Arts for Health MK
Arts for Health Milton Keynes uses arts and creativity to improve health and well-being. It delivers innovative and inclusive arts activities, events and exhibitions in health care and community settings.
It is based at Milton Keynes University Hospital where it cares for the art collection, organises an annual programme of temporary exhibitions, organises events for staff and manages the Creative Courtyards. The collection currently has around 400 artworks and is the largest permanent collection in Milton Keynes.
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It is based at Milton Keynes University Hospital where it cares for the art collection, organises an annual programme of temporary exhibitions, organises events for staff and manages the Creative Courtyards. The collection currently has around 400 artworks and is the largest permanent collection in Milton Keynes.
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Arts Society North Bucks
The North Buckinghamshire Decorative and Fine Arts Society was launched in 2009 and has now rebranded, in line with the national society, as The Arts Society North Bucks. The Society meets on the second Thursday of each month at Lovat Hall in Newport Pagnell.
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Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust
The Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust was formed in 1995 to promote a new waterway park, the Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Park, which will link the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes to the River Great Ouse in Bedford The waterway park will be the flagship blue/green infrastructure project within the Oxford to Cambridge Arc.
The planned route of the new canal runs from Campbell Park in Milton Keynes, crosses the M1 motorway between Junction 13 and 14, runs near to Brogborough Hill, through Marston Vale and connects with the River Great Ouse at Kempston.
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The planned route of the new canal runs from Campbell Park in Milton Keynes, crosses the M1 motorway between Junction 13 and 14, runs near to Brogborough Hill, through Marston Vale and connects with the River Great Ouse at Kempston.
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Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society
The Society organises monthly lectures, outings to places of interest and issues a newsletter. The Society successfully campaigned for the preservation of Rectory Cottages and has worked to preserve Bletchley Park. The monthly lectures are held in Rectory Cottages on the first Thursday of the month between March and June with a short break in July and August and continuing between September and November.
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Bletchley Park Trust
Bletchley Park, once the top-secret home of the World War Two code-breakers is now a vibrant heritage attraction. Ciphers and codes of several Axis countries were decrypted including, most importantly, those generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines.
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Bow Brickhill
The Society was formed in October 2009 and meets more or less monthly. Members and non-members are very welcome. Its website has now ceased to exist, but lots of the information it contained can still be found archived on the WayBack Machine if you search for bowbrickhill.com.
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Bradwell Parish Heritage Group
The Parish covers the area of Milton Keynes enclosed by the Portway, Saxon Street and Monks Way grid roads with the western boundary being the area to the west of the railway line known as Bradwell Abbey.
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Buckingham Canal Society
BCS is a Registered Charity founded in 1992. It promotes the restoration of the Old Stratford and Buckingham Arms of the Grand Union Canal and the education of the public in canal history.
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Buckingham Old Gaol Museum
The Old Gaol was built in 1748 and enlarged in 1839. The Museum is an Arts Council of England Accredited Museum and the Tourist Information Centre provides everything you need for a visit to Buckingham and the surrounding area.
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Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group)
The Group provides a regular opportunity for local members to meet and exchange experiences and to receive encouragement and advice on their genealogical problems. Meetings are usually held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Methodist Church Hall, Bletchley.
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Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Founded in 1997, the Trust has studied and visited many different, parks gardens and designed landscapes, old and new, throughout the historic county, and beyond. It runs a number of summer walks throughout the year, and a series of Spring Talks at the County Museum, Aylesbury, over the winter/early spring period. It also runs occasional Seminars and Conferences. Its publication is The Bucks Gardener. The Trust's Research and Recording group explores the legacy of historic parks gardens and other designed landscapes in the county.
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Bucks Constabulary History Association
The Buckinghamshire Constabulary was set up in 1857. On 1st April 1968 it was amalgamated into the Thames Valley Constabulary.
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