Cambourne
Encyclopedia
Cambourne is a new settlement
and civil parish in Cambridgeshire
, England
, in the district of South Cambridgeshire
. It lies on the A428 road
between Cambridge
, 9 miles (14 km) to the east, and St Neots
and Bedford
to the west. It comprises the three villages of Great Cambourne, Lower Cambourne and Upper Cambourne. The area is close to Bourn Airfield. The final population is expected to be around 10,000. Cambourne has recently been used by government departments and in school Geography lessons as it provides a useful case study of designing and building a settlement from scratch.
and the developers together with the landholders. The new settlement was to be constructed by three of Britain's leading house builders, Bovis Homes
, Bryant Homes
and Taylor Wimpey
. Planning permission for the development at Monkfield Park was given in November 1996, while construction began in June 1998, on what was previously farmland.
, work on building Upper Cambourne is under way, with the estimated date of completion being between 2008 and 2014.
The existing planning permission allows 3,300 homes in the development, and planning permission was granted for a further 950 homes on 3rd October 2011.
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 and the village pub, The Monkfield Arms. The name of the community was created from the names of Cambridge
, the nearest city, and Bourn, a nearby village.
The area became a civil parish on 1 April 2004.
supermarket and petrol station, a medical practice, allotments
, a pub
, The Monkfield Arms, owned by Pathfinder Pubs and a hotel, The Cambridge Belfry, run by QHotels.
The high street in Cambourne has been developed further with a fish and chip shop, Domino's pizza
store, several estate agent
s, a Ladbrokes
bookmaker, a Cambridge Building Society
branch, a dry cleaner, a bicycle
shop, a coffee shop
, a Chinese takeaway
, an Indian restaurant and a Lloyds Pharmacy with a Post Office
counter.
Cambourne has three primary schools; Monkfield Park Primary School and Jeavons Wood Primary School in Great Cambourne and The Vine Inter-Church Primary School in Upper Cambourne. On 21st June 2011 work began on a new permanent building for the Jeavons Wood Primary School, situated 100 yards from the present temporary site on East Gate, Great Cambourne. All primary schools are in the catchment area for Comberton
Village College
. On 29 June 2011 Cambridgeshire County Council
held a public exhibition of the plans for 'A Secondary School for Cambourne' which is planned to be ready for pupils in September 2013. Cambourne Business Park is located to the north east of Great Cambourne and is the home of South Cambridgeshire District Council
, which relocated there in 2004. Environmental facilities include an educational 'Eco Park' which is home to a variety of plant, bird and mammal life and a 'Country Park' covering 80 acres (32.4 ha), partially opened in 2001, situated between Lower and Great Cambourne.
In 2008/9, the local police force Cambridgeshire Constabulary
announced the building of a new police station in the village, complementing the two other rural stations in Histon
and Sawston
, and two outposts at Melbourn
and Linton
, in South Cambridgeshire. It was planned to be ready by December 2009, however due to various delays, it partially opened in July 2010. The police station fully opened in September 2010. In May 2011 Cambourne Fire Station was completed on Back Lane, adjacent to the Police Station. There will however be no serving Fire Fighters or Fire Engine until the Papworth Fire Station is no longer deemed necessary. In June 2011 administrative staff and Fire Protection Officers from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service
moved into Cambourne Fire Station while the Parkside Fire Station in Cambridge is being redeveloped.
Cambourne Cricket
Club was formed in 2003 by Jason Clatworthy and Paul Cooke but did not begin playing competitive cricket until 2006 due to delays to the delivery and maturity of playing facilities. The club have enjoyed a sustained period of growth since its inception, culminating in the award of ECB
Clubmark status in 2008 which demonstrates proven higher levels of organisation, management, coaching and safety. the club have three adult teams playing in the Saturday CCA leagues and two Colts teams playing in the CYCA leagues. Building work on a new pavilion in Lower Cambourne was completed in April 2007 and a second ground in Great Cambourne opened in August 2009 behind the church which has allowed the club to enter a 3rd adult team into the league and presents further opportunity for growth.
