MVT Blooming Millbrook (Stewartby) Traditional Cache
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MVT Blooming Millbrook (Stewartby)
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This small cache is situated next to Marston's Millenium park and if you are a gardener there is 'the nearby Bloomers Plant Nursery' on Station Road, Millbrook and Millbrook Station. This side of the lake can get a little muddy so please be aware of this in the winter months.
Millbrook station is location on the Bedford-Bletchley line, between the stations of Lidlington and Stewartby, just on the edge of the village it serves, and to the north of the famous Millbrook Vehicle Proving Ground (previously owned by Vauxhall)
First opened in 1846 by the Bedford Railway, the station was originally named "Marston", but changed to "Ampthill (Marston)" in 1850 after the nearby village. The opening of a second and more conveniently-sited Ampthill station by the Midland Railway in 1868 on its Midland Main Line gave rise to confusion which was only resolved in 1877 when the original Ampthill station was renamed "Millbrook for Ampthill". The station is the fourth and final on the Marston Vale Line to be built in a half-timbered Gothic style which had been insisted upon by the Duke of Bedford for stations situated in the vicinity of the Woburn Estate. The two station platforms are situated to the east of a level crossing.
The station developed substantial coal traffic, as well as trade in cattle and goods with stables in its goods yard and a wagon repairers. A public house called the "Morteyne Arms" opened opposite the station.
A person with a keen eye may also spot Ampthill Park House atop a hillside in the distance, a house rebuilt in the late 1600s to form part of what is now Ampthill Park
To the north of the station, there is an entrance to the Marston Vale Millenium Country Park, the main leisure attraction in the Marston Vale. You can walk or cycle (you can take your bike on the train) around 5 miles of off-road tracks, before stopping off at the Forest Centre for a well-earned break
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