CAMBOURNE

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:''This article is about Cambourne in Cambridgeshire. See also Camborne, a town in Cornwall.''

Cambourne
OS Grid Reference:
Population:	??? (2001 Census)
Dwellings:	??? (2001 Census)
Formal status:	Parish
Administration
County:	Cambridgeshire
Region:	East of England
Nation:	England
Post Office and Telephone
Post town:	Cambridge
Postcode:	CB23 5/6
Dialling Code:	01954

'Cambourne' is a new settlement in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about nine miles (14 km) west of Cambridge, England, in the district of South Cambridgeshire and the county of Cambridgeshire, on the A428 road between Cambridge to the east and St Neots and Bedford to the west. It comprises three villages: Great Cambourne, Lower Cambourne and Upper Cambourne. The name of the community was created from the names of Cambridge, the nearest city, and Bourn, a nearby village. Cambourne was initially going to be named ''Monkfield'' after the name of the original farm, which is commemorated by a Monkfield Lane in Great Cambourne. The area is close to an airfield, and photographs of aeroplanes that flew in the area during World War 2 can be viewed inside the villages' supermarket. Construction of the community began in 1998 on what was previously farmland, and the final population is expected to be around 10,000. The area became a civil parish on April 1, 2004.

Contents

Amenities

Environment

Sport

Cricket

Football

The future

External links

Amenities

The settlement of Cambourne is seen as one of the solutions to the government's plan to build thousands of new homes in the south-east of England. It is a planned community.
In its attempt to become a self-sufficient community, there have been some developments to encourage residents to stay within the village, including:

★ Morrisons supermarket and petrol station

★ Two primary schools

★ Monkfield Medical Practice

★ An imposing hotel with small gym and swimming pool

★ Cambourne Business Park, located to the north of Lower Cambourne.

★ Allotments

★ Indian restaurant

★ Fish and chip shop.

★ Pharmacy

★ Pub and restaurant, "The Monkfield Arms", owned by Pathfinder Pubs
The aspired aim is for residents to work as well as live in Cambourne, although only 6% of those living in Cambourne work at the business park.

Environment

Despite a major and ongoing building programme, in order to protect the environment, the developers were compelled by the planning process to develop a settlement 'in harmony with the environment.' Results of this include:

★ An 'Eco Park', which is home to a variety of plant, bird and mammal life; it is also serves to educate.

★ A 'Country Park' covering 80 acres (32 hectares), partially opened in 2001, situated between Lower and Great Cambourne.

Sport

Various sports are practised in the villages. It has football, rugby, tennis, netball and cricket clubs, with their own pitches.

Cricket

Cambourne Cricket Club runs 2 senior teams and 3 junior teams (U11, U13 and U15). Building work on the new Pavilion in Lower Cambourne is now complete.

Football

Cambourne Eagles are the junior team in Cambourne with various teams playing in the Cambs Mini League and Cambs District Colts League
A second junior club called Cambourne Rovers Juniors F.C also exists and has three junior teams (U11, U13, U16).
The senior club, Cambourne Rovers FC, has good membership. The Saturday side is currently pushing for promotion in the Cambridgeshire Football League BIS division 2a.
CRFC has two Sunday league teams - one competing in the St Neots and District Sunday Football League, and a reserve side playing in the Tucker Gardner league.

The future

Cambourne has over 1,500 occupied homes, with approximately 1,500 more planned. Work on building Upper Cambourne is about to commence: the estimated date of completion is between 2008 and 2010. Work on a high street in Cambourne is still underway, with a chemist, a fish and chip shop, several estate agents, a bookmaker's, a building society, a dry cleaners and an Indian restaurant. The transport network for the area has been further developed as a result of Cambourne's construction, with the extension of the dual-carriageway section of the A428. This new bypass opened in May 2007 and has moved much traffic from the single carriageway into Cambridge onto the new road. A bus service operates between Cambourne and Cambridge, and a less frequent one towards St Neots (every hour). The nearest railway station is located at St Neots.

External links

★ Cambourne Parish Council

★ South Cambridgeshire District Council

★ Results of a city council survey "Living in Cambourne"

★ Local Newsletter Official Site

★ Cambourne Cricket Club Official Site

★ Cambourne Tennis Club

★ Cambourne Exiles Rugby Club Official Site