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Keep Comberton library open?
The Public Library in Comberton is under threat of closure unless ways are found to reduce the running costs. Volunteers to help to run it (with training provided by the County Council) would make all the difference. There’s a meeting at the Library...
Solar Photovoltaic Panels
What are they? Solar photovoltaic cells (also called PV cells or panels) generate electricity through harnessing the energy of sunlight. The stronger the sunshine, the more electricity is produced. They provide a green and renewable way of powering the...
The Dry Garden
Water is a precious resource locally and globally. Rainfall in Cambridge has averaged only 557 mm annually over the last 30 years and Cambridge’s climate is classified as ‘semi-arid’. With the recent spring being the driest in over a century, it...
Tortoiseshell Cat Found
A tortoiseshell cat and her 3 kittens (white with various colour patches) have been found living in the hedge just behind Polhill at Coton Orchard Garden Centre. We think from her skittish nature (she runs off when approached) that the mother has...
Grazing Land to Let
Grazing Land to Let 3.4 acres with mains water. Contact – Nicola Banks of Carter Jonas 01223 346637
Beautiful Bee Borders
The double Bee Borders at the Botanic Garden have been created with some of the flowers bees love best and are also a honey pot for visitors since what makes a flower attractive to bees also makes them excellent garden plants – lots of brightly-coloured...
Faster broadband for Coton
BT Openreach yesterday revealed the names of a further 156 locations in the country which will benefit from its next phase of roll-out of super-fast fibre broadband services, and it includes Madingley Exchange. Several of the exchanges in the list will...
Launch of three waymarked walks at Coton Countryside Reserve 17 April 2011 at 3pm
CambridgePPF would be delighted if you can join us for the launch of three waymarked walks at the Coton Countryside Reserve Welcome and introduction to Coton Countryside Reserve by the CambridgePPF Team followed by guided walks along each of the three...
Cards from Africa
Rachel was just 13 when her mum died and she suddenly became head of the household of four, barely surviving on whatever she could grow on a meagre plot of land. Cards from Africa, a buzzing new enterprise started by local resident Chris Page, learned...