Could an underground car park be built in Great Shelford?  As part of plans to improve journeys times and congestion along the A1307 and A1301, the Greater Cambridge Partnership is looking to hear the views of residents in Shelford and Stapleford . One option consists of a new segregated Mass Rapid Transit Route from the A11 via Sawston, Stapleford and Great Shelford to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Sign up for your free Great Shelford electronic newsletter Great Shelford's telephone box mannequin has made the Cambridge News. (external link) An attempted house burglary in Great Shelford is one of six break-ins in South Cambridgeshire where police say the homes were targeted. A car parked opposite the Beechwood nature reserve just off Cherry Hinton Road, Great Shelford had a window smashed and a handbag stolen at around 4.15pm on March 27th. A car being broken into was one of three crimes in Great Shelford over the last week. The Met Police have been carrying out investigations in Hinton Way in connection with the Hatton Garden heist.(external link). Traffic problems in Church Street are being exaggerated according to one resident in the road. The Co-op's proposals to move to High Green is being opposed by the Parish Council unless changes are made. Private security patrols have been introduced to minimise anti-social behaviour around the Recreation Ground and the Pavilion in Woollards Lane. Former Arsenal footballer Steve Morrow raised £4,000 through a quiz fundraiser for the MS Trust in April. Car park repairs at the Shelford Medical Practice are almost complete. They now have a smooth and lined car park and two perfect footpaths. Additionally, following patient feedback, they have increased the number of disabled parking bays to 3. Vital car parking spaces at the Shelford Medical Centre are being used by commuters and shoppers. Great Shelford Playscape came third in the Environment section of South Cambridgeshire's community awards A Great Shelford resident has outwitted a potential scammer. The Parish Council's share of the Council tax bills is going up 17%. The Council has published a statement explaining the increase. Parish Council Vice Chairman Bridgid Hodge has resigned. Read the full minutes of the January Great Shelford Parish Council meeting. One village resident has devised a solution to the traffic problems near Addenbrooke's Hospital. A glass panel to a bus shelter in London Road, Great Shelford was smashed between 1.50am and 4.15am on February 23th. At around 8pm on Feb 22 a building site attached to a property in Church Street, Great Shelford, had a number of power tools stolen from the site including 2 x Dewalt breakers, a Dewalt Flip Saw and a cement mixer. As part of plans to improve journeys times and congestion along the A1307 and A1301, the Greater Cambridge Partnership is looking to hear the views of residents in Great Shelford and Stapleford . One option consists of a new segregated Mass Rapid Transit Route from the A11 via Sawston, Stapleford and Great Shelford to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Pot holes and an electric car charging point for Great Shelford was considered at the village's highways committee on Feb 19th. (External link.) Almost 150 people who attended a meeting about the future of the Shelford Medical Practice were told that the proposed merger will retain, maintain & improve their presence and service in Great Shelford. Popular Great Shelford postman Adam Rahim has died in a road accident. (external link.) A book of remembrance for him is being set up in the Square and Compasses with a collection for his partner and family. The most expensive home sold in the Cambridge area in 2017 was in Great Shelford. (External link) Further to the proposed merger between Granta Medical Practices and Shelford Medical Practice, there was a public consultation meeting on 1st February from 2pm in Great Shelford Memorial Hall. Nicola Taylor from Great Shelford is one of almost 30 athletes from South Cambridgeshire sharing around £16,000 in Council funding. Fancy becoming a "spotholer" to ensure the quality of our roads is improved? The route of the 7a bus might be changing. The new pedestrian crossing is Woollards Lane is now due to be installed during February. A 20 MPH speed is also being introduced on some roads in the village this month. Lloyds Bank in Great Shelford is closing in 2018 it has been revealed. A professor from the Medical Research Council was knocked off his scooter outside the school on Saturday morning by a car overtaking the parked cars. He's got a broken leg and two brain bleeds. Tools were stolen from a van parked