 In late 2016, fundraising was undertaken in conjunction with a local supermarket to raise funds for a multi use games area.In July 2017 construction began on the surface which is situated in the recreation ground, on the disused site of the former village bowling green.Since records began Micklefield has been noted to have three primary schools, with one of them tragically burning down at the bottom end of the village, in the late 1970s.