Services

Local and national government

The Parish council, which is elected every four years, is an administrative body within the area covered by South Cambridgeshire District Council.   It meets in the Johnson Hall on the second Wednesday of each month, except August, at 7.30 p.m.   Members of the public are welcome to come to meetings, but they cannot take part in discussions.   A time is, however, set aside at 8pm during each meeting for residents to bring matters of public concern to the attention of the Council.

Stapleford Parish Council
(in office until May 2012):

District Councillors:

Anthony Berent (until May 2010), 31 Bury Road, Stapleford CB22 5BP Tel: 843875

Jaime Dipple (until May 2011) 94 London Road, Stapleford CB22 5DR Tel: 01223-843650

Charles Nightingale (until May 2012), 2 Mingle Lane, Great Shelford, Cambridge CB22 5BG Tel: 511769

County Councillors:
(in office until May 2013)

Gail Kenney
4A, Sedley Taylor Road, Cambridge CB2 2PW
Tel: 211547

Tony Orgee
8 Bourn Bridge Road, Little Abington, Cambridge CB21 6BJ
Tel: 891464

Member of Parliament:
(in office until not later than 2010)

Members of the European Parliament for the Eastern Region
(in office until June 2009)

The Eastern Region comprises Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Parish Council Property

Stapleford Cemetery, Mingle Lane
A site for the cemetery was purchased by the Stapleford Burial Board from William Collier in 1881.   This consisted of the approach road and the section nearest to the road.   The first burial took place in July 1885. Jabez Cadge was the first Clerk to the Burial Board, followed by Thomas Challis. The Burial Board had seven members, as did the Parish Council which, when it was created in 1894, took over the functions of the Burial Board. The Parish Council purchased additional land to extend the cemetery in 1930 and again in 1949. It now contains 1.2 acres (0.486 hectares).
An additional acre is being purchased to extend the cemetery and so provide grave spaces for many years ahead.

The cemetery is maintained by the Parish Council for the benefit of all inhabitants of Stapleford. They have a right to be buried in it so long as there are available grave-spaces.

Purchase of a hundred-year right of burial in a grave-space is not essential. In most cases, however, a right is purchased, since a memorial cannot otherwise be placed on the grave. Such a right may be purchased in advance of a burial if so desired.
Persons who are not Stapleford residents may be buried in the cemetery. Fees, however, are double those charged for Stapleford residents.
The Slaughter House, Church Street. Grade II listed building

The building was acquired from Shelford Building Supplies in 1977 for £1.00. The purchase included half the width of the land separating the building from No. 2 Church Street and a small area of land at the rear.   The building had belonged to the Barker family, butchers of High Street, Great Shelford, and before them to the Willis family. It is believed to have been built about 1840. It served as a slaughterhouse until just before the 1939-45 War. The Parish Council has restored it externally to what is believed to have been its original appearance.

The Slaughterhouse Land, behind the Slaughterhouse in Church Street. This was surplus land remaining after the building of Collier Way and was sold to the Parish Council in 1982. Part of it was used by the District Council for a footpath leading from Cox’s Close to Church Street. A further part has been devoted to the Villedômer garden including a wayside direction stone from Villedômer. The Millennium capsule has been buried in the centre of the land. A seat commemorating the Barker family, former owners of the adjacent slaughterhouse, has recently been provided.

Clerk’s Piece, measuring 0.117 acre (473 sq. metres).  The Clerk’s Piece lies beside the cycle path and the river in Sawston Road.   It was purchased after seven years of negotiation in 1979 from the Trustees of the Clerk’s Piece Charity.   Another 373 sq. metres, formerly part of the Clerk’s Piece, had been acquired by the County Council the year before for a new road to replace the adjacent road and railway bridge and 60 sq. metres has since been sold by the Parish Council to the Anglian Water Authority for a gauging station. The Clerk’s Piece had been acquired by the Trustees of the Charity in exchange for the site of the Clerk’s House, described in 1837 as a "cottage, part of a larger building, with a slip of garden attached, which is occupied rent free by the parish clerk, who receives no other remuneration for his service", the origin of the charity being unknown.   The parish clerk was the Vestry Clerk, long before there was a parish council. His house was beside the old Sunday school, now the Johnson Hall.