in Woollards Lane, Great Shelford between 1.30pm and 2.30pm on January 22. In a second incident, a Makita Multi Tool set was stolen from an unlocked van parked in Tunwells Lane, Great Shelford between 1.30pm and 2.30pm on Jan 22. Great Shelford Parish Council's share of our council tax bills is expected to increase by at least 14% from April. A new Park & Ride is considered for Hauxton, to be built west of Junction 11. (external link) Some cyclists have been threatened after dark on the DNA path to Cambridge. (External link). A Great Shelford couple have won £1 million compensation after a Nigerian prince pulled out of a deal to buy their former London home. (External link). Barkers Butchers is opening til 6pm on Wednesdays and Fridays from February.  A tree came down on the A1301 in Great Shelford in the storm on January 2nd. Photo Cambridge News Great and Little Shelford school head teacher Alison Evans is leaving later this year. A car was stolen by burglars following a break-in at a Great Shelford home. Proposals for three self-build homes in Macaulay Avenue following the demolition of garages have been given the go-ahead. The new pedestrian crossing in Woollards Lane is now expected to be installed in February. A working party is being set up to look for possible sites for new housing in Great Shelford. There are proposals to convert the former post office into flats. Great Shelford's business park has been sold for almost £10 million (external link). A shopper has their handbag stolen when they were unloading their car in Great Shelford. An RAF veteran from Great Shelford has been fined for harassing MP Heidi Allen. (external link). £773 was raised for the Playscape project as more than 200 people attended the Christmas Lights switch on (external link) A car has had its number plates stolen in Great Shelford. More than £20,000 worth of equipment has been stolen from a Great Shelford garage. A handbag was taken from a window after the thief smashed a car window in Cambridge Road, Great Shelford around 5pm on Dec 4. Great Shelford Co-op is moving out of the centre of the village. The Great Shelford skateboard ramp is out of action after being damaged by vandals labelled as "mindless idiots" by the Parish Council. Shelford Feast has given out almost £23,000 to village groups. Read about the actions and decisions from the November Parish Council meeting. (external link) More than 80% of people who took part in a survey said they would be happy to pay something extra towards the cost of maintaining our library. Shelford School caterer Tracey Alderman has been awarded Cambridgeshire Ceterer of the Year. (External link.) Four new homes are proposed for a farm in Great Shelford. Four sheds have been broken into in Great Shelford. Great Shelford school is one of the best in the county according to the latest Key Stage Two results (external link.) Three new homes are to be built in Great Shelford. Tools have been stolen when a Great Shelford home was burgled. Police are investigating after a Great Shelford man had part of his garden fence sawn through and stolen. (External link). Zara Indian restaurant has been shortlisted in the British Curry Awards (external link.) A survey of car parking in the village has shown that only a handful of places were available for shoppers on the day in question. There have been three break-ins in a week in Great Shelford in October including a brass band losing their belongings while practicing at the Church.  The unusual sun captured over the Shelfords by Ruth Shah on October 16.  Shelford and Stapleford Neighbourhood Plan is progressing. A bike was stolen from a house at Ashen Green on October 20 between 3.30pm and 5.30pm. Tools were taken in a break-in at Mingle Lane, Great Shelford between 5pm on October 24 and 7am the next morning. A jogger was attacked by two men who grabbed him while he was running on the cycle path from Cambridge to Great Shelford. Volunteers are needed to help the Arthur Rank Hospice with their annual Christmas tree recycling scheme. One of the GP's cycles has been stolen from outside the Shelford Health Centre. Long-term suggestions to address housing and traffic issues in Great Shelford are going to be considered in special Parish Council sessions over the next four months. A Great Shelford schoolboy was one of two pupils walking from Stapleford school when they were approached by strangers and offered lifts. However police now say it was "a misunderstanding." Travellers set up camp at Shelford Rugby Club on August 29.  