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East West Rail and Cambridge South railway station
updated 4 March 2020
East West Rail has been consulting on potential rail routes between Bedford and Cambridge. On 30 January 2020, it published a preferred
route option, which approaches Cambridge from the south west and will have an impact on Trumpington. See East West Rail for information.
There are also plans for a new Cambridge South railway station to be located on the main line in Trumpington, serving the Cambridge
Biomedical Campus and south Cambridge. Network Rail has been consulting on the plans which include four platforms, taxi and drop off
areas, cycle and blue badge parking, shops and toilets. The TRA responded to the plans on 28 February.
Greater Cambridge Local Plan
updated 4 March 2020
Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council are developing the next joint Local Plan. From 13 January to 24
February, there was a public consultation on the Issues & Options. For information, see Greater Cambridge Planning.
Park & Ride developments (Travel Hub) and Bus Priority measures in Trumpington
updated 19 December 2019
In June 2019, the Greater Cambridge Partnership Executive Board approved plans for an additional park and ride site north west of Junction
11, with over 2000 additional spaces. There are also proposals for bus priority measures through Trumpington into the city centre. See the
Greater Cambridge Partnership West of Cambridge Package.
Bus and busway services in Trumpington
updated 4 March 2020
Stagecoach is introducing improved busway timetables on 29 March 2020, including additional services on route A and R to and from the
Trumpington Park and Ride site. See Stagecoach service changes.
Stagecoach bus service 25 started on 7 January 2018. This provides links within Trumpington and between Trumpington and the Cambridge
Biomedical Campus/Addenbrooke's Hospital, including going along Hobson Avenue/Lime Avenue, passing the Clay Farm Centre and
Trumpington Community College. The route goes eastbound from the High Street (Anstey Way bus stop) down Shelford Road, turn left on
to Addenbooke’s Road, turn left along Hobson Avenue and Lime Avenue through the Clay Farm developments of Abode, Aura and Halo, turn
right on to Long Road, to Addenbrooke’s bus station; from where it does the westbound route via Dame Mary Archer Way and
Addenbrooke’s Road, along Hobson Avenue and Lime Avenue again, to Long Road and Trumpington High Street and the Anstey Way bus
stop again. The Residents' Association was heavily involved in pressing for the introduction of this service.
Addenbrooke's Road/Cambridge Biomedical Campus Traffic Regulation Order (TRO)
updated 22 May 2017
Addenbrooke's Road provides road access from Trumpington to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) and Addenbrooke's Hospital, but
is not a through route. The use of the ANPR cameras was reintroduced on 22 May 2017. See the statement on the CBC and Cambridgeshire
Constabulary websites.
The Trumpington Residents' Association has also issued a statement on the Addenbrooke's Road/Cambridge Biomedical Campus Traffic
Regulation Order:
1. Addenbrooke's Road was constructed to give access to Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and the Glebe
Farm and Clay Farm housing developments. Planning approval for the road was given on this basis, after recommendations in the Southern
Fringe Area Development Framework which was approved by the local councils in 2006 and supported by the TRA.
2. The roads within the Campus have been and have remained private roads, not for public use as through routes.
3. When Addenbrooke's Road opened in 2010, the County Council approved a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) allowing the Campus
authorities and the police to monitor vehicles leaving Addenbrooke's Road to enter the Campus site and to issue penalty notices to drivers
who used the Campus roads as a through route.
4. In late 2014, it was established that there were flaws in the wording of the original TRO and the police stopped enforcing it but the
Campus roads continued to have private status and should not have been used as a through route.
5. The County Council, Campus authorities and police have now established a new TRO and are re-imposing the controls on the use of the
private roads within the Campus by through traffic.
6. The TRA fully supported the original decision to limit the use of Addenbrooke's Road to being an access road to the Campus and the
housing developments and not part of a through route around the south of Cambridge. The TRA fully supports the re-imposition of controls
on the private roads within the Campus by through traffic.
7. The TRA realises that the consequence of the re-imposition of the TRO will be additional traffic and congestion in Trumpington and
additional journey lengths for some local residents. We will continue to press the councils, City Deal and Campus authorities for effective
action to improve this situation through better road management, bus and Busway services - including a local bus service within
Trumpington and to the Campus - and Park & Ride services.