The Recreation Ground, an area of 5.52 acres (2.23 hectares). The recreation ground, at the junction of Gog Magog Way and Haverhill Road, was bought for the parish for £780 in 1937 by the former Chesterton Rural District Council from Mrs. A. G. Collier and others. It is now held from South Cambridgeshire District Council on a lease for 99 years running from 1978. A pavilion was erected in 1938 at the expense of Mr. and Mrs. Gray. The present pavilion was built in 1971, incorporating an existing toilet block which had been built in 1962.   Plans are now under way to replace this building, which has reached the end of its useful life. The Stapleford Lawn Tennis Club constructed the two tennis courts.

The Bus Shelter
The Bus shelter was erected by the Parish Council in the summer of 1965 on a concrete base provided by the County Council. The County Council had in 1963 acquired the Corner Shop from Mrs. Lilian Margaret Lee. The shop was demolished and part of the site was used to create a bus lay-by as well as a site for the bus shelter.

Parish Pit
The 1814 Inclosure Award set out 3 roods, 25 perches (3667 sq.m.) of land as a public stone, chalk and gravel and clay pit to be used by the proprietors of land and tenements within the parish and their tenants for the time being. The Pit is now a miniature nature reserve and looked after by the Cambridge Green Belt Project. Access is by a track from Haverhill Road next to Gog Magog Cottage.

The Village Sign
The village sign, situated at the junction of Church Street, Mingle Lane and Gog Magog Way, was erected by the parishioners of Stapleford as a tribute to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II on her Silver Jubilee. It was funded from the proceeds of a variety of village celebrations held during Jubilee Week, 4-11 June 1977, and was unveiled in September 1978. It shows features in Stapleford’s history, including the Church, which had already celebrated its millennium, the supposed hill figures of Gog and Magog at Wandlebury (as identified by Lethbridge), the village pump, the windmill, which formerly stood in Haverhill Road, the arms of the Dean & Chapter of Ely (who were Lords of the Manor of Stapleford Bury) and a sheaf of corn. In the foreground can be seen a white post (stapol) marking a safe crossing over the river (a ford) from which the village took its name. The sign was designed and painted by the late Stuart Palmer. It was repaired and largely repainted by Val Hunt in 2000.

Schools

Stapleford Community Primary School, Bar Lane, Stapleford.

A School Board of five members was formed in 1875. Dr. William Collier gave a site in Bar Lane, and a school, built in red brick, with separate mixed and infant classrooms, and with accommodation for 70 children, was formally opened by the Duchess of Leeds in 1878.   When Sawston Village College opened in 1930, older children were transferred there.   The school was enlarged in 1956, 1963 and 1975 to accommodate a growing number of pupils, including some from Great Shelford.   The school site was progressively enlarged in 1957,1958 and 1972, the process twice requiring the resiting of the Collier recreation ground.   A memorial to Harold Holt, a former Headteacher, has been constructed on the site of the former Village Hall, later used as a Mathematics Centre, which was demolished and incorporated into the school grounds in 1992.

There are now 260 children, aged 4-11 on the roll.   The school gained excellent reports from OFSTED inspections in 1995 and 1998.   The swimming pool, with its surrounding amenities, was built by parents and staff of the school, and was opened in 1961. In the summer, families of schoolchildren can use the pool during holidays and at weekends.   The P.T.A. built a block of community rooms which are available to village organisations for hire.   A branch of the County Library operated there from 1974 to 1977.   The Sunnyside Playgroup meets at the school and many other village organisations hold meetings or activities at the school or at the nearby Green Hedges School.

Headteacher: Mrs. Claire Turner (Tel:  01223-508720).

