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The latest stage in Trumpington's history: 2001 to the present, urban growth including transport links, housing developments, new primary and secondary schools, community facilities and green spaces. One of a series of pages with Trumpington's timeline.
2001 census, population of Trumpington Ward 6554 (note that the ward is a larger area than the parish, reaching north into Cambridge, so the figure is not comparable to censuses pre-1931).
Sources of information: National Statistics web site.
Construction of the Trumpington Park & Ride site on part of the former PBI/Monsanto land to the west of Hauxton Road. The site was selected after a lengthy search. It opened in November 2001.
Sources of information: Traffic Management web site. Trumpington Local History Group (2000). 20th Century Trumpington, page 64.
Opening of a Branch Surgery in Beverley Way on land to the rear of the Village Hall, part of the Trumpington Street Medical Practice.
Sources of information:
Local History Group web page: History of the Village Hall, the 2000s
Publication of Trumpington Local History Group’s Trumpington Past & Present.
Local History Group web page: Group publications
Reflecting its concern that impending housing developments should be of benefit to all of Trumpington, the Trumpington Residents' Association published a report on the future of the area, with proposals for a community centre, schools, a medical practice and biodiversity. The report had a positive influence of planners and developers.
Sources of information: Trumpington Residents' Association (2004). Future Development of a Historically Important Parish.
Designation of Byron's Pool as a Local Nature Reserve.
Sources of information: Information panel at Byron's Pool (December 2010). Cambridge City Local Nature Reserves Web page [accessed 15 January 2011].
Publication of a development framework for the southern fringe of Cambridge focused on Trumpington. After two years of consultation, this provided planning guidance to the councils and developers putting forward plans for new housing and infrastructure around Trumpington. It formed the starting point for the planning applications for Trumpington Meadows, Glebe Farm and Clay Farm. The report has detailed information about the area.
Sources of information: Cambridge City Council (2006). Cambridge Southern Fringe Area Development Framework.
The end of farming on the Clay Farm and the Showground sites, when the land is sold for housing development (further crops are grown in 2009 when the housing plans are delayed).
Local History Group web page: Farms and farming in Trumpington
Opening of Trumpington Community Orchard at the eastern end of Trumpington Allotments, off Foster Road. Over a number of years, the site had been cleared of debris, bird and bat boxes had been erected in the cherry thicket and a hedgerow had been laid. The area was then planted with 19 Cambridgeshire Heritage apple trees and two plum trees. It was officially opened by the Mayor of Cambridge on 4 May 2008.
Sources of information: Trumpington Community Orchard Web site.
Celebration of the centenary of the opening of the Village Hall, October 2008.
Local History Group web page: Village Hall Centenary Exhibition and Reception
Trumpington Residents’ Association (TRA) becomes a company limited by guarantee (and a registered charity in October 2010).
Sources of information: Trumpington Residents' Association (TRA web site)
Opening of the redeveloped Trumpington Pavilion by the Mayor of Cambridge, Councillor Russ McPherson.
Sources of information: Trumpington Pavilion opening weekend (TRA web site)
Sale of Trumpington Rectory into private hands.
Revision of the Parliamentary Boundary, Trumpington transferred from South Cambridgeshire to Cambridge City, Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat) elected MP.
Sources of information: List of Parliamentary Constituencies in Cambridgeshire (Wikipedia); Julian Huppert web site
Unveiling of the new village sign by the Mayor of Cambridge, Councillor Sheila Stuart.
Local History Group web pages: Unveiling of the sign and an introduction to the village signs
The Parish Church Bakehouse was opened on 3 October 2010. The building once formed part of the old vicarage outbuildings and was refurbished to include a church office and a meeting space.
Sources of information: Trumpington Parish Church Web site.
The Trumpington Conservation Area was extended on 5 October 2010 (first designated on 25 February 1969 and extended on 2 July 1998).
Sources of information: Cambridge City Council Web site.
Local History Group web page:
Opening of Addenbrooke’s Road, linking Hauxton Road, Shelford Road and Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. The road also provides access to the Glebe Farm and Clay Farm houding development areas.
Sources of information: TRA diary about the construction of Addenbrooke's Road
Local History Group web page: Opening of Addenbrooke's Road
Opening of Fawcett Children’s Centre at Fawcett School, 13 November 2010, in the presence of Julian Huppert MP, City Councillor Sheila Stuart and County Councillor Linda Oliver. The Centre is part of the Sure Start network of services for young children and their parents.
Sources of information: Fawcett Children's Centre
Local History Group web page: History of Fawcett School
The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway opened on Sunday 7 August 2011 and services started in the Trumpington area on Monday 8 August 2011. The route through Trumpington follows the line of the former Bedford-Cambridge railway from Trumpington Park & Ride site to Cambridge station with a branch to Adenbrooke's Hospital.
Sources of information: Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, Cambridgeshire County Council and Busway web sites.
Local History Group web page: How the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway came to Trumpington, Peter Dawson. [to add]
Official opening of the fish pass at Byron's Pool, 25 August 2011. When the weir was reconstructed in 1949, it cut off the upper part of the River Cam: the fish pass enables fish (including minnows, chub and brown trout) to bypass the weir. It was formed along the route of an existing drainage channel. Project led by Ellis Selway, Community Reserves Officer, Cambridge City Council.
Sources of information: Ellis Selway and information panel at the weir.
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