Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway: Supporters

Supporters

The work of Partners and Volunteers is vital in moving the B&MK Waterway project forward. Click on the links to find out more about what each group does.

Support for the Trust Project Office

A wide range of organisations have provided support for the Trust Project Office in cash and in kind, and have donated pro bono professional services. We thank:

Anglian Waterways
Bedford Borough Council
Bedfordia
Bedfordshire County Council
British Waterways
Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment (CABE)
Department for Communities & Local Government (CLG)
English Partnerships
Environment Agency
Halcrow
Hanson Building Products
Mid Beds District Council
Milton Keynes Council
Mouchel
Nicolas Tye Architects
O&H Properties
Renaissance Bedford
The Parks Trust Milton Keynes
URS Corporation Ltd
Whitecap Leisure
Woodfines LLP - solicitors

Funding support

We are grateful to Award for All and the Big Lottery Fund which have provided project-based funding support to the Trust:

Links

Anglian Waterways – check out the news, events and opportunities for leisure, recreation and tourism activities on waterways in the Anglian region.

Association of Waterways Cruising Clubs - Provides support, insurance and an emergency service for boaters.

Life and Times – Much enjoyed at the Marston Vale Forest Centre reception (28 July 09) was the excellent music provided by folk duo Life and Times. The highlight was the rendition of their composition about the B&MK Waterway. We thought you would enjoy the lyrics…

The B&MK

Chorus:

They’re bringing the cut to the town;
They’ll be bringing the boats from the Grand Union way.
May the doubters, their sorrows, all drown
When we welcome the boats on the B&MK.

1. When first the proposal was made
There was mad old King George ruled the land.
After two hundred years in the shade,
It was just as John Rennie had planned:
From Bedford, a waterway, new
To stretch to the Grand Union way.
So let’s give all the credit that’s due,
A success to the B&MK.

2. To the east, from the Union Canal
The B&MK takes its course.
Past Willen and Broughton it shall
Its beauty and power enforce.
By Aspley and Ridgmont will go
And climb over Brogborough Hill,
Then down to the lakes it will flow
To prove of the navvies’ great skill.

3. Through Lidlington, ‘cross Marston Vale
And onward to Wootton shall pass.
How broad the canal is in scale;
All others, this cut, will surpass.
With Kempston, at last, within sight
And onward to Bedford will run,
The waterway’s future is bright,
When the B&MK is all done.

Listen to 'The B&MK'

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Performed by Life & Times and recorded on their community project CD Marston Vale which features the voices of the children from the school choir of Marston Vale Middle School, Stewartby, Beds.

You can sample Life and Times music at http://www.lifeandtimes.info/

Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership - Find out about train times, days out, buy tickets and lots more for the Marston Vale Line.

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Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust. A limited company registered in England no. 5760839.
www.b-mkwaterway.co.uk
A charitable incorporated organisation registered charity no 1114294
Correspondence Address: PO Box 3611, Newport Pagnell, MK16 0XN
Registered Office: 16 St Cuthberts Street, Bedford MK40 3JG