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Local Info Cambridge Roadworks: Trumpington Road and Barton Road Nights Trumpington Road is shut 9pm to 5am into late September. Barton Road at Grantchester closes overnight 21 to 27 September, and the A428 on Monday night. · 23 min read Health Cambridge Psychiatrists Link Reading to Lower Dementia Risk A Cambridge review links reading for pleasure to lower dementia risk. The one-third figure comes from an earlier Alzheimer's study and shows a link, not proof. · 4 min read Business Cambridge Touch Technologies Wound Up With £28.4m Losses The Cambridge Science Park firm resolved to wind up on 27 August. Its last accounts show staff down to 23 and £28.4m of accumulated losses. · 4 min read Business GSK Cambridge R&D Centre: First Building Is Now Complete The first of three buildings for GSK's 1,000-scientist centre on Cambridge Biomedical Campus is finished. GSK leaves its Stevenage R&D site by 2029. · 5 min read Transport Cambourne to Cambridge Busway Approved After 309 Objections The government approved the £192m busway on 8 September. Buses will run into the city via Grange Road, but none on the off-road section from midnight to 6am. · 8 min read Schools Cambridge School Places 2027: 95 Extra Year 7 Spaces Four city schools will over-admit for September 2027 because Darwin Green Academy will not be ready. Applications open on 11 September and close on 31 October. · 8 min read Fireworks Night Cambridge Fireworks Night: council lists 5 November Cambridge City Council lists Fireworks Night for 5 November 2026, with everything else unconfirmed. Last year it moved to a Saturday, and there is no bonfire. · 5 min read Christmas Cambridge Christmas lights: Market Square, 15 November Cambridge BID has confirmed the Big Switch On for Market Square from midday on Sunday 15 November, and the station lights at about 4.30pm on 12 November. · 3 min read Christmas Cambridge Christmas Market 2026: Returning in November The rink's own site now confirms Christmas in Cambridge returns to Parker's Piece in November 2026. Exact dates unannounced; 400,000 came last season. · 7 min read Romsey Mill Road Winter Fair: 5 December, road shut from 9am The Mill Road Winter Fair runs 10.30am to 4.30pm on Saturday 5 December. Mill Road closes from 9am, the Citi 2 is diverted and Gwydir Street car park shuts. · 5 min read Parking Cambridge Castle Hill Car Park Shuts 10 to 23 September The cheapest council car park in Cambridge and its 23 EV bays close for a fortnight of electrical work. The alternative the council suggests costs £23.50 more a day. · 5 min read Property Darwin Green Cambridge: 25% share £95,000, open day 12 Sept L&Q puts a 25% share of a two-bed Darwin Green flat at £95,000, full value £380,000, and a three-bed house at £130,000. Open day is Saturday 12 September. · 8 min read
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Cam News is the local news site for Cambridge, written for the city people live in: Mill Road and Romsey, Chesterton and Arbury, King’s Hedges, Cherry Hinton, Trumpington and Newnham, as well as the centre and the river. Cambridge is a small city with a very tight housing market, and what happens to a street here is usually settled on paper first.

Two councils matter here. Cambridge City Council handles planning, bins, licensing and housing inside the city boundary, and Cambridgeshire County Council runs the roads, the schools and social care. Both publish a great deal and almost none of it is read. We read it, we write down what it says in plain English, and we link to the document every time so you can check us rather than trust us.

Start with these

  • Cambridge house prices: the average home sold for £467,028 in May 2026, down 1.6% over the year while the county rose 2.1%. Why the city average is lower than the price of a terraced house.
  • Cambridge to London trains: 55 minutes to King’s Cross on the fast service, three terminals, and the £544 a year the fast line costs you on a season ticket.
  • Roadworks and travel: what is closed and when, the £70 Mill Road bus gate, and why a Saturday costs £9 on park and ride or £36.50 in the Grand Arcade.
  • Things to do in Cambridge: King’s is £16 to £18, the Fitzwilliam is free, punting starts at £28.50. Checked prices, not guesses.
  • Cambridge planning: over 50,000 homes to 2045, consultation closing 25 September, and the corporation that would take the decisions off the council.

Cambridge today: the dates that are already fixed

Checked 9 September 2026. Each of these sits on a page that links its source:

When What
Thursday 10 to Wednesday 23 September Castle Hill car park shuts, the cheapest council car park in the city, plus its 23 EV bays
Sunday 13 September Bridge the Gap. Six colleges open, waves leave Parker’s Piece from 9.30am, adults £22.50
5pm, Friday 25 September Greater Cambridge Local Plan comments close. Late ones do not count
Thursday 5 November Fireworks Night on the council’s list, with everything else about it still unconfirmed
Sunday 15 November, midday Christmas lights Big Switch On, Market Square. Station lights on 12 November
Saturday 5 December Mill Road Winter Fair, 10.30am to 4.30pm, with Mill Road shut from 9am

And the three practical pages people come back to:

  • Bin collection days: Cambridge collects garden waste free, unlike most councils, and rounds run Tuesday to Friday, so most bank holidays change nothing.
  • Parking: the Grand Arcade is £33.50 for a weekday over five hours, Queen Anne Terrace £24 and free after 6pm, park and ride free for 18 hours.
  • Council tax bands: band D is £2,467.02 in 2026/27, up £111.61, and the city council keeps just £239.07 of it.

Every fact carries a link to the source it came from.