The Annual Parish Meeting will take place at the Village Hall next Thursday 15th June 2023. The meeting will start at 7:30 pm with refreshments available from 7:00 pm and after the meeting. The agenda is on the website.
Robin Page Many in the village will already know of the sad passing of Robin Page who lived next to Bird Farm and Haslingfield Road. Robin was well know for his views on the decline of the village and his concerns about intensive farming and the impact it has on wildlife. In 1994 he became […]
You may have noticed that the village has become rather overgrown! Whilst we are aiming for more biodiversity, perfect grass growing conditions have inadvertently pushed the village to the extreme. This has coincided with the 4-yearly grass cutting tender process, leaving us in between contractors. However, the great news is that our lovely new contractors […]
Greater Cambridgeshire Partnership update This week we have seen a huge amount of interest in the launch of the Making Connections consultation report. The results have been widely discussed throughout the media and we have seen the Making Connections 2022 report downloaded extensively while the presentation of the results has had over 200 views. As […]
Witness/footage sought – hit and run Saturday night Barton High Street Hi there, very long shot but at about quarter past midnight on Saturday night a car sped down Barton High Street towards the garage, hit my car which was parked on the road outside my house and drove off. No injuries thankfully but […]
Making Connections update Consultation report published A report outlining the results from the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s Making Connections public consultation has been published today at https://www.greatercambridge.org.uk/mc-22 More than 24,000 people responded to the consultation, which proposed measures to transform the bus network alongside better walking and cycling infrastructure that would be funded in the long […]
There was a serious accident between two cyclists at the junction of New Road and the A603 (Cambridge Road) on Wednesday afternoon resulting in one cyclist being taken to hospital with a serious head injury. The cyclist was not wearing a helmet. We recognise that it is not compulsory to wear a cycle helmet but […]
Route Update Announcement May 2023 Route Update Announcement Today, we’re publishing the route update for East West Rail (EWR), which will see new train services connecting Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge moving one step closer – unlocking the area’s potential to create jobs, grow the economy and attract investment for the entire country. Our proposals […]
We’re seeing an increase in thefts from vehicles and on some occasions tools worth thousands of pounds being stolen 👀 There are some simple steps you can take to help prevent yourself becoming a victim of tool theft 🛠 Here are some tips to help you: Avoid leaving your tools unattended in your vehicles […]
Huge thanks to all who organised, worked at and attended the Barton Coronation Street party. It was wonderful to see the community joining together in the lovely Spring sunshine for a good old-fashioned British knees-up. We would like to invite you to share any photos you took of the day for us to display […]