Milton Country Park
A haven of peace and quiet not far from the city of Cambridge
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Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust took over the management of Milton Country Park from South Cambridgeshire District Council on the 1st April 2008.
The park is situated adjacent to the Eastern end of the main Sport Lakes Site.
- Opening Times
- Events
- Being Active at MCP
- History
- Map
- Rangers Diary
- Facilities
- The Friends of Milton Country Park
- Contact the Park
- Fishing
- A network of paths over 2 miles in length that run throughout the area, suitable for bicycles and wheelchairs, as well as those on foot. Access is also available to the Fen Rivers Way.
- Plenty of areas for picnics and 2 areas of play equipment for children.
- Dogs are welcome but please remember that byelaws relating to dogs on leads and 'poop scoops' are in operation.
- Fishing is available in both of the lakes from a number of easily accessible platforms, however, an annual permit or a day ticket from the Angling Club is required.
- Entry to the park is free of charge.
The Park itself is open to the public 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
However, the car park the Visitor Centre and toilet block are open from 8am each day, every day of the year except Christmas Day. Rangers are on duty in the park at these times.
Closing times vary according to the season, please contact the Visitor Centre for more details.
Currently the car park and Visitor Centre close at 7pm. The Cafe closes between 3 & 4pm.
(26/06/10)
Milton Country Park has a busy programme of events running throughout the year. To see whats coming up in 2010 please see our 2010 Events Diary
Sport In The Park, July 2009.
For upcoming Cambridge Sport Lakes Events please see the events page.
Buggyfit
A regular, Monday morning, outdoor fitness group for mums with babies.
For more information please visit http://www.buggyfit.co.uk or
http://www.bumperciseandaquatots.co.uk/buggyfit.html
Parkrun
A free, timed, 5k run around Milton Country Park, every Saturday at
9am (Starting 30th Jan 2010). 
Please see the Parkrun website for more details.
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/cambridge/home.aspx
Healthy Walks
Milton Country Park is an accredited member of Natural Englands 'Walking the way to health' scheme.
Walks run on Tuesday afternoons, meeting at the visitor centre at 2pm.
Please contact us for more details.
Formerly farmland, both arable and pasture, Milton Country Park owes much of its present appearance to the extraction of sand and gravel for the building of roads and houses from about 1930 to 1960. However, the first material taken from the site was clay, in much smaller quantities, by Romano British potters about 1800 years previously.
When sand and gravel extraction ceased around 1960, the site became overgrown with thick hawthorn and willow scrub and entered a period of neglect and misuse that ended in 1990 when work started on the Country Park. This work continued until 1993, the year the Park opened to the public.
For PDF map of the site please click here
Cafe Diem at Milton Country Park
Cafe Diem will be open 10am-5pm, 7 days a week, serving hot and cold drinks, light lunches, cakes and ice creams.
Please do continue to support the park by stopping in for a quick coffee or a bite to eat.
Bookings
The upstairs space in the visitors centre is avaiable to hire for meetings and events. For more information please see the documents below;
Call the visitor centre on: 01223 420060
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Friends of Milton Country Park
The parks group of volunteers who fundraise and organise events.
Membership is free and you can join by writing to;
FOMCP c/o Visitor Centre
Milton Country Park
Cambridge Road
Milton, Cambridge CB24 6AZ
or you can email: friends@miltoncountrypark.org
Fishing at Milton Country Park
For information on fishing at Milton Country Park, please contact Cambridge Fish Preservation and Angling Society
* Photos courtesy of Keely Squires and Aimee Mason.