The senior football
club is Cambourne Rovers FC, whose Saturday side plays in the Cambridgeshire Football League
BIS Division 1a. A reserve team has also been entered into Division 5a for the 2008–09 season. CRFC is further represented by a Sunday league team, competing in the Halls of Cambridge Sunday League Division 4B.
The largest junior club is called Cambourne F.C, with one U7 team in playing in the Hunts Mini League, two U8 teams, two U9, and U10 team playing in the Cambs Mini League. The club also has one U12 and a U16 team playing in the Cambs Colts league. Cambourne F.C has also set up a Soccer School for children under the age of 7 years old.
Cambourne Exiles Rugby
Club was formed in 2005 when some of the villagers decided to form a rugby-related social group. The first game was on 26 November 2005, against Saffron Walden 3. The team have grown to be a competent threes-level team. After the first season of friendly matches, in 2006 the team joined the Greene King Merit League.
Cambourne Ladies Football Team was formed in April 2011 and is Cambourne's only ladies football team. The team is due to start training in May 2011 and will initially be run as a 5-a-side team.
A new sports pavillion was completed in September 2011 on the playing fields off Back Lane, Greater Cambourne. This has multi changing facilities for the Football and Rugby pitches as well as a juice bar and maintenance shed.
Cambourne Leisure Centre is currently being constructed on Back Lane, Great Cambourne by Carter Builders. Costing around £3million it will have a large sports hall, dance studio, juice bar and large gym. It is due to open in early December 2011 and will be run by Everyone Active.
. 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
, with a less-frequent service towards St Neots
hourly. The nearest railway station is located at St Neots.
The speed limit
set for the majority of Cambourne was at one point 19 mph, however this was unenforceable because the roads were at this point privately-owned.
In early 2010 the new Cambourne Church was opened at a cost of £1.1million. The new church has a strikingly tall barn-like design, aiming to be accessible, welcoming and environmentally sustainable. The church will hold 150 worshippers and be available for hire for public and private events. It is located nearby the Cambourne Ark, aswell as the Cambourne Soul Youth Club.
compared to many other places in the South Cambridgeshire
area. Many schools have been developed in the area, to ensure that younger pupils do not have to take buses to schools in Hardwick and other villages in the local area. The first of the schools to be built was Monkfield Park Primary School, but since then The Vine Inter Church School and the temporary Jeavons Wood Primary School have been developed, with an extra building planned, located nearby the temporary Jeavons Wood Primary School. The schools in the area are in the catchment for Comberton Village College
, the most local secondary school. However, a secondary school is planned to be developed in Cambourne following the success of the new £9.5million Sixth-form building at Comberton Village College.
New town
A new town is a specific type of a planned community, or planned city, that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are uncommon in new...
and civil parish in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, in the district of South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire is a mostly rural local government district of Cambridgeshire, England. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chesterton Rural District and South Cambridgeshire Rural District. It surrounds the city of Cambridge, which is administered separately from the district by...
. It lies on the A428 road
A428 road
The A428 road is a major road in central and eastern England. It connects the cities of Coventry and Cambridge by way of the county towns of Northampton and Bedford.-Coventry - Northampton:...
between Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, 9 miles (14 km) to the east, and St Neots
St Neots
St Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...
and Bedford
Bedford
Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...
to the west. It comprises the three villages of Great Cambourne, Lower Cambourne and Upper Cambourne. The area is close to Bourn Airfield. The final population is expected to be around 10,000. Cambourne has recently been used by government departments and in school Geography lessons as it provides a useful case study of designing and building a settlement from scratch.