Former Green Hedges School

The County Council obtained a site for Green Hedges School in 1973, exchanging it with the District Council for the site of Cox's Close.   The school originally opened in Cambridge but moved to Stapleford in 1974.   It provides for the educational needs of pupils who are diagnosed within the Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD).   Since 1994 the school has made a large commitment towards using a system known as TEACCH (treatment and education of autistic and communication deficit children).   The system focuses on a highly structured method of working with ASD pupils.   The approach has proved of enormous benefit and has led to the widespread recognition of Green Hedges for this work.   The school caters for pupils aged between 2 ½ and 19 years of age.   Most pupils travel from the surrounding area, although a small number come from further afield.   All pupils follow the National Curriculum including the numeracy and literacy hour.   Great store is put on accreditation and all pupils leave school having gained either National Skills Profile, Accreditation for Life and Living or ASDAN Accreditation.   The school employs 11 teachers including the Headteacher, 19 Learning Support assistants, 6 of them part time, an administration team, music therapist, lunch supervisors and a site manager.   Volunteers are also welcome provided they undergo a satisfactory police check.   In 1985 and again in 1996 the school underwent major refurbishment to upgrade facilities.   The primary department is housed in the main building and the secondary department in mobile accommodation.   Apart from the classroom facilities the school has a hall, sensory room and a swimming pool.   The swimming pool and some other areas of the school are available for organised groups for hire subject to satisfactory arrangements.

Headteacher: Mrs. Georgina B. Newell (Tel:  01223-843872)

Green Hedges School, together with the Lady Adrian School and the Rees Thomas School in Cambridge and the Windmill School in Fulbourn, was closed at the end of the Summer Term, 2006. Pupils from the four schools have been transferred to two new schools, the Castle School in Cambridge and the Granta School in Linton.

Sawston Village College

Sawston was the site of the first purpose-built "community school".   The Village College, opened by the Prince of Wales in 1930, was the idea of Henry Morris, Cambridgeshire's pioneering Secretary for Education (1922-54).   He wanted, "a school with no barriers".   It was planned as a cultural, educational and social centre for the community.   During its 70-year history the college has grown enormously in size.   The original buildings (the Morris wing) are now a relatively small feature in a large 30-acre complex of classrooms, laboratories, workshops, sports facilities and playing fields.   Today the college caters for 1100 young people between 11 and 16 years of age, drawn mainly from Sawston and nearby villages, but also from Cambridge.   By any standard the college is successful:  70% of the GCSE grades are at the higher level (A*-C) and 80% of pupils progress to further education courses.   Each week approximately 2000 adults visit the County Library to exchange books, visit the Community Sports centre, or engage in one of the many learning, social and cultural opportunities.   Particularly popular is the Community Computer Centre with 400 people gaining IT qualifications each year.   The College is also the base for several sports clubs.   With such opportunities it is not surprising that many pupils engage in extra- curricular activities.   Music and drama are particular strengths.   The senior college choir recently performed alongside professionals in the Royal Albert Hall.  Henry Morris would certainly recognise and be proud of what his idea has become.

The College became grant-maintained in April 1993 and so attained a greater degree of self-management.   It is now termed a Foundation School.   In 1995 it successfully applied to become a Technology College, which enabled it to acquire important new resources and to extend its provision for teaching information technology.

Principal:  Mrs. June Cannie (Sawston Village College, New Road Sawston CB22 2BP, Tel:  01223-712777)
Community Education. Tel:  01223-712424
Sports Centre. Tel:  01223-712555

Former National School

A National School, with a house for the Master, was opened in 1847 in what is now the Johnson Memorial Hall.   The school had been held for two years before that in the Old Vicarage.   It closed for want of funds about 1875, but was open again by 1883.   It declined in numbers, however, in competition with a Board School, the predecessor of the present Community School, and finally closed in 1891.   The building was given to the Parochial Church Council in 1951 in memory of Colonel and Mrs. Johnson of The Grove, and a plaque to record this was unveiled in 1964.   A branch of the County Library operated in the Johnson Hall until 1971.

Booking Secretary for Johnson Memorial Hall:  Mrs. Julie Hamlett, 4 Haverhill Road, Stapleford (Tel:  01223-521225)

Health

Healthcare and social services

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, Tel: 245151, is responsible for Addenbrooke's, Rosie maternity Hospitals, including community psychiatric, family planning and midwifery services.

NHS Direct for general information about health care or treatment -  Freephone 0845 4647

Dental helpline (for information about dental services) Tel: 415126.

Complaints about service received from your dentist, doctor or pharmacist, Tel: 475000.

Hospitals

Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, Tel: 01223 245151
Visiting times:
General wards, 2.30-5.00 & 7.00-8.00 p.m. daily
Neurological wards, 7.00-8.00 p.m. daily & 2.30-4.00 p.m. Wed, Sat, Sun
Coronary and Intensive care units, by arrangement with the Sister
Children's wards, any time up to 7.00 p.m.

