Greater Cambridge Housing Strategy 2024 to 2029 A new five-year housing strategy plan for Greater Cambridge has just been published with affordable housing, improved housing conditions and the building of low carbon homes among the priorities. Its publication follows a public consultation, which gathered the views of a wide range of interested groups including people who live and work in the region, The strategy sets out the aims and priorities for new and existing homes – which involves building the right homes in the right places that people can afford to live in as well as improving existing homes. The councils face a number of challenges, including an ageing population,…

Just over a year since launching the new Over Village News website and email newsletter, we are delighted to have amassed hundreds of subscribers, the support of many wonderful local businesses and a community of contributors from clubs, groups and local services and organisations who commit time every week and month to provide important news and event updates to our audiences. Back in December 2022, on hearing the news that the printed Over News, which landed through our letterboxes for many years, unfortunately was coming to an end, a small group of volunteers began to investigate a number of solutions to keep our village connected. Over many late evening Zoom…

Thursday 5th September @ 7.00pm – 9.00pm The Welcome night is a chance to see some of the club members’ images and to find out more about the club. The Welcome night is FREE to visitors. We are always keen to encourage new members to join and pride ourselves on being a very friendly, welcoming club with activities to suit all abilities. We will have guest speakers at some of our meetings covering a variety of subjects eg, wildlife, infra red photography, long exposure photography, visits to Cuba & Africa and landscape photography. We also have internal and external competitions. There will also be members nights covering various topics –…

As a nature reserve, Fen Drayton Lakes is managed with specific species in mind. These target species are determined in conversation with our ecologists and are based on the habitats present on site, the UK Red-list of endangered birds, and by the RSPB’s list of priority species. The mosaic of diverse habitats that make up our reserve, including lakes, reedbed, and woodland means that we have a wide range of animals, plants and fungi on site. Each habitat has different target species that we aim to attract, whilst also drawing in many other species that make their homes in similar environs. As we’ve mentioned in previous articles, our year is…