 Great Shelford GWR Action Group has been set up to fight the proposals for the new Oxford to Cambridge rail line, which could "run via the Shelford Rugby Club, Westfield Road and Stonehill Road." East West Rail (EWR) is considering a route option that may run through Great Shelford which could a number of homes in the village. The next stage of the consultation on the East West rail website will be made public in February.  Zara Indian restaurant is now providing takeaways as Great Shelford has been moved into Lockdown. Here's a £5 discount voucher for Zara. Read about how the new rules are affecting other village businesses. More than 6,000 people in the area have now had their first Covid-19 vaccinations after special sessions over this week-end. Public Health England have decided not to use Great Shelford Memorial Hall for Lateral Flow testing. An alternative venue has been found.  Get 50% off your first visit to Great Shelford's new Alma clinic for osteopathy and sports massages. Do you have an old laptop in your house that you no longer need or want? The Great Shelford COVID support group and the Parochial Charity have teamed up to identify a few local schools that are lacking laptops for home learning. Great and Little Shelford Primary School is consulting about proposed changes to their admissions policy around church attendance. One of Shelford’s success stories of the last year is The Pizza & Kitchen Co. They have now served over 400 customers and a massive 7000 Pizzas to customers from the Shelfords in the last 8 months. Christmas lights in Great Shelford have been vandalised. Cambridgeshire Mayor James Palmer visited angli-EAR's new premises in Woollard's Lane, Great Shelford on an official visit on 4th December.  Local company Pillsorted celebrated their first birthday on Nov 30. Read a profile of Shelford based CEO Zeinab Ardeshir (pictured) about balancing life as an entrepreneur and a mum. The Shelford COVID support group has relaunched with 78 volunteers in place to support every street in Great Shelford during the second wave of the pandemic. A house in High Green was burgled on November 22. Thieves smashed a window between 12 and 1pm double glazed window to get in. Alison Miles from Great Shelford has created a series of children’s books...in rhyme You can win a hamper in the Shelford school raffle. A warning to residents whose parcels are left outside their houses by delivery couriers. A Yodel delivery carton containing 25 kg of bird seed was stolen from the front door step of a house in Woollards Lane during the night of 11/12 November. Did you know, if you're affected by cancer as a patient, family member or carer you can access support locally at the Cambridge Cancer Help Centre in Great Shelford. Great Shelford Medical Practice has a new website where you can book appointments. The village mobile warden scheme is looking for a new warden. A thank you has been shared to all those leaving fruit and veg outside their Great Shelford homes. Christopher Jenkin from Great Shelford was awarded the British Empire Medal in October 2020 for services to the homeless in Cambridge during Covid-19. A perfect home classroom in Great Shelford has been featured in The Times (external link). Major housing developments for more than 1,000 new homes have been proposed for Great Shelford. Sites include Shelford Rugby Club and the Camping and Caravan Site off Cambridge Road are included in the proposals. Up to 40 homes are proposed for the Grange Field, which could lead to an extension of the Recreation Ground. A Great Shelford pensioner who uses a wheelchair has asked if disabled people in the village are being forgotten. The new Angli-Ear hearing solutions office opened in the former Barclays Bank building on Woollards Lane on November 2. The actions and decisions of the Great Shelford Parish
Council September meeting included the news that the Shelford Playscape project
has received £109,000 funding and £21,000 is to be spent on improvements