An OFO bike has been spotted in Great Shelford. Tools were taken in a theft from a building site in Station Road between September 9 and 11. A Great Shelford resident disturbed two men trying to burgle their house. The new Woollards Lane pedestrian closing won't now be installed until September. Read all the Great Shelford Parish Council updates here. Camyoga in Great Shelford is having an open day on September 2. A village writing group is re-launching in September. The Shelford Medical Practice has introduced text messaging to remind people about their appointments. The Playscape campaign has received a grant of £5,000 from the local Parochial Charities. A new community coffee shop is due to open at 29 High Street in early 2018. Find more details at www.millstrescoffee.org. Unwanted bikes are needed by the Shelford School PTA. On Friday August 4th, expensive building equipment, tools and diesel were stolen from a groundworks company working in Cambridge Road, Great Shelford. The 7a bus service serving Great Shelford and Stapleford will have a new operator from September. You can have your survey about the future of Great Shelford library. Read about the decisions and actions of the Parish Council in June. A 180 home development in Great Shelford and Stapleford including a "care village" is being marketed online. Garages and sheds in at least five homes in Cambridge Road, Great Shelford have been burgled overnight, June 11/12. A hi-tech home in Great Shelford has gone on sale for almost £4m. (external link) Jobs are available at the Navigator pub. The Zara Indian restaurant has a new website. (external link). McColl's news agents on Woollards Lane closed on July 14. There have been two break-ins in Great Shelford. Bad parking has been blamed after a 4 year-old boy was hit by a car in Woollards Lane. Now a businessman and Parish Councillor wants urgent action.   A Memorial stone for a Nazi spy buried in Great Shelford has been given the go ahead by the Parish Council. See the other Council decisions from their May meeting. Cambridgeshire County Council is demanding £70 for every pot hole they fill in in Great Shelford. In the early hours of June 27 money and a cash card were stolen from a car parked in Headley Gardens, Great Shelford. Overnight on June 15 on High Green, Great Shelford, thieves broke down a metal fence and stole tools and building equipment from a building site. There were four other crimes in a four day period in June in the village. There is a new bid for more new homes in Great Shelford and Stapleford. Developers have highlighted areas in the two villages that could take more houses. Shelford Deli is after a new Assistant Manager. (External link) Barclays Bank in Great Shelford is closing on Thursdays from July 24. Vandals damaged garage doors on Mingle Lane, Great Shelford on May 21st. Royal Mail will no longer leave undelivered large items of mail at the new Great Shelford Post Office. New speed flashing signs are about to be installed by the village school ahead of a 20mph limit being introduced.  There have been complaints about more problem parking in Leeway Avenue. Parish and District Councillor Charles Nightingale has talked about living with Parkinson's Disease (external link).  Shelford Rugby Club is having a special artificial pitch installed. And the club is also hoping to raise £250,000 to extend their clubhouse.  The new Great Shelford Post Office was formally opened by MP Heidi Allen on March 24. Pictured (left to right are: Mike Nettleton, Chair, Great Shelford parish Council Kash and his wife Jayshri who run the new Post Office, MP Heidi Allen and District Councillor Charles Nightingale. Meanwhile its emerged another village shop is closing.  TV celebrity Gloria Hunniford formally opened the Cambridge Care Home in Great Shelford on March 25. She is pictured with home Founding Director Helena Jeffery and MD Rob Jeffery.Great Shelford will get a new café soon.  The new copse on the Recreation Ground is taking shape, with the help of a Willow den created by SSYI. The Playscape campaign has now reached £32,000 of its target. Five minute sessions have been introduced to increase the number of appointments at the Shelford Medical Practice. House prices in Great Shelford have increased by more than 11% a year over the last 25 years. The Neighbourhood Plan for Shelford and Stapleford, Cambridge now has its own website. The Shelford Playscape campaign has now raised more than £50,000 (external link.) South Cambridgeshire is one of the best places to live in the UK (external link). The Parish Council has a new website. There’s a new website for a science park called Cambridge South behind Shelford Rugby Club A woman who has spent much of her life working in Great Shelford has died aged 106. Zara Indian Restaurant has won another award. The Memorial Hall could be redeveloped to include a larger village health centre, according to initial Neighbourhood Plan discussions. Plans to convert Shelford Lodge bed and breakfast bed and breakfast into apartments have emerged. A new science park and 1,250 new homes may be created in Great Shelford and Trumpington. .  