St Peter’s Church Fete 28 June
St Peter’s Church Fete will take place on 28th June 2025 on School Lane in the Village Hall and School Playground. “There will be music to enjoy throughout the afternoon with Live Saxaphone playing, organ music and a choir of children from Barton school lead by Revd. Claire Robertson. The children will also be giving […]
New dementia wristbands
You leave your house, upset. You can’t remember why, but you’re wearing your slippers and no jacket. You don’t have a phone, or any money with you. You end up in a street that’s familiar to you, but you’re not sure why. It’s now dark. You turn and face one way, then another – then […]
Comberton Summer Fesitival
Comberton Parish Council have a summer festival Saturday 5th July 2025 from 2 pm to 11 pm
Barton Greenways Update
Following on from our meeting between Peter Blake (Interim Director of GCP), Jonathan Camp (Senior Project Manager GCP), business leaders, farmers representatives, and local councillors last Friday, it was agreed that New Road should remain closed until Greenways works are completed on that stretch (phase 1). A further meeting was held (Thursday 24 May) with […]
School Lane Street Party Road Closed
School Lane will be closed from 10:00 to 20:00 on 7 June for Barton’s celebration of the end of World War II. Road closed order will be posted on the main notice board and at the end of School Lane.
Prohibition of Parking and Waiting on High Street
The County of Cambridgeshire Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 – Section 14(2) as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991 (Temporary Prohibition of Waiting) Notice 2025-1152 and 2025-1153 18 May to 29 June In order to ease congestion on High Street, Cambridgeshire County Council has issued Temporary Prohibition of Waiting and Parking. These […]
Barton Greenways Meeting
A meeting was held Friday afternoon with the GCP, County and District Councillors, Barton Parish Councillors, Barton business owners and local farmers to ensure that the GCP is fully aware of the impact of the Greenways works on village businesses. All agreed that the project management and communication needs to improve and that the next […]
One teenager’s important call
It’s 1.59am on Wednesday morning. One teenager should have been safely asleep in bed, but was woken up by her mum’s partner shouting. She confided in officers that the man had violently pulled her mum out of bed in front of a young toddler and her worried mum had told her to call the police. […]
Greenways Update
Work has started on widening the shared pavement along New Road between A603 to near Kings Grove. Cambridgeshire County Council Streetworks has insisted on New Road being closed to enable a safe working space and a safe path for pedestrians and cyclists. This has resulted in less traffic through the village and impacted businesses in […]