including decking on the river ban in the Rec .(External link) A new osteopathy clinic is opening in the village - and they are offering 50% off the first session. Great Shelford Dental Practice will restart NHS check-ups from 1st October for children under the age of 16. For adults it will only be possible to start check-ups in 2021. Three snakes and more than 100 lizards were found in a wildlife survey in Great Shelford. (External link) A house has been burgled on Tunwells Lane, Great Shelford (external link) There's a complaint about the state of the weeds alongside the DNA path. The gate for the footpath that runs alongside the health centre is re-open. Thank you to all of you for your patience and understanding over the last few months and for helping to keep our patients, staff and the community safe. The angli-EAR Hearing team are planning to move into the old Barclay's Bank building on Woollard's Lane in Great Shelford. A new public transport scheme on Green Belt the edge of Great Shelford and Stapleford is now expected to be in place by 2024 after the go-ahead was given on June 25 by the Greater Cambridge Partnership. Great Shelford library is re-opening on August 3 Shelford artist Kay Sonnex, who is part of the Cambridge Open Studios window exhibition, has been highlighted in the Cambridge Independent. (External link) Great Shelford Parochial Charity is trying to find a new trustee (external link) On June 22 at 2pm, a crew from Cambridge was called to a fire in the open on Cambridge Road, Great Shelford. Firefighters used a jet to extinguish a hedgerow fire. The cause of the fire was accidental. Motorists are being urged to be vigilant following a spate of handbag thefts from vehicles over the past month including one in Great Shelford. Great Shelford Parish Council has three vacancies (external link) Great Shelford library's Summer Reading Challenge is taking place on line this year. A Facebook group has been set up in Great Shelford to provide support for people in isolation because of the Coronavirus pandemic. A new Shelford yoga and movement class on Zoom started on May 4. Cambridgeshire
Care Home in Great Shelford is using the MYO App which allows caregivers to share
photos, videos and voice messages to loved ones and allow families to stay in
touch during the Coronavirus crisis. (external link) Great Shelford company AngliEar Hearing have been highlighted in the media as a company struggling to get a loan from their bank during the Coronavirus crisis. (external link) A four-year-old child from Great Shelford has won an award from a national charity for showing bravery and resilience during the Coronavirus pandemic. The footpath between Ashen Green and the GP practice and McColl’s car park will be closed 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, to reduce any possible risk of spreading coronavirus whilst Shelford Health Centre is open. Zara has been highlighted for its work giving free meals to Addenbrooke's staff by the Cambridge Independent (external link) A Great Shelford website designer has launched a new skills swap service. Villagers who are experiencing financial hardship because of the Coronavirus pandemic can get support from Great Shelford Parochial Charities. Great Shelford opera singer Alastair Miles has responded to having his next five months work cancelled by creating two YouTube videos with the help of his family. (External link) Is Boots coping with the increased demand for prescriptions. No according to two villagers. The Arthur Rank Hospice at Shelford Bottom has launched an emergency appeal. The Shelford Feast has been postponed. Granta Medical Practice are cancelling all routine face-to-face appointments. This is for the safety of both their patents and our staff. Instead they are offering an enhanced telephone service from clinicians. If you would like to receive a phone call please ring 0300 234 5555 (8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday) or alternatively you can contact them with non-urgent queries via email on capccg.covid19.gmp@nhs.net Is the Great Shelford home price record about to be broken? A house on the market for more than £3 million has been highlighted by the Cambridge News (external link). Great Shelford has been named as one of the best places to live in the UK (external link). Could you become a volunteer driver? Arthur Rank Hospice Shop in Woollards Lane, Great Shelford was broken into between 6pm on February 12 and 8.45am the next day. Some cash was taken and damage caused. Dr Schramm is leaving the Shelford Medical Practice A new cycling club has launched in Great Shelford. Granta Medical Practice which includes the Shelford Health Centre is extending access services for patients, including pre-bookable and online appointments from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday. A house in Woodlands Road was burgled on Jan 4 between 3pm and 7pm. Thieves also raided Tesco's in Woollards Lane on Great Shelford on Jan 11. Two Great Shelford businesses have been burgled. The Sunflower Cafe at Scotsdales in Great Shelford is now part of the