The Clay Farm Centre and Trumpington Medical Centre
updated 3 February 2020
The Clay Farm Centre has been open to the public since April 2018. Hobson Square and the Clay Farm Centre were officially opened on 27
October 2018. Located alongside Hobson Square at the junction of Lime Avenue/Hobson Avenue on Clay Farm, the centre includes a hall,
multipurpose rooms, meeting rooms, library, cafe, medical practice and apartments. The Medical Centre is planning to open the new
premises on Monday 2nd March 2020. The Beverley Way surgery will close from 1.00 pm on Friday 28th February and all calls that
afternoon will be directed to Trumpington Street Medical Practice. Contact the Centre for room bookings, etc. The project was managed by
Cambridge City Council, with the Residents' Association on the Project Board and now on the Advisory Group. See our Clay Farm Centre
and public art pages for more information about the Centre and Hobson Square.
Citizens Advice in Trumpington
updated 5 December 2016
The Citizens Advice Bureau runs sessions at the Clay Farm Centre.
South Trumpington parish
updated 12 January 2018
South Cambridgeshire District Council has established a new parish of South Trumpington, comprising the land from the City Council
boundary to the M11, with effect from 1 April 2017. A Parish Meeting has been established. This area includes part of the Trumpington
Meadows housing development, Trumpington Meadows Primary School and part of Trumpington Meadows Country Park.
Cambridge Community Collection
updated 16 August 2016
Cambridge City Council and local residents are working with the artist, Neville Gabie, on this new project to plant over 1000 apple trees
across Trumpington and the surrounding area, the Cambridge Community Collection. The project has a Facebook page. The project team
would be delighted to have your support, see the web site or contact local resident Liz Cox or the artist Neville Gabie. Work to plant the trees
started in November 2014. Local volunteers are very welcome.
History of local football: Trumpington Tornadoes and Trumpington Football Club
updated 23 October 2019
There is a page on the Local History Group web site about the history of Trumpington's football clubs, including the original Trumpington
Football Club/Trumpington Rovers which ran from the early 1900s until the 1990s, Trumpington Tornadoes, which was very active from
1973 to 2012, and the current Trumpington Football Club which started in 2017. The page includes detailed information about the teams,
players, and successes of the teams, with photographs and recollections contributed by local residents.
See: History of Trumpington Football Clubs.
Trumpington History Trails
updated 19 December 2019
The Residents' Association and the Trumpington Local History Group have published a set of 10 history trails around Trumpington. Copies
are available from Trumpington Pavilion, the Clay Farm Centre and online, see History Trails.
Community Notice-board
updated 12 March 2012
The community notice-board is available for use by local groups: on the green in front of the shops on Anstey Way. The notice-board was
funded by contributions from the Trumpington Residents' Association, Trumpington Parochial Charity, Cambridge City Council and local
individuals. If you want to display a notice within the board, the key can be obtained from the Bun Shop or Philippa (tel 701733).
Trumpington Pavilion
updated 24 July 2014
The Association manages Trumpington Pavilion, King George V Playing Field, Paget Road, in partnership with Cambridge City Council. For
more information, see the Trumpington Pavilion web pages, Trumpington Pavilion Facebook page or contact the Manager: email: pavilion,
tel.: 01223 847433.
Education provision
updated 5 December 2016
The Children's Centre at Fawcett School serves the Southern Fringe, as a base for services in Newnham, Hauxton and parts of the Shelfords
as well as Trumpington.
The County Council is supporting an extension to Fawcett School, new primary schools at Trumpington Meadows and Clay Farm and a
new secondary school at Clay Farm. As part of the consultation process, it produced a background document, with information about
existing educational provision, forecasts for future needs, details of the new educational facilities and the statutory process for establishing
these facilities.
The plans for Trumpington Park Primary School (Clay Farm) were approved in September 2016. The school is under construction and
due to open in September 2017.
Trumpington Meadows Primary School opened in September 2013. The school is part of a federation with Fawcett Primary School.
