What's On

To celebrate the opening of their brand-new salon at Brooklands Farm, Broughton, premier group Seckingtons is held the ultimate launch party at their brand new luxury five-star salon in Milton Keynes. Opening their doors for business at the end of 2017, Seckingtons Milton Keynes offers guests a haven in the countryside to unwind and relax. The launch of salon number two will took place on Monday 9th April 2018 between the hours of 5pm and 8pm and everyone was invited. To create the biggest launch party possible for the people of Milton Keynes, the team have joined forces with luxury..

The Parks Trust, the self-financing charity that manages and maintains over 6,000 acres of green space across Milton Keynes, is launching two new regular walks from this month. Discovery Strolls will be held on the third Tuesday of every month, starting from Tuesday 17th April at Great Linford Manor Park at 2pm. Taking place at different locations across the city including Caldecotte Lake and Wolverton Mill, these will be short walks with plenty of stops and toilet facilities available on site. The Discovery Strolls will be suitable for people of all ages and abilities. They will be dementia, autism and..

Lakeview Lodge Care Home on Jersey Drive, Newton Leys is delighted to announce that they are taking part in the initiative, National Care Home Open Day on Saturday 21st of April and will be opening their doors to the local community from 10am – 4pm. The idea behind the day is to encourage local people to visit care homes in their community and to work together to develop better relationships. This important connection is something that Lakeview Lodge Care Home has nurtured since opening in August 2017, when the ribbon was cut by the Mayor of Milton Keynes. Since its..

This week, Maaya Indian Kitchen & Bar was awarded the Best Indian Restaurant in Milton Keynes 2018 at the Restaurant & Bar Awards, hosted by global luxury magazine LUX Magazine.  Judges selected the independent Indian restaurant in The Hub and presented the award to joint owner and manager, Mo Abdul, he said: “We’re delighted to have won this award, which is the result of hard work and a passion to be the best in Milton Keynes.”  Maaya opened two years ago and has already won several awards, including being short-listed for the British Curry Awards. To celebrate the LUX Magazine..

Pret a Manger at intu shopping centre has joined forces again with Willen Hospice for this year’s charity event, MK Midnight Moo, which takes place on Saturday 14 July. They have supported the event for the last ten years and will once again be staying open through the night to serve event volunteers, supporters and staff.  The restaurant will be providing breakfast snacks and hot drinks for walkers as they complete their challenge - a ten mile walk under the stars.  They join a team of supporters already on board, including Specsavers, intu and MKFM. All were on hand for..

Landsec’s leisure destination Xscape Milton Keynes has announced that they are due to open two new stores later this month, adding to their great mix of leisure, dining and retail offers.  First up will be ‘Cocina’, which will provide a completely new style of Mexican dining experience for Milton Keynes offering a modern take on classic Mexican favourites such as tacos and nachos. Cocina is the big sister of the established quick-service chain El Mexicana, but rather than grabbing a burrito on the run, at Cocina you can relax in their impressive surroundings, enjoy cocktails with friends and savour the..

Willen Lake, Milton Keynes’ most popular park, has launched a new website which offers customers an improved online experience; with fully responsive design, better interactivity including maps and video and integration with a new booking system. Visitors to the website can quickly and easily find out information about all of the activities available at Willen Lake, such as Treetop Extreme, the county’s only urban high ropes course, equipment hire and watersports including wakeboarding, canoeing, windsurfing and many more. The site is easy to navigate through a drop down ‘mega menu’, with separate sections for ‘Discover Willen Lake’, ‘What’s On’, ‘Watersports’,..

The redevelopment of YMCA Milton Keynes site in Central Milton Keynes made significant progress this week, following confirmation from the Regulator of Social Housing that its application to become a Registered Provider of social housing [RP] had been approved. “The redevelopment of our site and the building of a new, purpose designed, campus, where we can provide accommodation and support for formerly homeless young people, is incredibly complex”, said YMCA Milton Keynes Chief Executive, Simon Green “Not only are there multiple landowners involved and multiple partners in the overall project – but also complex funding arrangements that need to be..

Children will get to doodle on a giant slime colouring wall, capture and share photos in a slime photo booth and even customise their own slime at intu Milton Keynes this month, when the shopping centre launches a ‘SLIME TIME’ event in partnership with kids brand (and SLIME experts!) Nickelodeon. The free event on Monday 26 March will also see children who have already registered online be slimed within a specially created “SLIMEULATOR” that is touring 13 of intu’s UK shopping destinations. Parents could also win a VIP family ticket to Nickelodeon’s SLIMEFEST 2018, which takes place in Blackpool later..

The Milton Keynes public has had their say on the future of a local restaurant’s painting, and now management has made their final decision. Last month, Milton Keynes’ award-winning Indian restaurant, Calcutta Brasserie, announced plans for an extensive refurbishment, in celebration of their 10th Anniversary. As part of the refurbishment, Calcutta Brasserie, which is housed within a beautiful 17th Century Grade II Listed Chapel in Stony Stratford, announced that they were considering covering their famous “The Creation of Adam” mural, much to the surprise and shock of regulars! Unsure of what to do, the General Manager of the restaurant, Ali..

You may have witnessed the major spring clean that has already started across the city centre thanks to the Amazing CMK BID (Business Improvement District). This epic task is no mean feat for the BID project team with years of grime and dirt to clean that had been left to collect across the city’s paving, stairways and underpasses. A hefty 25% of the BID’s budget, which is raised directly from a levy on rateable value, has been allocated to the ‘deep clean’ and a local contractor has already made a big impact with tasks like jet washing the pavements, removing..

Self-financing charity The Parks Trust is thrilled to have won the Leisure Entertainment & Arts Category at the 2018 Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards. A new category for 2018, the award recognises the extensive and varied events and activities programme facilitated by The Parks Trust. In 2017, the charity organised and enabled over 500 events in its parkland, from popular, standalone favourites World Picnic and Spooky Halloween Walks to smaller, regular events such as Women’s Walking Network and Tree Tots. Additionally, The Parks Trust offers an extensive programme of community engagement, working with local communities to encourage them to engage..

Milton Keynes Theatre has announced that television, recording, musical theatre and pantomime star Shane Richie will lead the cast in this year’s spectacular family pantomime, Robin Hood from Saturday 8 December 2018. Swapping the Queen Vic for the Sherwood Forest, Shane will star as the heroic outlaw Robin Hood. Having established himself as one of the nation’s favourite soap stars, Shane has won numerous awards and millions of fans for his portrayal of Albert Square’s loveable landlord Alfie Moon in EastEnders. Most recently Shane released his critically-acclaimed album A Country Soul, an album inspired by his musical heroes and contemporary..

So here is the background, I am Anthony Young a Milton Keynes based photographer and Arts Gateway residence I have recently created a photographic project on African Caribbean Elders living in Milton Keynes.   I am delighted to have been invited to present the exhibition "On The Shoulders Of Giants" to The Old Bath House. From the 1st to 31st March 2018, giving visitors to the Old Bath House the opportunity to meet the artist and find out what inspired this body of work.   It’s a body of work capturing the stories of elder members of the MK community. Namely African and Caribbean background...

A Milton Keynes charity hosted a day of hat-tastic fun to launch a national fundraising campaign to help fund vital research into brain tumours. Supporters came from across the country to Brain Tumour Research’s HQ in Shenley-Wood to take part in a day of fun ahead of its annual Wear A Hat Day on Thursday 29th March. The big day will see schools, workplaces, families and individuals across the UK fundraising and taking part in fun events to raise awareness of brain tumours and help fund life-saving research. The launch event on Saturday 3rd March saw guests take part in..