Chatty Cafe scheme. Great and Little Shelford school has been ranked 48 out of 188 schools in Cambridgeshire according to the new real schools guide (external link). Cambridge Cancer Help Centre in Great Shelford is looking for new Trustees. Annette Thomas, who lives in Great Shelford, is the new Chief Executive of the Guardian Media Group - the parent company of the Guardian and the Observer. Cara Cafe is now open on Mondays between 10am and 4pm. Dog owners are protesting against a possible ban on dogs on the Recreation Ground on Woollards Lane. Fire crews were called to a garage blaze in Great Shelford in January, Shelford & Stapleford Scout Group braved the elements to raise over £3,300 for local charity Wintercomfort.  Starting to implement the first stages of the Playscape Design Scheme is the Parish Council's priority for 2020 says chairman Malcolm Watson in a New Year message. The Parish Council is proposing to increase its share of the council tax bills by just under 3% (External link). Cara Coffee on Great Shelford High Street is opening on Mondays from January 6. Granta Medical Practice, which includes the Shelford Medical Practice, has been rated outstanding.  Proposals for a new retirement village and country park on the edge of Great Shelford have been published. You can now shop and help SSYI at the same time. There was strong support for more affordable homes in Great Shelford at a recent public meeting. (External link) There were two burglaries in Great Shelford in October. Several items of jewellery were stolen in a break-in at a house in Orchard Road, Great Shelford on October 11. In the second burglary, patio doors of a house in Davey Crescent were forced open and the house searched. The Great Shelford Health Centre has hit back at criticism about how difficult it can be to get an appointment. Two vans have been broken into in Great Shelford. Did you know that aerosol cans, plastic bottles from toiletries and cleaning products and Tetrapak cartons can also now be recycled. There were a record 348 finishers in the Shelford Fun Run (external link). Noel Young's wine bar is ringing the changes on Sundays. Thousands of people from Great Shelford, Little Shelford and Stapleford were woken by a rave on the edge of Little Shelford in August. Villagers are having to wait for over a month for an appointment at the Great Shelford Medical Practice if they use the Online system. Sign up for your Great Shelford electronic newsletter Great Shelford library is launching a new initiative aimed at helping people to stay healthy as they grow older Eight new bus stop signs (commonly known as flags) have been erected in Great Shelford along Hinton Way, Mingle Lane and High Street. There were record ticket sales at the 2019 Shelford Feast with the Comedy Night, Bad Manners & Big 10 and Go West & Back To The 80s sold out. The then MP Heidi Allen (centre) was working behind the bar on the Go West evening. Read about the decisions and actions at the animated Great Shelford Parish Council meeting. (External link.) The poor state of the Shelford cemetery has been criticised by one villager. A man who was sexually abused as a child in Great Shelford 30 years ago has finally won compensation - despite police not having enough evidence to convict his attacker. (external link) Jackson Cox the Opticians are changing owner. After 58 years in business, current owner Bryan Story is retiring. The Shelford Medical Centre is using an eco-friendly electric van to deliver prescriptions to care homes. Scotsdales Garden Centre is now allowing dogs into their shop (External link) Shelford Rugby Club has introduced walking rugby. The Deli is now opening on alternate Friday evenings. You can now manage your GP appointments and prescriptions online from home for the Great Shelford surgery as well as having access to your test results. Plans have emerged for a 63 bedroom care home at the heart of Great Shelford. Great Shelford library has launched its own loyalty scheme. A gravestone for a Nazi spy buried in Great Shelford will not now be put up after all. Read an update of how the work on the Rec will benefit the Shelford Feast. Signs asking motorists to switch off their engines while waiting have been introduced near Great Shelford station. The mystery of a Spitfire that crashed in Great Shelford in World War 2 flown by the well-known racing driver Alfred Fane has been solved. Did you know Barkers Butchers are happy if you take a Tupperware container in when buying ham, sausages and cheese? Great Shelford Parochial