The City of Cambridge Education Foundation is responsible for Trumpington Community College. The planning application for the school
was approved on 17 April 2013 and students moved to the new site in September 2016. The College includes Trumpington Sport, indoor
and outdoor sports facilities for community use.
Marketing name of the Clay Farm and Glebe Farm developments
updated 29 November 2014
In October 2010, Countryside Properties announced that it would use 'Great Kneighton' as the marketing name for Clay Farm and Glebe
Farm. The Residents' Association strongly disagreed with the decision on the marketing name, which is an inappropriate and historically
inaccurate name which detracts from the community's sense of place and belonging. The Association will continue to work with Councillors
and officers in Cambridge City Council to ensure that the development is integrated into the existing community of Trumpington and that the
area and facilities within the new developments are named appropriately.
Clay Farm/Showground development
updated 13 August 2015
Countryside's Great Kneighton web site has marketing information. Our Clay Farm page has background and images.
The outline planning application for the Clay Farm/Showground development was approved on 14 May 2008 and the outline planning
agreement and S106 agreement was signed in August 2010.
See the statement above about the naming of the development.
Trumpington Meadows development
updated 28 July 2015
Contact: Martin Hunter, Site Project Manager, mobile 07766 725890.
The outline planning application for Trumpington Meadows was approved at the Joint Development Control Committee on 20 February
2008. Permission to proceed with the outline application was given in October 2009, after the S106 agreement was completed. Barratt's has
been appointed as the builder and the Wildlife Trust is developing the country park along the river. The landscaping of the park was approved
by the Joint Development Control Committee on 2 November 2010. The District Council (search for S/1113/10 for country park) has
information about the application.
The Trumpington Meadows Country park opened in July 2015.
The Trumpington Meadows page has further information.
Glebe Farm development
update 5 February 2019
Our Glebe Farm page has more background and images.
The full planning application for Glebe Farm was approved by the Joint Development Control Committee on 21 April 2010 and the outline
planning agreement and S106 agreement was signed in August 2010. The outline application had been submitted to the City Council on 11
March 2008. An amended application was submitted on 11 August 2008 and approved on 2 October 2008. Countryside Properties submitted
a full application in December 2009 and the Council received amendments to these plans on 8 March 2010. Countryside submitted a
application for a third phase of 30 homes in 2014.
See the statement above about the name of the development.
Addenbrooke's Hospital/Cambridge Biomedical Campus development
updated 10 May 2019
The outline planning application for the Addenbrooke's 2020 Vision (06/0796/FUL) and the full application for the Medical Research Centre
(07/0651/FUL) were approved by the City Council Planning Committee on 7 November 2007. Royal Papworth Hospital opened to patients in
May 2019. Work is currently underway on the AstraZeneca development.
Addenbrooke's Road provides road access from Trumpington to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and Addenbrooke's Hospital, but is not a
through route. The enforcement of the ANPR cameras was reintroduced on 22 May 2017.
The Cambridge Biomedical Campus page has more information.
updated 4 March 2020
East West Rail has been consulting on potential rail routes between Bedford and Cambridge. On 30 January 2020, it published a preferred
route option, which approaches Cambridge from the south west and will have an impact on Trumpington. See East West Rail for information.
There are also plans for a new Cambridge South railway station to be located on the main line in Trumpington, serving the Cambridge
Biomedical Campus and south Cambridge. Network Rail has been consulting on the plans which include four platforms, taxi and drop off
areas, cycle and blue badge parking, shops and toilets. The TRA responded to the plans on 28 February.
Greater Cambridge Local Plan
updated 4 March 2020
Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council are developing the next joint Local Plan. From 13 January to 24
February, there was a public consultation on the Issues & Options. For information, see Greater Cambridge Planning.
Park & Ride developments (Travel Hub) and Bus Priority measures in Trumpington
updated 19 December 2019
In June 2019, the Greater Cambridge Partnership Executive Board approved plans for an additional park and ride site north west of Junction
11, with over 2000 additional spaces. There are also proposals for bus priority measures through Trumpington into the city centre. See the
Greater Cambridge Partnership West of Cambridge Package.
