Local Events

Barkway Literary Festival, Saturday 5th October 2024

Barkway Literary Festival, Saturday 5th October 2024 Experience an explosion of literary creativity in October. Barkway’s third literary festival has a diverse programme of world class authors, wordsmiths, podcasters, adventurers and children’s writers. This year’s event has been created to entertain children in the morning, inspire the most determined individuals to achieve their life goals […]

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Late Night Shopping

Buntingford’s late night shopping and Christmas market event makes a welcome return on Friday 29th November from 4-8pm. The annual event combines the Lights of Love ceremony in aid of the Isabel Hospice, with the lighting of the Lights of Love Tree, and traditional carols sung in this special ceremony. This year, the event will

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Orwell Pannier Market

By Katie and Val 2024 is a very special year for the Orwell Pannier Market – it’s our 20th Anniversary! This makes us the oldest monthly village market in South Cambridgeshire (see SCDCs VisitSouthCambs website). It all started back in 2004 when 3 local residents, on holiday in Devon, saw villagers selling surplus produce from

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Buntingford Classic Car Show

Buntingford Classic Car Show Saturday 7th September will see the Car Show come to Buntingford once again. Held along the High Street plus Church Street and Market Hill, the show regularly attracts a range of rare and classic vehicles. Shows from previous years have featured a Green Goddess fire engine, a £3.5m Ferrari, a 1904

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Grand Safari in Cambridge

Families are invited to embark on an incredible safari at Grand Arcade, Cambridge and the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology this Summer. Take a walk on the wild side at BRICKLIVE Grand Safari, an exhibition running from 10th to 27th August, featuring 15 extraordinary creatures handcrafted entirely from tiny bricks. BRICKLIVE’S Grand Safari trail

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Rail and Ale Trail

A Rail and Ale trail – which puts a spotlight on using local trains and the walks you can take to the village pubs in South Cambridgeshire – has been published by the District Council alongside the Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Community Rail Partnership. The Trail takes you on different walks from local train stations

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Sustainable Shepreth

Sustainable Shepreth By Elisabeth Goodman Spain Sustainable Shepreth was initiated in 2023 by village residents passionate about finding ways to address the effects of climate change and the loss of biodiversity in their community. Our constitution states that “Sustainable Shepreth is committed to work in a collective way to transition our community to a form

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Visit Royston Cave This Summer

Royston Cave was discovered by accident in 1742, while workman were digging foundations. They hit hard stone, and eventually unearthed a millstone which when they lifted, had been plugging a shaft to a cave. Manmade and beehive shaped, it is cut 8m into the chalk that lies beneath the ancient crossroads of Icknield Way and

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The Herts and Essex Country Fair

The much-awaited Herts & Essex Country Fair, Dog & Heavy Horse Show takes place in The Park, Brent Pelham, SG9 0AT on Sunday 18th August. This traditional, local Country Fair provides an entertaining and varied day out for all the family.The beautiful Heavy Horses return and there will be a range of classes to recognise

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