Charities has launched its own website. Great Shelford planning and planning applications Great Shelford community groups | Steve Cooper has produced a fantastic bird report for Dernford Reservoir 2020. This site on the outskirts of Stapleford now regularly attracts a variety of scarce birds. (external link) The Stapleford February electronic newsletter is out. Headlines include; Work is expected to start on Stapleford's Multi Use Games Area in April. There are proposals to shrink Stapleford’s historic conservation area and remove eight homes from it. While the Three Horseshoes in Stapleford is now providing takeaways, read the best Stapleford guide about how other local businesses are adapting to the lockdown. Stapleford Granary has created its own Youtube channel (external link). After being shut for the past two weeks, one of Shelford’s success stories of the last year, The Pizza & Kitchen Co is back at the Plough this week-end. Did you know they have now served over 400 customers and a massive 7000 Pizzas to customers from the Shelfords over the last 8 months. Stapleford Parish Council is increasing its budget to £75,000. That will mean a 3% increase in their share of the Council Tax bills. Listen to a recording of the January Stapleford Parish Council meeting There are some potential changes to the A1307 near Stapleford which will impact on local drivers. They include;
Did you know that the Stapleford Snack Shack has set up a café at the Dernford Reservoir? (External link) More details at www.staplefordonline.com Great Shelford artist John Minton has been celebrated in a documentary by Mark Gatiss on BBC. Read a profile of the Great Shelford born artist here.  This old photo of Hinton Way from around 1917 was sold on Ebay. There are lots of other old postcards in a special gallery.  James Newman has spent 4 years and £40,000 building a giant computer inside his Great Shelford home which has made headlines from the BBC to the Daily Mail.  Postcards have emerged giving an insight into the lives of a soldier based in Great Shelford during part of World War 1. A blue plaque has been unveiled at Shelford Railway station in memory of a local retired railwayman.  Great Shelford Online has a dedicated section on Facebook, where new stories will be posted. Or visit www.greatshelford.info  A fascinating book about the history of Great and Little Shelford has been re-published - and you have a chance to buy your own copy. It would make a great Christmas present for history lovers. The number of people living in Great Shelford has grown to 4233 according to the 2011 Census. Disclaimer Considerable efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of all information and adverts shown on the Great Shelford website at www.greatshelford.info. All information is believed to be correct at the time of publishing. However no responsibility or liability whatsoever can be accepted from any consequence of acting on advice or instructions given or inferred. All information on the website is subject to change at any time without notice. Any logos or trademarks displayed on the website are the rights and property of their respective owners. All information on the website and text is copyright of www.greatshelford.info and any reproduction of this without express permission is strictly prohibited. WWW.greatshelford.info and Great Shelford Online is an independent Great Shelford website. David Martin is the editor in chief and the main writer. He was a NCTJ trained journalist before becoming the Managing Editor of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and the creator of BBC Cambridgeshire Online. 4,233 people live in Great Shelford according to the 2011 Census. Writers Allison Pearson and Adele Geras live in Great Shelford. Famous people who have lived in Great Shelford include Julie Deane OBE, founder of the Cambridge Satchel Company, painter John Minton, writers Phillipa Pearce and Tom Sharpe, Sir Peter Hall, the theatrical director and former Arsenal footballer Steve Morrow who also captained Northern Ireland. The Shelford Feast festival takes place every July. Shelford Rugby Club currently play in the National League 2 South. Great Shelford is twinned with Verneuil-en-Halatte in France. The village has links to Pink Floyd. An early version of Pink Floyd played two concerts in Great Shelford. Trinity House at 11 Cambridge Road was the setting for a party which was described in the book " A Pink Floyd fan's Illustrated Guide to Cambridge" as one of "two important Floyd episodes." It was