Bus and busway services in Trumpington
updated 4 March 2020
Stagecoach is introducing improved busway timetables on 29 March 2020, including additional services on route A and R to and from the
Trumpington Park and Ride site. See Stagecoach service changes.
Stagecoach bus service 25 started on 7 January 2018. This provides links within Trumpington and between Trumpington and the Cambridge
Biomedical Campus/Addenbrooke's Hospital, including going along Hobson Avenue/Lime Avenue, passing the Clay Farm Centre and
Trumpington Community College. The route goes eastbound from the High Street (Anstey Way bus stop) down Shelford Road, turn left on
to Addenbooke’s Road, turn left along Hobson Avenue and Lime Avenue through the Clay Farm developments of Abode, Aura and Halo, turn
right on to Long Road, to Addenbrooke’s bus station; from where it does the westbound route via Dame Mary Archer Way and
Addenbrooke’s Road, along Hobson Avenue and Lime Avenue again, to Long Road and Trumpington High Street and the Anstey Way bus
stop again. The Residents' Association was heavily involved in pressing for the introduction of this service.
Addenbrooke's Road/Cambridge Biomedical Campus Traffic Regulation Order (TRO)
updated 22 May 2017
Addenbrooke's Road provides road access from Trumpington to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) and Addenbrooke's Hospital, but
is not a through route. The use of the ANPR cameras was reintroduced on 22 May 2017. See the statement on the CBC and Cambridgeshire
Constabulary websites.
The Trumpington Residents' Association has also issued a statement on the Addenbrooke's Road/Cambridge Biomedical Campus Traffic
Regulation Order:
1. Addenbrooke's Road was constructed to give access to Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and the Glebe
Farm and Clay Farm housing developments. Planning approval for the road was given on this basis, after recommendations in the Southern
Fringe Area Development Framework which was approved by the local councils in 2006 and supported by the TRA.
2. The roads within the Campus have been and have remained private roads, not for public use as through routes.
3. When Addenbrooke's Road opened in 2010, the County Council approved a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) allowing the Campus
authorities and the police to monitor vehicles leaving Addenbrooke's Road to enter the Campus site and to issue penalty notices to drivers
who used the Campus roads as a through route.
4. In late 2014, it was established that there were flaws in the wording of the original TRO and the police stopped enforcing it but the
Campus roads continued to have private status and should not have been used as a through route.
5. The County Council, Campus authorities and police have now established a new TRO and are re-imposing the controls on the use of the
private roads within the Campus by through traffic.
6. The TRA fully supported the original decision to limit the use of Addenbrooke's Road to being an access road to the Campus and the
housing developments and not part of a through route around the south of Cambridge. The TRA fully supports the re-imposition of controls
on the private roads within the Campus by through traffic.
7. The TRA realises that the consequence of the re-imposition of the TRO will be additional traffic and congestion in Trumpington and
additional journey lengths for some local residents. We will continue to press the councils, City Deal and Campus authorities for effective
action to improve this situation through better road management, bus and Busway services - including a local bus service within
Trumpington and to the Campus - and Park & Ride services.
The Clay Farm Centre and Trumpington Medical Centre
updated 3 February 2020
The Clay Farm Centre has been open to the public since April 2018. Hobson Square and the Clay Farm Centre were officially opened on 27
October 2018. Located alongside Hobson Square at the junction of Lime Avenue/Hobson Avenue on Clay Farm, the centre includes a hall,
multipurpose rooms, meeting rooms, library, cafe, medical practice and apartments. The Medical Centre is planning to open the new
premises on Monday 2nd March 2020. The Beverley Way surgery will close from 1.00 pm on Friday 28th February and all calls that
afternoon will be directed to Trumpington Street Medical Practice. Contact the Centre for room bookings, etc. The project was managed by
Cambridge City Council, with the Residents' Association on the Project Board and now on the Advisory Group. See our Clay Farm Centre
and public art pages for more information about the Centre and Hobson Square.
Citizens Advice in Trumpington
updated 5 December 2016
The Citizens Advice Bureau runs sessions at the Clay Farm Centre.
