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Local elections 2025
The local elections are fast approaching (1st May 2025) covering County Council, City Council and Combined Authority Mayoral elections. ...
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Apr 201 min read
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Arbury Court Redevelopment
Cambridge City Council has been considering improvements to the environment and building stock of Northern Cambridge. In September 2024,...
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Apr 201 min read
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Speedwatch
Thanks to Riki McDonald, Speedwatch has been active in Orchard Avenue with several Winter ‘24 and Spring ’25 sessions. Riki sends her...
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Apr 201 min read
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RPS: where are we now
The background to the RPS is summarised in our latest update on the Parking page of our website . Works (marking out parking bays and...
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Apr 201 min read
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Bus Stop Woes
Now that the “B” guided bus no longer stops in front of the Milton Road / Arbury Road junction shops as it used to, it seems perverse...
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Apr 201 min read
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Milton Road development
The works are substantially complete and we understand that the County Council is undertaking a post-works safety review. This is not a...
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Apr 201 min read
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VE & VJ Anniversary
Thursday 8th May 2025 is VE and VJ 80th Celebration Day. It is an opportunity to participate in commemoration of the historic events. ...
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Apr 191 min read
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A green and pleasant neighbourhood?
Along with the new year, many of us will find our thoughts turning to improvements we'd like to make to our homes and gardens, and we...
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Jan 112 min read
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Reminder - community carols this Sunday!
We'll be gathering at the corner of Hurst Park Avenue and Highfield Avenue this coming Sunday (22 December) at 5pm for some community...
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Dec 18, 20241 min read
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Resurfacing work
We hope that residents in Highworth Avenue and Hurst Park Avenue will by now have received the letter below from the County Council...
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Sep 20, 20241 min read
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Road closures and diversions
Milestone, the contractors of the Milton Road works, yesterday forwarded us a letter about various night closures and disruptions which...
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May 29, 20241 min read
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SAVE THE DATE: STREET PARTY!
You will all know by now that there's going to be another street party this summer on Saturday 6 July. This is always a wonderful...
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Mar 9, 20241 min read
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GARDENING GROUP
The verge at the bottom of Hurst Park Avenue is looking lovely with all the spring flowers. When the bulbs have stopped flowering in...
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Mar 9, 20241 min read
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS
Some time ago we asked our councillor, Sam Carling, to find out how we might get the redundant Post Office storage boxes (not...
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Mar 9, 20241 min read
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NOTICEBOARD
At last the HPERA noticeboard has been installed at the bottom of Hurst Park Avenue. We'll mostly be using this for HPERA business, but...
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Mar 9, 20241 min read
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ROSIE TWEEN 1956 - 2024
We are sorry to let you know that our neighbour Rosie, resident of Hurst Park Avenue for more than 30 years, died last month in the...
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Mar 9, 20241 min read
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CANDLE COLLECTION FOR UKRAINE
If you use candles or tea-lights at home, please don’t throw the used ones away! St Andrew’s Church, Chesterton is collecting them so...
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Mar 9, 20241 min read
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INTERSECTION HIGHWORTH AVENUE/LEYS ROAD
We have at last received the promised plan for the redesigned intersection between Highworth Avenue and Leys Road, which we have sent to...
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Mar 9, 20241 min read
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MILTON ROAD WORKS
The works on Milton Road rumble on. The works on the main roundabout are almost finished, and now we are expecting works to begin first...
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Mar 9, 20241 min read
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DIVIDING KERB ON CYCLE PATHS
We've been contacted by a resident who feels that the raised kerbs that demarcate the border between the cycle lane and pavements on...
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Mar 9, 20241 min read
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