History
As part of plans to build thousands of new homes in the south-east of England, a new settlement on 400 ha of former agricultural land, nine miles west of Cambridge was considered in the late 1980s. In 1994 the S106 agreement from the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 was completed by the developers (McA), the local authority, Cambridgeshire County CouncilCambridgeshire County Council
Cambridgeshire County Council is the county council of Cambridgeshire, England. The council currently consists of 69 councillors, representing 60 electoral divisions. The Conservative Party has a majority on the council, having gained control in the 1997 local elections...
and the developers together with the landholders. The new settlement was to be constructed by three of Britain's leading house builders, Bovis Homes
Bovis Homes Group
Bovis Homes Group plc is a second tier national British housebuilding company based in New Ash Green, Kent. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:...
, Bryant Homes
Bryant Homes
Bryant Homes was one of the larger UK housebuilders when it was acquired by Taylor Woodrow in 2001; Bryant then became the principal housebuilding operation of the enlarged group. Taylor Woodrow merged with Wimpey in 2007 and during 2010 the Bryant brand was phased out...
and Taylor Wimpey
Taylor Wimpey
Taylor Wimpey plc is one of the largest British based housebuilding companies. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index...
. Planning permission for the development at Monkfield Park was given in November 1996, while construction began in June 1998, on what was previously farmland.
, work on building Upper Cambourne is under way, with the estimated date of completion being between 2008 and 2014.
The existing planning permission allows 3,300 homes in the development, and planning permission was granted for a further 950 homes on 3rd October 2011.
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 and the village pub, The Monkfield Arms. The name of the community was created from the names of Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, the nearest city, and Bourn, a nearby village.
The area became a civil parish on 1 April 2004.
Amenities
Some facilities were built in Cambourne as part of the initial development. These include a MorrisonsMorrisons
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...
supermarket and petrol station, a medical practice, allotments
Allotment (gardening)
An allotment garden, often called simply an allotment, is a plot of land made available for individual, non-professional gardening. Such plots are formed by subdividing a piece of land into a few or up to several hundreds of land parcels that are assigned to individuals or families...
, a pub
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
, The Monkfield Arms, owned by Pathfinder Pubs and a hotel, The Cambridge Belfry, run by QHotels.
The high street in Cambourne has been developed further with a fish and chip shop, Domino's pizza
Pizza
Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings.Originating in Italy, from the Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world. An establishment that makes and sells pizzas is called a "pizzeria"...
store, several estate agent
Estate agent
An estate agent is a person or business that arranges the selling, renting or management of properties, and other buildings, in the United Kingdom and Ireland. An agent that specialises in renting is often called a letting or management agent...
s, a Ladbrokes
Ladbrokes
Ladbrokes plc is a British based gambling company. It is based in Rayners Lane in Harrow, London owned by Bhavin Kakaiya. From 14 May 1999 to 23 February 2006, when it owned the Hilton hotel brand outside the United States, it was known as Hilton Group plc...
bookmaker, a Cambridge Building Society
Cambridge Building Society
The Cambridge Building Society is a UK building society based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. It is the 23rd largest in the United Kingdom based on total assets of £844 million at 31 December 2007. It is a member of the Building Societies Association....
branch, a dry cleaner, a bicycle
Bicycle
A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....
shop, a coffee shop
Coffeehouse
A coffeehouse or coffee shop is an establishment which primarily serves prepared coffee or other hot beverages. It shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant, but it is different from a cafeteria. As the name suggests, coffeehouses focus on...
, a Chinese takeaway
Chinese Takeaway
"Chinese Takeaway" is a song by The Adicts taken from their second album Sound of Music.-The Adicts:* Keith 'Monkey' Warren - Vocals* Mel Ellis - Bass* Pete Dee Davison - Guitar * Michael 'Kid' Dee Davison - Drums...
, an Indian restaurant and a Lloyds Pharmacy with a Post Office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
counter.