South Trumpington parish
updated 12 January 2018
South Cambridgeshire District Council has established a new parish of South Trumpington, comprising the land from the City Council
boundary to the M11, with effect from 1 April 2017. A Parish Meeting has been established. This area includes part of the Trumpington
Meadows housing development, Trumpington Meadows Primary School and part of Trumpington Meadows Country Park.
Cambridge Community Collection
updated 16 August 2016
Cambridge City Council and local residents are working with the artist, Neville Gabie, on this new project to plant over 1000 apple trees
across Trumpington and the surrounding area, the Cambridge Community Collection. The project has a Facebook page. The project team
would be delighted to have your support, see the web site or contact local resident Liz Cox or the artist Neville Gabie. Work to plant the trees
started in November 2014. Local volunteers are very welcome.
History of local football: Trumpington Tornadoes and Trumpington Football Club
updated 23 October 2019
There is a page on the Local History Group web site about the history of Trumpington's football clubs, including the original Trumpington
Football Club/Trumpington Rovers which ran from the early 1900s until the 1990s, Trumpington Tornadoes, which was very active from
1973 to 2012, and the current Trumpington Football Club which started in 2017. The page includes detailed information about the teams,
players, and successes of the teams, with photographs and recollections contributed by local residents.
See: History of Trumpington Football Clubs.
Trumpington History Trails
updated 19 December 2019
The Residents' Association and the Trumpington Local History Group have published a set of 10 history trails around Trumpington. Copies
are available from Trumpington Pavilion, the Clay Farm Centre and online, see History Trails.
Community Notice-board
updated 12 March 2012
The community notice-board is available for use by local groups: on the green in front of the shops on Anstey Way. The notice-board was
funded by contributions from the Trumpington Residents' Association, Trumpington Parochial Charity, Cambridge City Council and local
individuals. If you want to display a notice within the board, the key can be obtained from the Bun Shop or Philippa (tel 701733).
Trumpington Pavilion
updated 24 July 2014
The Association manages Trumpington Pavilion, King George V Playing Field, Paget Road, in partnership with Cambridge City Council. For
more information, see the Trumpington Pavilion web pages, Trumpington Pavilion Facebook page or contact the Manager: email: pavilion,
tel.: 01223 847433.
Education provision
updated 5 December 2016
The Children's Centre at Fawcett School serves the Southern Fringe, as a base for services in Newnham, Hauxton and parts of the Shelfords
as well as Trumpington.
The County Council is supporting an extension to Fawcett School, new primary schools at Trumpington Meadows and Clay Farm and a
new secondary school at Clay Farm. As part of the consultation process, it produced a background document, with information about
existing educational provision, forecasts for future needs, details of the new educational facilities and the statutory process for establishing
these facilities.
The plans for Trumpington Park Primary School (Clay Farm) were approved in September 2016. The school is under construction and
due to open in September 2017.
Trumpington Meadows Primary School opened in September 2013. The school is part of a federation with Fawcett Primary School.
The City of Cambridge Education Foundation is responsible for Trumpington Community College. The planning application for the school
was approved on 17 April 2013 and students moved to the new site in September 2016. The College includes Trumpington Sport, indoor
and outdoor sports facilities for community use.
Marketing name of the Clay Farm and Glebe Farm developments
updated 29 November 2014
In October 2010, Countryside Properties announced that it would use 'Great Kneighton' as the marketing name for Clay Farm and Glebe
Farm. The Residents' Association strongly disagreed with the decision on the marketing name, which is an inappropriate and historically
inaccurate name which detracts from the community's sense of place and belonging. The Association will continue to work with Councillors
and officers in Cambridge City Council to ensure that the development is integrated into the existing community of Trumpington and that the
area and facilities within the new developments are named appropriately.
Clay Farm/Showground development
updated 13 August 2015
Countryside's Great Kneighton web site has marketing information. Our Clay Farm page has background and images.
The outline planning application for the Clay Farm/Showground development was approved on 14 May 2008 and the outline planning
agreement and S106 agreement was signed in August 2010.
See the statement above about the naming of the development.
