Spring Concert at St Mary’s Church in over

Friday 19th April 2024 New Park on Village Green Opened Today, Featuring Charity-Run Tuck Shop Anticipation mounted this week as the Over community prepared for the grand opening of its newest treasure: the Village Green Park. Nestled in the heart of Over, this vibrant green space promises to be a hub of activity and joy for residents of all ages. This project has been a joint initiative between the Over Parish Council and local working group ‘Over Parks Regeneration Group’. What: The official opening of the Village Green Park When: Friday 19th April, 2pm Where: The Village Green, Over, Cambridgeshire Attendees were welcomed with open arms to explore the state-of-the-art…

Dear residents, spring is well and truly here and the lighter evenings are upon us.  Time, perhaps, to dust off your bicycle or walking boots and get outside on one of our amazing local paths, such as those on or close to the guided busway and the lakes at Northstowe and Swavesey. My report is an edited version of the report that I send to the parish councils in my division. FULL COUNCIL The Council met on Tuesday 19 March, and received reports on senior manager pay, pay policy, and gender and ethnicity pay gaps. Five motions were proposed.  Council composition changes again  The Liberal Democrat candidate won the by-election…

The Over Players (TOPS) is your local Am Dram group and we have just celebrated our 40th birthday! At a birthday dinner our founder and President, Christine Turner paid tribute all the people that have been involved over the years- including some that are sadly no longer with us. “Hundreds of people have joined us on stage and behind the scenes and thanks to every one of them for making TOPS what it is today. When the Society was formed, almost every village had an amdram group but sadly many have closed. We are very fortunate to be around after 40 years thanks to the audience that has supported us…

Join David Chandler one of our expert volunteers, for a walk around the newest part of the reserve to look at all the wildlife that is starting to colonise. At this time of year, the reserve is alive with all sorts of sights and sounds which our knowledgeable volunteer will be able to show you.  David is a freelance writer and wildlife guide, the author/co-author of 17 books including the RSPB Children’s Guide to Bird Watching, Kingfishers, and A Beginner’s Guide to Dragonflies & Damselflies, and a regular contributor to Bird Watching magazine. He worked for the RSPB and BirdLife International for almost 20 years. 15 June 2024 between 1100…

Join one of the Ouse Fen wardens, for a walk around the newest reedbeds where Bitterns are making their homes. An evening dusk walk is one of the best times to experience booming Bitterns. There is also the potential to see sky dancing Marsh Harriers, plus lots more. You will also see how Hanson and the RSPB are working together to create Ouse Fen nature reserve, Britain’s biggest reedbed, from a working sand and gravel quarry. 24 May 2024 from 1930 to 2130. Cost between £7.60 and £17.50 depending on age and whether you are a member of RSPB. Meet at Ouse Fen, Earith PE28 3PS To book please go…

One hundred years ago, the land that would become Fen Drayton Lakes was a series of floodplain meadows in the river valley of the Great Ouse. This began to change when low-scale sand and gravel extraction started to take place during the war years in the 1940s for local military and agricultural use. Commercial extraction began in the 1950s and for the next 40-odd years the site became a large, active quarry exporting material for construction around the region. Nowadays, Fen Drayton Lakes is an RSPB nature reserve made up of a variety of habitats comprising open water, reedbed and wetland mixed with grassland, scrub, and woodland. A huge variety…

The new play area at the village green will open on Friday 19th April.