Cambourne has three primary schools; Monkfield Park Primary School and Jeavons Wood Primary School in Great Cambourne and The Vine Inter-Church Primary School in Upper Cambourne. On 21st June 2011 work began on a new permanent building for the Jeavons Wood Primary School, situated 100 yards from the present temporary site on East Gate, Great Cambourne. All primary schools are in the catchment area for Comberton
Comberton
Comberton is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, just east of the Prime Meridian.-History:Archaeological finds, including a Neolithic polished stone axe and a Bronze Age barrow , suggest there has been a settlement here for thousands of years. A Roman villa was discovered...
Village College
Village College
The village college is an institution specific to Cambridgeshire, England . It caters for the education of 11 to 16 year olds during the day,...
. On 29 June 2011 Cambridgeshire County Council
Cambridgeshire County Council
Cambridgeshire County Council is the county council of Cambridgeshire, England. The council currently consists of 69 councillors, representing 60 electoral divisions. The Conservative Party has a majority on the council, having gained control in the 1997 local elections...
held a public exhibition of the plans for 'A Secondary School for Cambourne' which is planned to be ready for pupils in September 2013. Cambourne Business Park is located to the north east of Great Cambourne and is the home of South Cambridgeshire District Council
South Cambridgeshire District Council
South Cambridgeshire District Council is the local authority for the district of South Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire, England. Based in Cambourne, it forms the lower part of the two tier system of local government in the district, below Cambridgeshire County Council...
, which relocated there in 2004. Environmental facilities include an educational 'Eco Park' which is home to a variety of plant, bird and mammal life and a 'Country Park' covering 80 acres (32.4 ha), partially opened in 2001, situated between Lower and Great Cambourne.
In 2008/9, the local police force Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Cambridgeshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. In addition to the non-metropolitan county, the Police area includes the city of Peterborough, which became a unitary authority area in...
announced the building of a new police station in the village, complementing the two other rural stations in Histon
Histon
Histon and Impington are villages in Cambridgeshire, England, They are situated just north of Cambridge with the main bulk of the settlements being separated from the city by the A14 road ....
and Sawston
Sawston
Sawston is a large village in Cambridgeshire in England, situated on the River Cam seven miles south of Cambridge. It has a population of 7,150...
, and two outposts at Melbourn
Melbourn
Melbourn is a large village in the far south west of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located next to the A10 just north of Royston. Melbourn has over 4,400 inhabitants...
and Linton
Linton
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, in South Cambridgeshire. It was planned to be ready by December 2009, however due to various delays, it partially opened in July 2010. The police station fully opened in September 2010. In May 2011 Cambourne Fire Station was completed on Back Lane, adjacent to the Police Station. There will however be no serving Fire Fighters or Fire Engine until the Papworth Fire Station is no longer deemed necessary. In June 2011 administrative staff and Fire Protection Officers from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire and the unitary authority of Peterborough....
moved into Cambourne Fire Station while the Parkside Fire Station in Cambridge is being redeveloped.
Sport
Various sports clubs are located in the villages, including football, rugby, tennis, netball and cricket clubs with their own pitches.Cambourne Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
Club was formed in 2003 by Jason Clatworthy and Paul Cooke but did not begin playing competitive cricket until 2006 due to delays to the delivery and maturity of playing facilities. The club have enjoyed a sustained period of growth since its inception, culminating in the award of ECB
England and Wales Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was created on 1 January 1997 combining the roles of the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council...
Clubmark status in 2008 which demonstrates proven higher levels of organisation, management, coaching and safety. the club have three adult teams playing in the Saturday CCA leagues and two Colts teams playing in the CYCA leagues. Building work on a new pavilion in Lower Cambourne was completed in April 2007 and a second ground in Great Cambourne opened in August 2009 behind the church which has allowed the club to enter a 3rd adult team into the league and presents further opportunity for growth.
The senior football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club is Cambourne Rovers FC, whose Saturday side plays in the Cambridgeshire Football League
Cambridgeshire Football League
The Cambridgeshire Football League, currently styled as the Kershaw Cambridgeshire League for sponsorship purposes is a football competition covering Cambridgeshire and western parts of Suffolk in England. It has a total of 15 divisions, headed by the Premier Division. The Premier Division sits at...
