, been used by courting couples and grazing livestock, commandeered for the war effort, and much, much more. Bury Field's name came from the word Burh, and it is believed that the space was given over to agriculture from the ninth century - traces of ridge and furrow..

MK Cat Rescue and Milton Keynes Veterinary Group are proud and excited to announce a new event for the community of animal lovers in MK: MK Animals Family Fun Day, to be held on 19 May 2019 from 11am to 4pm at Great Linford Manor Park. This inaugural event hopes to bring together animal lovers from Milton Keynes and beyond to celebrate a love for animals and the amazing work of local animal charities. As well as MK Cat Rescue, there will be many local animal charities taking part on the day, including MK RSPCA, Animals In Need, Men in..

MK Playday have been successfully shortlisted in applying for the Tesco Bags of Help Grant Scheme. The MK Playday project will be put forward to a customer vote in Tesco stores during May and June 2019. Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 awarded to local community projects. Three groups in every Tesco region have been shortlisted to receive the cash award and shoppers are being invited to head along to Tesco stores to vote for who they think should take away the top grant. MK Playday is..

Willen Hospice has again joined forces with Specsavers Milton Keynes for this year’s MK Midnight Moo, which takes place on Saturday 13 July. With less than three months to go, organisers are appealing to local ladies to sign up and join them to walk the 10 mile Moo, or shorter Half Moo route, on what it the charity’s biggest night of the year. Specsavers have again sponsored this year’s bespoke Moo vests, which will be worn by approximately 1,000 women during their walk. The neon-green vests go perfectly with this year’s disco theme. Ladies are encouraged to join in the..

Following the launch of London’s Ultra Low Emissions zone, in the Capital’s bid to clean up toxic air, we look at the success of Milton Keynes’ electric vehicle take up and infrastructure – which has seen the BBC name the City as having the highest number of EV charge points in the country.* Following the launch of a five-year programme in 2017, which set out Milton Keynes’ bid to become a Go Ultra Low City, Milton Keynes now boasts over 300 charge points, including 50 rapid charge points, and, according to the EV Experience Centre (EVEC), recorded 100% uptake on..

MK Dons announced their latest Club partnership today, as they continue to build the relationship with Milton Keynes based STORM Office Solutions. The partnership will be focused on streamlining, optimising and reducing the costs of the MK Dons office and IT operations, so the club can redirect important spend and funds on to other areas to help with its growth. Sam Bendall, Managing Director of STORM says, “We feel excited to be partnering and supporting MK Dons. Both STORM and MK Dons have a lot of similarities; we're both professional organisations, striving for excellence in our respective fields, we're both..

With only two days to go until Aqua Parcs opens, the team has released a sneak peek at what the new and bigger park will look like – and ‘buoy’ it’s good! With new obstacles – the first of their kind in the country – the course is set to attract people from across the region to its Milton Keynes Willen Lake location. Amongst the new obstacles includes the Apex 30. Standing at 5’ tall above water level, guests will be challenged to crawl, jump, slide and run across the s-shaped feature that twists and turns in every direction. Next..

Local people are being invited to take advantage of a Will writing service this May as the Willen Hospice Will Month returns. Ten legal firms have teamed up to support the charity by writing Wills in return for a donation to the Hospice. The service is available for anyone who would like to create a new Will or change an existing one. Lisa Kinrade, Project and Partnership Development at Willen Hospice, said: “It’s never too early to write a Will and it is often on the ‘to-do’ list. If it’s something you still need to arrange, Will Month provides an..

Campbell Wharf Marina, at Crest Nicholson’s Campbell Wharf development, has been acquired by The Parks Trust who will manage future operations at the Marina. The new 111 berth Marina will provide a destination for boaters and canal users in Milton Keynes, with direct access to the Grand Union Canal and additional services to be provided nearby as part of the wider Campbell Wharf development. The Marina will open next week, on 6th May 2019, and boat owners can reserve their berths now via the Campbell Wharf Marina website - already around 40 berths have been reserved. The Parks Trust was..

Annual History Festival - May 11 & 12, 2019 Milton Keynes Museum is preparing to be invaded this May, as the annual History Festival returns. The hugely popular event is a chance to rub shoulders with those who played key roles in the history of the area, and to see how they lived, worked, fought and played. Battle will commence on Saturday, May 11 – the start of two days of displays, and a whole load of family fun too! The hands-on hub will be spanning the centuries, presenting almost two thousand years of living history across the weekend. Make..

This year Stowe House is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birthday, by opening up its grand state room for its first ever sleepover for families with children between the ages of 7-11. The event will include an evening of crafts activities and Victorian games, as well as, a torch-lit tour of the house led by the 2nd Duke (the infamous owner of Stowe House who plunged the family into great debt) and a visit from the Queen Victoria. The characters will be played by professional historical actors from the skilled History Needs You team. HistoryNeedsYou are a history..