TRA members’ meeting: 28 May 2025
The next members’ meeting is on Wednesday 28 May 2025, 7:30 pm at the Clay Farm Centre. The guest speaker at this meeting will be Anna Chylinska-Derkowska, Senior Delivery Project Manager, Greater Cambridge Partnership, who will update us about the Cambridge South West Travel Hub. For more information about the regular meetings, please contact chair@trumpingtonresidentsassociation.org.
To join the Association, please complete the TRA Membership Form. For information about membership, contact members @trumpingtonresidentsassociation.org.
Fairbite Food Club Trumpington
The Fairbite Food Club is open at Trumpington Pavilion on Fridays from 12 noon to 1:30 pm, providing fresh fruit and vegetables, tinned food, bread, toiletries, etc., to residents who need support. If you are aware of someone who might benefit from coming to the Food Club, please let them know. Anyone can come and will be welcome. The Food Club is managed by Cambridge City Foodbank, (CCFb) with Patrick Brown as the local Coordinator.
The Food Club has taken over from the Trumpington Food Hub, which was managed by the TRA from May 2020 to March 2024.
VIP Group (Very Important Persons Group)
The VIP group has been running for 3 years at Trumpington Pavilion, initially under the care of the TRA and in the last year with the support of the Clay Farm Centre and Kelly Smith from the City Council. From April 2025, the Group is under the care of BPHA. It is welcoming to local adults and runs in the morning on the second Wednesday in the month, with a programme of activities including crafts, workshops and tea. For information, contact: Julie Piercey, 07702 515571, CommunityEngagement@bpha.org.uk.
Trumpington Pavilion
24 September 2024
Trumpington Pavilion is now managed by the Clay Farm Centre. Please email Trumpington Pavilion or phone the Clay Farm Centre on 01223 457232 for enquiries about bookings, etc. See the web page and Facebook page.
Trumpington Village Hall
5 March 2024
For Trumpington Village Hall, contact Sue-Ellen Beadle who will respond to messages and enquiries. For more information, tel. 01223 847433.
TRA Facebook page
updated 11 March 2021
See our Facebook page.
Greater Cambridge Local Plan
updated 14 February 2025
Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council are developing the next joint Local Plan. For information, see Greater Cambridge Planning. In November 2024, the Councils issued three Supplementary Planning Documents, including Health Impact and Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Following the revisions to the Government planning policy, the Councils have updated the housebuilding targets.
Cambridge South Station
updated 14 February 2025
A new Cambridge South railway station is being developed, on the main line in Trumpington, serving the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and south Cambridge. The station is expected to open in early 2026. Network Rail has develop the plans, which include four platforms, taxi and drop off areas, cycle and blue badge parking, shops and toilets. Network Rail submitted an application for a Transport and Works Act Order. Following a public inquiry, the Secretary of State for Transport approved the application for the station and related works on 21 December 2022. The TRA was represented during the inquiry and has been in active and constructive dialogue with Network Rail throughout the process.
East West Rail
updated 2 December 2024
The proposed route for East West Rail into Cambridge was announced in 2023 and updated in late 2024, see East West Rail for information. This confirms the southern approach to Cambridge and a grade separated junction between the London King’s Cross and West Anglia Mainlines near Great Shelford and another grade separated junction of the EWR and London King’s Cross lines near Harston and Hauxton.
Cambridge South East Transport project
updated 10 January 2025
On 2 October 2024, the Greater Cambridge Executive Board agreed to progress this project to the next stage. It will eventually provide a busway link from the south east into the Biomedical Campus and Cambridge South Station. In January 2025, GCP applied to the Department for Transport for a Transport and Works Act Order for the work. See the GCP page for details.
Park & Ride developments (South West Travel Hub)
updated 14 February 2025
In June 2019, the Greater Cambridge Partnership Executive Board approved plans for an additional park and ride site (Travel Hub) north west of Junction 11, with over 2000 additional spaces. See the Cambridge South West Travel Hub page. The planning application (CCC/20/040/FUL) was given provisional approval by the County Council in June 2022. Atkins is now working on the detailed design, with the constructor to be selected in 2025.
Bus and busway services in Trumpington
updated 6 March 2025
See the Transport page.
Addenbrooke’s Road/Cambridge Biomedical Campus Traffic Regulation Order (TRO)
updated 20 October 2020
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 Clay Farm Centre and Trumpington Medical Centre
updated 20 October 2020
The Clay Farm Centre opened to the public in 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 opened in the Centre on Monday 2nd March 2020, part of 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. See our Clay Farm Centre and public art pages for more information about the Centre and Hobson Square.
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.
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.
Education provision
updated 9 June 2022
The Child and Family Zone at Fawcett School serves Trumpington.
The County Council supported 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 opened 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 1 March 2025
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 1 March 2025
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 was appointed as the builder and the Wildlife Trust developed the country park along the river. The Trumpington Meadows Country Park opened in July 2015.
Glebe Farm development
update 1 March 2025
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 23 December 2021
In March 2021, the Cambridge Biomedical Campus published a new Vision report.
Royal Papworth Hospital opened to patients in May 2019. The AstraZeneca headquarters was opened by Prince Charles in November 2021.
Addenbrooke’s Road provides road access from Trumpington to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, but is not a through route.