We are very fortunate to be next door to a beautiful nature reserve. If it hasn’t been apparent before, am sure it has been during the lock down period. Let us all enjoy and take care of it. Photo by a local resident – Marian Gavrilă
Over 500 sites in Cambridge and South Cambs have been submitted for possible housing development in the next 20 year plan. Two of these are close to Trumpington Meadows. The Grosvenor proposal for Trumpington South No 042, which was presented to the Trumpington Meadows Community in November, proposes up to 750+ dwellings between Trumpington Meadows…
The Trumpington Meadows Community sends Christmas Greetings to all residents. Have a safe and happy Christmas and we hope that the New Year will bring more vaccinations and less of the virus so that we can all get back to a more normal life. We plan to have our annual meeting in February or March,…
This week was our last volunteer day before the Christmas break. We would usually have had a wonderful outdoor lunch to celebrate but this year, for obvious reasons, we were more restricted and we couldn’t provide food. We still enjoyed ourselves, had a warming bonfire, and everyone bought their own hot drinks and lunch. When…
On the last volunteer day we cleared some areas of south-facing bank along the old railway line – a bank that is a great habitat for invertebrates and reptiles, and therefore benefits from as much sunlight as it can get. With a big team on the day we finished the task quickly and spent the…
Week two of lock down, and you’ll hopefully be pleased to hear me confirm that volunteering can still go ahead. Our volunteers help us with essential conservation work, and all work parties are organised to be very low risk – we work at a safe distance from each other, in the great outdoors, and don’t…
On Thursday 12 November over 20 members of the Community joined a zoom meeting in which developments in the planning system were presented and some local issues were discussed. Grosvenor, the developer of Trumpington Meadows, showed slides of a possible further development of up to 750 houses between Trumpington Meadows and the M11. The Community…
UPDATE 11 Oct 2020: The online exhibit is now live online! Click here to see it. TMC was planning an art exhibition of paintings and photos relating to Trumpington and particularly Trumpington Meadows in June. Since it cannot be held until at least next year we are mounting an on-line exhibition in October. Anyone wishing…
This LEAP (Local Education Authority Playground) on Consort Avenue is a council owned playground designed for 5 to 8 year olds. It was constructed in about 2014. Unlike other playgrounds, this one did not have a safety fence around it, to stop young children running into the road while playing. Furthermore, some dog owners have…
Trumpington Meadows is characterised by the different bricks used to build the various houses and buildings. In line with this, the sculpture at our local town centre is made from the same bricks and brick patterns used in the development. Try to recognise the different bricks in the sculpture! Hopscotch consists of 2 large brick…
Although there are plans for a second access road from the development onto Hauxton Road, the Trumpington Meadows Community was told by the last Managing Director of Barratts that this could not be opened until 2022 at the earliest. Before the lock-down, there was often traffic build-up during the morning rush hour for vehicles exiting…
