Save the Leper Chapel
we need your help to save the Leper Chapel and ensure Cambridge's oldest building is preserved as an iconic heritage asset.
Government levels down its ambition for planning reform
At last, the grown-ups are back in charge of the Government’s planning policy – well almost. Having promised ‘a whole new planning system for England’ and ‘no more fiddling around the edges’ in the 2020 Planning White Paper, Boris Johnson’s…
150,000 new houses for Cambridge! What is Michael Gove talking about?
It is rarely good news when the government makes an announcement just before holidays and when everyone’s attention is elsewhere. This was the case, just before Christmas, when the Secretary of State for Housing, Michael Gove MP announced significant changes…
Black Mulberry for Wandlebury’s 70th Anniversary
At the end of July we had a very special visitor who planted a tree to mark the occasion of the Wandlebury Country Park 70th birthday. Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire Julie Spence paid Wandlebury a visit and planted a Black…
70 Years of Wandlebury Country Park!
Wandlebury Country Park is Celebrating 70 years On 26 April 1954 our charity announced that it was buying the Wandlebury Estate to make it a public open space. It became Cambridge’s first Country Park and has provided generations of people…
Cambridge Green Belt
Since our founding, in 1928, we have sought to protect the green landscape around Cambridge.
Bourn Windmill Teaching Resources
Bourn Windmill is a fascinating classroom topic, and also a great place to visit with your class.
Laboratory goldrush set to transform Cambridge skyline
Two years ago, Savills produced a report highlighting that there was almost no available commercial laboratory space in Cambridge. Their report generated something akin to a goldrush and developers have been falling over themselves to build lab space because they…
River Cam CAN Project launched
Cambridge Past, Present & Future are delighted to announce the start of a new project to help nature and climate in Cambridge thanks to a £495,000 grant award from The National Lottery Community Fund’s Climate Action Fund. The River Cam…
What’s next for Cambridge PPF?
We all know about the effect that climate change is having on the environment and wildlife. Nature is in crisis and it requires bold action. As more of us have become aware of our responsibility to the planet, the rally…