The Rosie Maternity Hospital, Robinson Way, Cambridge, Tel: 01223 245151.
Visiting times:   3.00-5.00 p.m. & 7.30-8.30 p.m. daily.
Accompanied children may visit mothers 3.00-5.00 p.m.;  close relatives only 7.00-7.30 p.m.

Brookfields Hospital, Mill Road Cambridge, Tel: 01223 723001.
Visiting time:    Any time up to 8.00 p.m., except at mealtimes.

Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge Road, Fulbourn, Tel: 01223 245151.
Visiting times:   Flexible: arrangement should be made with the ward sister in advance.

Ida Darwin Hospital, Cambridge Road, Fulbourn, Tel: 01223 880501.
Visiting times:   Any time, but telephone in advance to confirm patient is available.

Nuffield Hospital, formerly called the Evelyn (private hospital), 4 Trumpington road, Cambridge, Tel: 01223 303336.
Visiting times:   Any time

Local health centres

Shelford Health Centre, Ashen Green, Great Shelford, Tel: 01223 843661.

Sawston Health Centre, London Road, Sawston, Tel: 01223 727555.

Queen Ediths Health Centre, 59 Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, Tel: 01223 247288.

Dentists

Dr. T. Abdah, 4 Bishops Road, Trumpington, Tel: 840621.

Mr. I.J. Hunt, BDS, and W.J. Coetzee, BChD, 19 Woollards Lane, Great Shelford, Tel: 843567.

Ophthalmic optician

Jackson Cox: Mr. B. G. Storey, FBCO, 30a Woollards Lane, Great Shelford, Tel: 840441.

Ophthalmic Medical Practitioner

Dr. F. M.Griffith, MB, BS, LRCP, ECFMG, CertDO, 23 Coppice Avenue, Great Shelford, Tel: 843189.

Osteopath

Mrs Susanna Collins, 66 High Street, Great Shelford Tel: 842978

Chemists (Pharmacists)

Boots The Chemists Ltd. 37 Woollards Lane, Great Shelford, Tel: 843262.

National Blood Service

East Anglia Centre, Long Road, Cambridge, Tel: 548000
Blood donor sessions are held at Great Shelford Memorial Hall in April, August and December, and at the John Paxton School, Sawston, in January and July each year.

Public transport

Cambridgeshire Passenger Transport Information
Shire Hall, Cambridge 01223 717740 Stapleford Public Transport officer:
David Pepperell, 15 Vine Close 01223 843547

Rail Services

The National Rail Timetable and local timetables can be obtained from most Railtrack Stations.   National Rail enquiries, timetable and fare information can be obtained from Tel: 08457 484950, whilst current local (WAGN) train timetable 'information is available on tel. 08457 818919.   Savings on leisure fares, depending on age and travel requirements are possible using a range of Railcards.   You can get up to a third off rail journey costs depending on the time you travel.   Selected Railcards can be used nationally as well as on WAGN journeys, and last for 12 months.

Railcard alternatives include:

• Young Persons Railcard
• Family Railcard
• National Railcard
• Senior Railcard

The last is available to anyone (male or female) aged 60 and over and cost £20 from a station. It is available at reduced cost from South Cambridgeshire District Council at its Cambourne offices or at Hobson House in Regent Street, Cambridge.

Shelford Station to Cambridge: journey time 7-9 minutes
Every day, half hourly in peak times, hourly in off-peak times
First train (Monday-Friday) 07.19 (Saturday) 07.34.
Last train (Monday-Friday) 00.56 (Saturday) 01.15.

Shelford Station to London (Liverpool Street) journey time 72-80 minutes
Every day, half-hourly in peak times, hourly off-peak times
First train (Monday-Friday) 06.09 (Saturday) 05.54
Last train (Monday-Friday) 22.54 (Saturday) 23.10

Shelford Station is manned Monday-Friday (06.00-10.30) and can issue tickets to all stations on the UK network.   Each platform, also, has an automatic ticket dispenser and takes money and credit card payments.

Bus Services

Passenger enquiries, timetables and fare information from traveline, Tel: 0870 608 2608.
The main local operator, Stagecoach, is at 100 Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 ODN  Tel. 01223 423554.
The Cambridgeshire Passenger Transport Map showing all bus routes operating in Cambridgeshire is available free from local libraries and post offices.

