Milton Keynes Heritage Association was formed in 1994 by a number of local heritage groups and museums, with the aim of encouraging and developing co-operation between organisations having an interest in heritage in Milton Keynes, north Buckinghamshire and south Northamptonshire

Members

MKHA has over 70 organisation and individual members, with a broad range of interests and a wide geographical coverage from Buckingham in the west, Olney in the east, Towcester in the north and Woburn in the south.

Many MKHA members have websites for those interested in our heritage.

Email newsletter

Local heritage events

MKHA members organise talks and other events.

Heritage Open Days events took place across Milton Keynes from Friday, 12th to Sunday, 21st September 2025. All HODs events are free for the public to attend.

  • Simon Jones

    Underground warfare 1914-1918

    It drew in thousands of skilled miners and mining engineers to dig hundreds of miles of tunnels and detonate thousands of underground charges.
    Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
    Friday, 21st November 2025

  • Oliver Cromwell statue

    Cromwell and the English Civil War

    Speaker Stuart Orme is Curator of the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, hollding the best collection relating to the life and times of Oliver Cromwell.
    North Crawley Historical Society
    Friday, 14th November 2025

  • The Notorious Culworth Gang

    Four of them were executed on 3 August 1787 on the Racecourse, Northampton, one of whom, William Bowers, was a distant relative of Richard Blacklee.
    Towcester and District Local History Society
    Wednesday, 12th November 2025

Become a member

Membership is open to local history groups and individuals and is open to those outside the MIlton Keynes Council boundary.

Member benefits include quarterly meetings, grants, website hosting, free IT and archiving training and heritage advocacy.

Location map of MKHA members

Grant from MK Community Foundation

MK Community Foundation logo