The Tour de France came to Great Shelford on July 7 2014. A former Arsenal star has moved into Great Shelford. Stapleford Online website Little Shelford Online website |   Report and pic John Wakefield and Ian McLeod   A 1950s milk bottle from Robinson's dairy of Great Shelford sold for £9.71 on Ebay Stapleford and Shelford need you……… Do you have a voice? Do you want it heard? Are your villages important to you and your future? Would you like a say in its future? If you have answered Yes to any of these questions then WE need you and you need US……. Click here to Find out more And have your voice heard……..    Great Shelford's Wacky after school and holiday club has a new logo designed by one of the Primary School pupils. There can be few periods in Great Shelford's history when so many changes affecting so many people in the village have happened in such a short space of time. Now a new blog asks Will our Neighbourhood Plan be strong enough to fix all of our issues?  A Great Shelford woman has published a book about her 1,000 mile cycle ride from land's End to John O' Groats.  Zara in Great Shelford won 2 awards at the Euro Asia curry awards that took place in London in November - Best Restaurant in Cambridgeshire (2nd Year Running) and The Chef of the year 2017. (External link). In the finals of the British Curry awards 2017 (“the curry oscars”) Zara was one of the runners up for best spice restaurant in the Midlands - the only Cambridgeshire restaurant to achieve this in 2017. A villager is demanding action now that 80% of the lights on the DNA path are covered by undergrowth.  Scotsdales vouchers including a free gingerbread man Christmas decoration. Great Shelford author Nicholas Best has revealed how his books have come within a whisker of being made into movies in a fascinating blog. (External link).  New homes in Station Road, Great Shelford have been branded "ugly and out of character" by one resident. Photo: John Wakefield How Hard Can It Be, the new book by Great Shelford writer Allison Pearson was published in September. The latest Scotsdales deals and discount vouchers are here. Fancy a free yoga class at Camyoga with a special voucher for Great Shelford residents?  Sunset on the new Arthur Rank Hospice at Shelford Bottom on Jan 18 2017. Parking problems near the station could get worse because of nearby changes.  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. There are proposals to re-route a footpath between the Shelfords and Harston. A photo of a 13th century seal from Great Shelford has been published. (photo courtesy St John's College) 
The Parish Council made the suggestion because Leopold (known as Tom) Fletcher’s business, Fletcher and Sons, occupied the site prior to Welch. He ran the business with his sons Leopold junior and Charlie, was well known in Shelford and lived to a great age. On the left is an old photo showing one of his trucks outside the Fletcher & Sons depot. See more photos of the original Fletchers site.   A blue plaque has been unveiled at Shelford Railway station in memory of a local retired railwayman. The times of the number 31 bus service which travels through Great Shelford are changing in June.  Great Shelford Online now has a dedicated section on Facebook, where new stories will be posted.  The Great Shelford house that was the setting for the children's book Tom's Midnight Garden has been sold. An early version of rock legends Pink Floyd played two concerts in Great Shelford in the 1960s.  A fascinating book about the history of Great and Little Shelford has been republished - 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. Areas and issues covered by this Great Shelford website, Great Shelford Online: 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 Pipedream plumbing, 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, Pipedream plumbing, 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. Great Shelford planning and planning applications Great Shelford community groups Great Shelford blogs and emails Estate agents in Great Shelford Great Shelford bed & breakfast bed & breakfast in Great Shelford Great Shelford computer repairs computer repairs in Great Shelford electricians in Great Shelford photographer in Great Shelford |
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