Wandlebury 70th Birthday Appeal

Celebrating 70 years of Wandlebury Country Park – give to the 70th birthday appeal to raise £70,000! On 26 April 1954 our charity announced it had purchased the Wandlebury estate, saving the Gog Magog Hills and creating Cambridge’s first country…

Once Around Wandlebury

Wed 8 January, 10am-12pm.  Wandlebury Country Park Start the new year with a leisurely walk around the park with one of our Wardens. We will enjoyviewpoints, landmarks and whatever wildlife is out and about. Meet at the noticeboard in the…

Country Park launches off-road mobility scooter

A new mobility scooter is available for people to explore Wandlebury Country Park. The scooter is available free for anyone who wants to enjoy the park but might need some help to do so. The Country Park is owned and…

Nature at Wandlebury

Wandlebury is designated as a County Wildlife Site and is important for its chalk meadows and mature woodland. The Park also has a traditional orchard, ponds and hedgerows which all add to the biodiversity of the site, as do some…

Volunteer Work Party – Coton Countryside Reserve

Tuesday 14 January, 10.30am-1.30pm, Coton Countryside Reserve Help care for green spaces and their wildlife – get active, meet others and enjoy learning rural practices at the same time.  Meet at car park notice board. All instruction, equipment and tools…

We are taking part in Weston Communicating Climate

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been accepted onto Media Trust’s Weston Communicating Climate Programme, funded by Garfield Weston Foundation and MG OMD. Following last year’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the public concern for climate change was boosted at…

Visiting Wandlebury for people with reduced mobility

There is free parking for blue badge holders, a toilet for use by wheelchair users and immediately around the car park there are some hard surfaced roads, but this includes some small cobbles. Most of the 8km of paths in…

Leper Chapel History

The Leper Chapel dates from around 1125 and is the second oldest complete building in Cambridge. It was originally built as part of an isolation hospital for lepers, and has survived the centuries largely because of its association with the…