A message from Rebecca Green, Senior Ranger at Trumpington Meadows. Last session we managed to clear a substantial amount of scrub from the south M11 bank. Thanks to the team who carried out some extremely methodical work in bad weather – we removed a fair bit of rose. As a south facing bank, this is one…
Trumpington Football Club was formed in 2017 to give young people in Trumpington the opportunity to train and play football in the Cambridgeshire mini-leagues. This season the club has 97 players in 9 teams ranging in age from 7-11 years. Trumpington Football Club has been approved to launch an SSE Wildcats Training Programme and become recognised as…
we’ll be meeting at the office at 10am on Wednesday. Please bring lunch, and dress for whatever the weather might throw at us. We’ll have gloves, tools and refreshments.
Would you like to get to know more of your neighbours in the beautiful surroundings of the Trumpington Meadows Country Park and Nature Reserve? Join us this Sunday 3rd March at 10.30am for a Community Walk. Following the successful Walk and Soup event in December, the plan is for this to be a monthly event…
A message from Rebecca Green, Senior Ranger at Trumpington Meadows. Last week the team cleared the top swale, the ditch that runs along the edge of the reserve, into the pond and then the Cam. They removed cut and emergent vegetation such as greater willowherb, which obstructs the water flow and can really dominate damp areas…
We are looking for more residents to join the Trumpington Meadows Community committee. Being a committee member is an excellent chance to become more involved in the team and ensure that the views and aspirations of our local community are included in our annual plans and activities. What have you got to lose? Interested?If you…
The next Trumpington Meadows Community meeting will be held on Wednesday 20 March 2019 at Trumpington Meadows Primary School in Community Room 1. The meeting will start at 19:15 and is expected to finish at 21:15. Agenda AGM: election of new members of the committee and chair person’s report for the year Local resident talk on Trumpington…
A message from Rebecca Green, Senior Ranger at Trumpington Meadows. Thanks to all the volunteers who came earlier in the month in what was possibly our biggest group yet! We completed a lot of good work, clearing the coprolite pond banks of scrub. We clear these banks in an annual rotation, leaving enough scrub as habitat…
Cambridgeshire Constabulary have issued clarification via eCops on the use of motorised vehicles ridden on the public highway (including the road and pavements). Electric scooters, go-peds, mini motos, hoverboards or Segways These are all examples of vehicles that may be considered in legal terms to be motor vehicles and are therefore subject to all the…
A message from Rebecca Green, Senior Ranger at Trumpington Meadows. Happy new year! I hope everyone had a great break and is looking forward to 2019. It seems like a long time since the last volunteer day – thanks to those who came and enjoyed lots of cake and carried out some excellent work on…
Root out your woolly hat and waterproofs, and get prepared to walk off your post-Christmas excesses with Walk & Soup at Trumpington Meadows! Walk & Soup Come and join your neighbours and local community on Friday 28th December at 11am meeting at Trumpington Meadows Primary School for a community walk around the beautiful Nature Reserve…
A message from Rebecca Green, Senior Ranger at Trumpington Meadows. Last week the volunteer team worked on coppicing the trees along the drive near the office, and finished off weeding some of the beds around the office, providing space for the plants to flourish. Thanks to everyone for their hard work – it looks fantastic.…
