Welcome to the Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Park
The Waterway Park is an ambitious project to link the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes with the River Great Ouse in Bedford. Just 16 miles (26Km) in length it will have a huge regional impact creating a waterway park and establishing a green corridor right at the heart of future developments on the Oxford to Cambridge Arc, a legacy for future generations.
The Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust is a charity and company limited by guarantee. It was established in 1995 to “promote and assist in the provision and maintenance of a new waterway and associated facilities and structures connecting the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes to the River Great Ouse at Bedford, for the benefit of local inhabitants and visitors”.
What’s happening in the BMK Waterway Park
We are always busy promoting the Waterway Park, raising funds and awareness through our community boats and working on projects along the route. View all news here
All-electric community boat, Electra, officially named in Milton Keynes
Today, Friday 28th May, local Entrepreneur and Chairman of Milton Keynes Dons F.C., Pete Winkelman, performed the official naming ceremony at Milton Keynes’ Campbell Park.
BMK Newsletter March 2021
Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust Newsletter March 2021: BMK news March 2021 October 2020: BMK news Oct 2020
The construction our new Milton Keynes Community Boat – Electra
Follow the building of our new Milton Keynes Community Boat to be located on the Grand Union Canal at Campbell Wharf Milton Keynes
New Villages in Marston Vale
We require your support for the Waterway Park.
Please support the Waterway Park by adding your own comments to the consultation which ends on 16th March 2021 completing the online questionnaire
Conference surrounding the Oxford Cambridge Arc opportunities
Conference to discuss major development and economic growth opportunities surrounding the Oxford Cambridge Arc
BMKWT Business Plan 2019 – 2022
Read the draft Business Plan presented at the 13th Annual General Meeting.
Historic Boat LMS Sandbach at Kempstom Mill
The historic boat LMS Sandbach made the journey up to the Head of Navigation at Kempston Mill over the May Bank Holiday.
Your donations are making the waterway park a reality
Extending the navigation on the Gt Ouse, marking & securing the route as well as technical and economic studies, these are just some of the projects we are working on.
Make a DonationWould you like to volunteer with us?
All of our work from running the community boats to planning and promoting the route is carried out by volunteers. We are always looking for enthusiastic people to get involved.
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