From 1st October 2006 a new concessionary fare scheme was introduced for persons aged 60 or more, as well as for persons registered blind or partially blind, deaf, permanently disabled from walking or medically unfit to drive a vehicle. Passes are available without charge from Post Offices in South Cambridgeshire, or by post or in person from South Cambridgeshire District. The pass give free travel (except on express services) within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, including park and ride services, and including journeys to several nearby towns in adjacent counties. The free travel is limited to journeys after 9.30am and during weekends and public holidays. For blind or partially blind persons it gives free travel at all times.

A Sunday Rover ticket at £5.50 (£4.50 senior, £3.75 child, £11.00 family of up to 4 people) gives unlimited travel on participating services in Cambridgeshire and all adjoining counties as well as Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

Services/Routes

Stagecoach Service

citi 7 Duxford, Whittlesford, Pampisford, Sawston, Stapleford, Great Shelford, Trumpington, Addenbrooke's, Cambridge. Every 20 minutes in day, hourly in evening. Monday to Saturday only. First bus to Cambridge from Stapleford 6.51, last 22.11. First from Cambridge 6.30, last 23.00. Single fare to Cambridge ?1.25, return ?2.30.

Whippet Coaches Service

32 Saffron Walden, Lt. & Gt. Chesterford, Ickleton, Hinxton, Pampisford, Sawston, Stapleford (via Mingle Lane), Gt. Shelford, Addenbrooke's, Cambridge. Hourly, Monday to Saturday only. First bus from Stapleford to Cambridge (from Haverhill Road) 7.43, last 18.23. First bus from Cambridge 7.45, last 18.45.

Park and Ride, Babraham Road   Since 1999 (Monday-Saturday)

Although not operating from Stapleford, local residents find this service of use for getting in and out of Cambridge from the Babraham Road Park and Ride site.

Route: Babraham Road, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, City Centre, Emmanuel Street (stop D), Grafton Centre, Cowley Road Park and Ride.   Journey time to City Centre 18 minutes;  frequency every 10 minutes.

Babraham Road first bus 07.05;  last bus 20.15.

City Centre first bus 06.39;  last bus 20.00.

Park and Ride, Hauxton Road, Trumpington   1000 parking spaces on the Hauxton Road near Junction 11 off the M11.

The site has attendants, CCTV, waiting facilities, cycle parking, toilets, telephone and information services.

Buses run every 10 minutes, providing a fast route via Trumpington Road to the City Centre and the Grafton Centre from 7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.   The Citi 5 bus provides a half-hourly service to Addenbrooke's Hospital via the Park and Ride site.

Jetlink Airport services and National Express will stop at the Park and Ride site.

Express Services

010 - (operated by National Express). Times quoted valid from 2nd April, 2001-23rd September 2001
Daily: Cambridge (Drummer Street), Trumpington (Maris Lane), Great Shelford (Post office), Stapleford (Spar shop, London Road), Sawston Memorial, Stratford Broadway to London, Victoria Coach Station.   Journey time 113 minutes

From Stapleford to London: Monday-Friday.

05.57 arrive Victoria Coach Station 07.56

06.37 arrive Victoria Coach Station 08.50

07.37 arrive Victoria Coach Station 09.50

Saturday-Sunday 06.17 arrive Victoria Coach Station 07.50

06.57 arrive Victoria Coach Station 08.50

07.57 arrive Victoria Coach Station 09.50

From London to Stapleford Monday-Friday

16.30 arrive Stapleford 18.23

17.00 arrive Stapleford 18.53

17.30 arrive Stapleford 19.23

Saturday-Sunday 16.30 arrive Stapleford 18.08

17.00 arrive Stapleford 18.38

17.30 arrive Stapleford 19.08

Other coaches are available to and from Trumpington Park and Ride Site

Sets down/picks up also at Mile End Tube station, Aldgate, Bank, Embankment and Westminster within the London area.

Tickets are available from Cambridge Drummer Street Ticket Office, coach driver or credit/debit card line, Tel: 08705 808080 (08.00-22.00, 7 days a week).

Airport Services

Jetlink Service 757 and 797 (formerly Cambridge Coach Services) operates a useful daily service every hour from Cambridge to Stansted Airport, calling at Trumpington (Maris Lane and Park and Ride site).   The 797 service continues to Heathrow (all terminals) and Gatwick Airport (every two hours).