also used for the cover of the Pink Floyd album Ummagumma. Areas and issues covered by this Great Shelford website, Great Shelford Online and www.greatshelford.info This community website for Great Shelford includes details about the Great Shelford medical centre aka the Great Shelford doctors, the Great Shelford rugby club, the new Great Shelford post office, Great Shelford FC, Great Shelford football club, Great Shelford school, the Great Shelford dentist, Great and Little Shelford primary school, Great Shelford library, the Great Shelford calendar, Great Shelford Parish Council and details about Great Shelford history as well as Restaurants in Great Shelford including the best places to eat in Great Shelford including the Indian restaurant Zara, and the Chinese restaurant Forum House, Great Shelford estate agents including Haart, Tucker Gardner , Redmayne, and Sharman Quinney, Great Shelford businesses including , Great Shelford deli, Davies Solicitors, Great Shelford dental surgery, Shops in Great Shelford including Great Shelford deli, Barkers the butchers, Hair Solutions Great Shelford and Great Shelford Post Office as well as Pubs in Great Shelford including the Plough and Square and Compasses, builders in Great Shelford, plumbers in Great Shelford, Great Shelford churches including Great Shelford St Mary's Church, Great Shelford Free Church and Great Shelford community groups including Great Shelford Tennis Club, and Great Shelford WI. The Great Shelford website Great Shelford Online also includes details about Great Shelford events including the Great Shelford Feast, Great Shelford camping, bed and breakfast and hotel information. There is also a page on Great Shelford community groups, Great Shelford planning and the Great Shelford village plan as well as regular updates on the Great Shelford fun run, the Cambridge South development , news about MP Heidi Allen, updates on the Arthur Rank hospice and information about Pink Floyd playing in Great Shelford. This community website for Shelford, Great Shelford Online, includes details about the Shelford Medical centre, Shelford rugby, Shelford post office, Shelford FC, Shelford football club, Shelford school, the shelford dentist, Shelford primary school, Shelford library, the Shelford calendar, Shelford parish council and details about Shelford history as well as a list of Restaurants in Shelford including Zara, and Forum House, Shelford estate agents including Haart, Tucker Gardner and Sharman Quinney, Shelford businesses including , Shelford Deli, Davies Solicitors, Shelford dental surgery, Shops in shelford including Shelford deli, Barkers the butchers, Cambridge Cycle Company, Hair solutions Shelford and shelford post office as well as Pubs in shelford including the Plough and Square and Compasses, Builders in shelford, Plumbers in shelford, Shelford churches including Shelford St mary's church, Shelford free church and Shelford community groups including Shelford tennis club, and Shelford WI. The Shelford website also includes details about Shelford events including the Shelford Feast, shelford camping, bed and breakfast and hotel information. There is also a page on Shelford community groups, Shelford planning and the Shelford village plan as well as regular updates on the Shelford fun run, the Cambridge South development , news about MP Heidi Allen, updates on the Shelford hospice, also known as the Arthur Rank hospice and information about pink floyd playing in Shelford. The Great Shelford website includes details about roadworks and burglaries in all the main great Shelford streets including Abberley Wood, Ashen Green, Babraham Road, Birch Trees Road, Bridge Close, Bridge Lane, Buristead Road, Cabbage Moor, Cambridge Road, Chaston Road, Cherry Hinton Road, Cherry Trees, Church Street, Coppice Avenue, Crandal Way, Davey Crescent, De Freville Road, Elm's Avenue, Glebe Lane, Grain Close, Granham's Road, Granhams Close, Granta Terrace, Headley Gardens, High Green, High Street, Hills View, Hinton Way, Hobsons Acre, Kings Mill Lane, Leeway Avenue, London Road, Macaulay Avenue, Marfleet Close, Maris Green, Mill Court, Mingle Lane, More's Meadow, Orchard Road, Peacocks, Poplar Close, Red Hill Close, Red Hill Lane, Robinson Court, Selwyn Close, Shelford Park Avenue, Shelford Road, Spinney Drive, Station Road, Stonehill Road, The Hectare, The Orchards, Tunwells Lane, Tunwells Lane, Walden Way, Walnut Drive, Westfield Road, Wheelers, Woodlands Close, Woodlands Road and Woollards Lane. 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