Trumpington Meadows development
updated 28 July 2015
Contact: Martin Hunter, Site Project Manager, mobile 07766 725890.
The outline planning application for Trumpington Meadows was approved at the Joint Development Control Committee on 20 February
2008. Permission to proceed with the outline application was given in October 2009, after the S106 agreement was completed. Barratt's has
been appointed as the builder and the Wildlife Trust is developing the country park along the river. The landscaping of the park was approved
by the Joint Development Control Committee on 2 November 2010. The District Council (search for S/1113/10 for country park) has
information about the application.
The Trumpington Meadows Country park opened in July 2015.
The Trumpington Meadows page has further information.
Glebe Farm development
update 5 February 2019
Our Glebe Farm page has more background and images.
The full planning application for Glebe Farm was approved by the Joint Development Control Committee on 21 April 2010 and the outline
planning agreement and S106 agreement was signed in August 2010. The outline application had been submitted to the City Council on 11
March 2008. An amended application was submitted on 11 August 2008 and approved on 2 October 2008. Countryside Properties submitted
a full application in December 2009 and the Council received amendments to these plans on 8 March 2010. Countryside submitted a
application for a third phase of 30 homes in 2014.
See the statement above about the name of the development.
Addenbrooke's Hospital/Cambridge Biomedical Campus development
updated 10 May 2019
The outline planning application for the Addenbrooke's 2020 Vision (06/0796/FUL) and the full application for the Medical Research Centre
(07/0651/FUL) were approved by the City Council Planning Committee on 7 November 2007. Royal Papworth Hospital opened to patients in
May 2019. Work is currently underway on the AstraZeneca development.
Addenbrooke's Road provides road access from Trumpington to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and Addenbrooke's Hospital, but is not a
through route. The enforcement of the ANPR cameras was reintroduced on 22 May 2017.
The Cambridge Biomedical Campus page has more information.
| News |
Trumpington Residents' Association meeting cancelled
16 March 2020
The members' meetings in March, April and May are cancelled. The AGM
will be rearranged.
For more information about the meetings or membership, contact Andy
Blackhurst, chair@trumpingtonresidentsassociation.org. To join the
Association, please complete the membership form.
16 March 2020
The members' meetings in March, April and May are cancelled. The AGM
will be rearranged.
For more information about the meetings or membership, contact Andy
Blackhurst, chair@trumpingtonresidentsassociation.org. To join the
Association, please complete the membership form.
Diary
Meetings and events have been cancelled until further notice. For future
activities at Trumpington Pavilion, see the What's On page.
Meetings and events have been cancelled until further notice. For future
activities at Trumpington Pavilion, see the What's On page.
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Trumpington Pavilion/Trumpington Village Hall
16 March 2020
Trumpington Pavilion and Trumpington Village Hall are closed until further
notice. Sue-Ellen Beadle and Jackie Covill will continue to respond to
messages and enquiries, see the Pavilion page.
16 March 2020
Trumpington Pavilion and Trumpington Village Hall are closed until further
notice. Sue-Ellen Beadle and Jackie Covill will continue to respond to
messages and enquiries, see the Pavilion page.
Coronavirus: Trumpington Covid-19 Network
26 March 2020
For the latest resources, see the Trumpington Covid-19 Network. The TRA is one of the partners in this
neighbourhood organisation.
We will continue to keep members informed about local support initiatives taken by the councils and others.
We are receiving specific advice from the City Council, including about the role of community centres such as
Trumpington Pavilion. The City Council has a page with details of changes to services and there is useful
information on the County Council web site, including the County Council Coordination Hub. There is a
Message of support to Cambridge residents from city political representatives of all parties, 23 March.
26 March 2020
For the latest resources, see the Trumpington Covid-19 Network. The TRA is one of the partners in this
neighbourhood organisation.
We will continue to keep members informed about local support initiatives taken by the councils and others.
We are receiving specific advice from the City Council, including about the role of community centres such as
Trumpington Pavilion. The City Council has a page with details of changes to services and there is useful
information on the County Council web site, including the County Council Coordination Hub. There is a
Message of support to Cambridge residents from city political representatives of all parties, 23 March.