Jetlink Service 787 operates every two hours from Cambridge to Luton Airport and Heathrow (all terminals) calling at Trumpington (Maris Lane and Park and Ride site) Harston (village hall) etc.

Tickets are available from Cambridge Drummer Street ticket office, the coach driver or by credit/debit card line (national call rate), from Tel: 08705 757747 (08.00-22.00, 7 days a week).

Utilities

Electricity  Eastern Energy, Cambridge Office, Milton Hall, Milton.    24-hour customer service Tel: 01223 440188.       24-hour emergency service Tel: 01223 440221.  Electricity Consumers Committee, 38 George Road, Birmingham B15 1PL  Tel: 08456 013131.

Gas  New connections Tel: 0845 955 5510.
Moving Home Tel: 0845 6091133.
Meter readings Tel: 0845 6091144.
Emergency calls Tel: 0800 111 999.
For deaf or hard of hearing customers MinicomlTextphone Tel: 0800 371787. 
Gas Consumers Council, 51 Station Road, Letchworth. Tel: 01462 685399

Water  Cambridge Water Co.
General enquiries:  01223 403000.
Customer service  Tel: 01223 7060500.
Leak reporting  Tel: 0800 3167676.
Office of Water Services (OFWAT), Eastern Customer Service Committee, Carlyle House, Carlyle Road, Cambridge CB4 3DN Tel:  01223 323889.
Sewerage  Anglian Water
Emergencies 24 hours Tel: 08457 145145.

Recycling

Refuse Collection  South Cambridgeshire District Council, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1PB
Enquiries:  Tel: 01223 443484.
Refuse collection from black wheeled bins on alternate Monday mornings.

Kerbside Recycling
The District Council has provided each household with a large green plastic box for paper, food and drinks cans and textiles.   Glass bottles and jars may be put out separately in a box or a plastic bag.   The green boxes are collected weekly on alternate Mondays from 7am. On the same day there is a collection of garden refuse, cardboard and kitchen waste from green wheeled bins.

Glass Bottles
There are bottle banks in the car park of The Rose public house on London Road.

Milk-bottle Tops, together with ring-pulls from cans and any other aluminium are welcomed by Jill Butler at 1A, Mingle Lane, Great Shelford (in aid of the Magog Trust).

Used postage stamps of all countries are welcome at Stapleford Church (in aid of the Church of England Children Society).

All kinds of textiles (except rugs and carpets)

There is a collecting bin in the car park behind the shops in Woollards Lane, Great Shelford.

Household Waste Recycling Centre for all kinds of household and garden refuse (but not asbestos) off the A505 on the road leading to Thriplow.

Police and fire

Police Southern Headquarters, Parkside, Cambridge, covering also the Sawston Sector Police Station: Tel: 01223 358966.
Crimestoppers Freephone Tel: 0800 555111.
Central Headquarters, Huntingdon. Tel: 01480 456111.

Fire and Rescue Service  Cambridge Station, Parkside, Cambridge. Tel: 01223 376201.
Fire safety enquiries:  Tel: 01480 444500.

Other services

Registrar of Births and Deaths Castle Lodge, Shire Hall Cambridge  Tel: 01223 717021.

Post offices: Sawston Post Office, 50 High Street, Tel: 01223 833101. Great Shelford Post Office, High Green, Great Shelford  Tel: 01223 842521.

Post Boxes  Corner of London Road and Church Street,  Haverhill Road   Corner of Gog Magog Way and Church Street.

Telephone Kiosks   London Road (near The Rose Public House)   Bar Lane (opposite the Community School).

Street Lighting Report all defects, whether the light does not work or it is alight also during the day, giving the street name and either the lamp-post number or the number of the nearest house to: Tel: 0800 25 35 29.   This number covers all street lights, including those provided by the District Council.

Citizens Advice Bureau   Advice line, 72 Newmarket Road, Cambridge, Tel: 0870 126 4010, Minicom 01223 506278.

Consumer Protection   Trading Standards (help desk) Tel: 0845 303 0666.

Age Concern, Cambridgeshire House, 7 Hills Road, Cambridge  Tel: 355948.

Sheltered Accommodation, Cox’s Close