Ride and Stride is a sponsored Bike ride around Milton Keynes that raises money for Buckingham Historic Churches Trust. Almost £21,000 was raised in 2025. I think half the money raised by us, comes back to our church.
In 2024/2025 Milton Keynes did quite well out of the trust. They distributed about £50k, St Mary’s Bletchley received £10,000 for repairs to high level stonework and £5,000 to St Mary’s Wavendon for repairs to Coping Stones when one fell off. If you see our friends at St Mary’s going to worship in hard hats, you now know the reason why. All Saints Bow Brickhill received £2,000, St Michaels and All Angels Aston Clinton received £10,000
Milton Keynes got more than half. It’s very kind of the churches outside Milton Keynes to cycle round the county to support our churches.
So having persuaded you that Ride and Stride is a good deal, what are we doing to support it?
Milton Keynes has one of the longest Ride and Stride routes at 26 miles with an expected 5 hour duration. To give you any idea of the route it takes in Tattenhoe, Bradwell and Great Linford. Kind of Milton Keynes Orbital Cycleway, similar to the M25. That’s too far for many people.
So we intend to add a 14 mile cycle ride basically from Willen Church to St Mary’s Wavendon and back.
The route would be:
All Saints, Milton Keynes Village MK10 9AF
St Mary Magdalene, Willen, MK15 9AA
St Mary’s Woughton on the Green, MK6 3BS
Christ the King, Kent’s Hill, MK7 6HQ
All Saints, Milton Keynes Village
St Lawrence’s, Broughton, MK10 9AA
Holy Trinity Church, Woolstone, MK15 0AJ
St Thomas’, Simpson MK6 3AF
St Mary’s Wavendon, MK17 8LW
For walkers, The Milton Keynes Stride route is Calverton to Wolverton. So again we are branching out on our own and promoting All Saints, St Lawrence, Willen, Woolstone and back. Basically round Willen Lake. This is also expected to take five hours as there are four churches and six pubs on the way.
Harvester Fox Milne
The Barge
Broughton Hotel
The Cross Keys
The Swan MK Village
Willen Dragon
Any non-motorised travel is invited, Horse, Bike, Shank’s Pony and Mobility Scooters – So June, your expected.
The date for your diary is Saturday 12th September. You’ve got 2 months to get fit and find some sponsors.
Please, if you want to do one of the routes, please sign up on the sheet near the font.
If you don’t fancy riding or striding round the churches, you can still support the event by:
1) Sponsor one of the cyclists or walkers
2) Volunteer to fill one of the slots at church and provide cold drinks
It’s all for an excellent cause – half of the money raised goes to the Bucks Historic Churches Trust, which has supported us in the past, and the other half comes straight to All Saints.
Speak to Charles or email allsaintsmk@gmail.com if you would like more information.