Barton Bowls Club Have you thought about playing bowls? Come along to one of the try out sessions at Barton Bowls Club based at the Barton Recreation Ground (see attached). Please book in advance: Open Day* Saturday 23rd April 2022, 10 am to 4 pm Open Evenings* Thursday 28th April and 5th May 2022 from […]
Your local climate news and events Getting ready for spring Phew! What a busy start to the year. Here at Cambridge Carbon Footprint we’ve been doing all sorts of spadework getting ready for a busy spring full of events. Coming up we’ve got more Net Zero Now training, workshops for SMEs, collaborations with the Cambridge Festival and […]
The chicanes and 20 mph signs will be removed next week. The temporary speed limit was imposed as part of COVID measures and the temporary traffic order expires on 16 February 2022. We have submitted a bid to make the High Street and off-roads permanently 20 mph and are awaiting the out come of […]
Monthly reports by our County Councillor, Michael Atkins, are on the County Council Page. The latest report (January 2022) covers: Covid-19: Plan A restrictions; case rates very high, particularly in children County Council Budget: increase in council tax, household support fund, just transition fund Active travel proposals: modified after resident feedback Traffic order: proposed change […]
The Barton Parish Institute (Village Hall) AGM will be held at the Village Hall on Thursday 10th February starting at 7:45 pm. All welcome.
Highway Code Further to our last post, the new version of the Highway Code is now available on line. Hard copies can be pre-ordered and expected to be available from April. Local Transport and Connectivity Plan Following the feedback from the survey last November, the combined authority has decided on a complete rewrite of the […]
The latest updates to the Highway Code come into force this weekend (29th January 2022). Are you aware of the changes? In all there are eight changes you need to know about. Below is a brief summary of some of these. The latest copy with the changes should be available from tomorrow. Make sure you […]
COVID community update – 27 January 2022 Dear volunteer coordinators and Parish Councillors, COVID-19 picture locally With COVID-19 ‘Plan B’ restrictions largely now ended (as of today – 27 January), I just want to share an update on the COVID-19 picture locally, as provided by our Health partners. Cambridge has one of the highest number […]
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations are from 2nd to 5th June 2022. Barton plan to hold our celebration on Saturday 4th June. Save the date!
COVID community update – 20 January 2022 Dear volunteer coordinators and parish Councillors, A return to ‘Plan A’ As you will no doubt have heard, the Prime Minister announced on Wednesday that we would be moving from the ‘Plan B’ measures to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant, back to the ‘Plan A’ that […]