BIS Division 1a. A reserve team has also been entered into Division 5a for the 2008–09 season. CRFC is further represented by a Sunday league team, competing in the Halls of Cambridge Sunday League Division 4B.
The largest junior club is called Cambourne F.C, with one U7 team in playing in the Hunts Mini League, two U8 teams, two U9, and U10 team playing in the Cambs Mini League. The club also has one U12 and a U16 team playing in the Cambs Colts league. Cambourne F.C has also set up a Soccer School for children under the age of 7 years old.
Cambourne Exiles Rugby
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
Club was formed in 2005 when some of the villagers decided to form a rugby-related social group. The first game was on 26 November 2005, against Saffron Walden 3. The team have grown to be a competent threes-level team. After the first season of friendly matches, in 2006 the team joined the Greene King Merit League.
Cambourne Ladies Football Team was formed in April 2011 and is Cambourne's only ladies football team. The team is due to start training in May 2011 and will initially be run as a 5-a-side team.
A new sports pavillion was completed in September 2011 on the playing fields off Back Lane, Greater Cambourne. This has multi changing facilities for the Football and Rugby pitches as well as a juice bar and maintenance shed.
Cambourne Leisure Centre is currently being constructed on Back Lane, Great Cambourne by Carter Builders. Costing around £3million it will have a large sports hall, dance studio, juice bar and large gym. It is due to open in early December 2011 and will be run by Everyone Active.
Transport
The transport network for the area has been developed further as a result of Cambourne's construction, with the extension of the dual-carriageway section of the A428A428 road
The A428 road is a major road in central and eastern England. It connects the cities of Coventry and Cambridge by way of the county towns of Northampton and Bedford.-Coventry - Northampton:...
. 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
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, with a less-frequent service towards St Neots
St Neots
St Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...
hourly. The nearest railway station is located at St Neots.
The speed limit
Speed limit
Road speed limits are used in most countries to regulate the speed of road vehicles. Speed limits may define maximum , minimum or no speed limit and are normally indicated using a traffic sign...
set for the majority of Cambourne was at one point 19 mph, however this was unenforceable because the roads were at this point privately-owned.
Religion
Cambourne has a wide variety of faiths incorporated into the Cambourne Ecumenical Partnership. The denominations of Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed and Roman Catholic used to share 'The Ark' building in Jeavons Lane.In early 2010 the new Cambourne Church was opened at a cost of £1.1million. The new church has a strikingly tall barn-like design, aiming to be accessible, welcoming and environmentally sustainable. The church will hold 150 worshippers and be available for hire for public and private events. It is located nearby the Cambourne Ark, aswell as the Cambourne Soul Youth Club.
Schools
Cambourne has a very high birth rateBirth rate
Crude birth rate is the nativity or childbirths per 1,000 people per year . Another word used interchangeably with "birth rate" is "natality". When the crude birth rate is subtracted from the crude death rate, it reveals the rate of natural increase...
compared to many other places in the South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire is a mostly rural local government district of Cambridgeshire, England. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chesterton Rural District and South Cambridgeshire Rural District. It surrounds the city of Cambridge, which is administered separately from the district by...
area. Many schools have been developed in the area, to ensure that younger pupils do not have to take buses to schools in Hardwick and other villages in the local area. The first of the schools to be built was Monkfield Park Primary School, but since then The Vine Inter Church School and the temporary Jeavons Wood Primary School have been developed, with an extra building planned, located nearby the temporary Jeavons Wood Primary School. The schools in the area are in the catchment for Comberton Village College
Comberton Village College
Comberton Village College is a secondary school in Comberton.Comberton Village College was opened in 1960. As a Cambridgeshire Village College, it was designed to be a centre for the life of its community and to provide quality education for pupils aged between 11 and 16.In 1974, the school became...
, the most local secondary school. However, a secondary school is planned to be developed in Cambourne following the success of the new £9.5million Sixth-form building at Comberton Village College.