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Household Waste Recycling Centres – closed for Bank Holiday

Due to the special Bank Holiday to mark the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, all Household Waste Recycling Centres in Cambridgeshire will be closed.

Please don’t spoil this very special day by dumping your waste in the countryside or our rivers and streams.

For further information see the notice on the County Council’s home page link to


Great Big Green Week 2022

The Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature.

Between 24 September and 2 October this year, Great Big Green Week will unleash a wave of support for action to protect the planet. Tens of thousands of people in every corner of the country will celebrate the heartfelt, brave, everyday actions being taken to stand…


Ouse Washes Middle Level Barrier Bank raising works – update

We have received an update regarding the Welney Barrier and road closure:  This year's work is currently going well, and the works required to be carried out under the road closure at Welney are nearly complete. The road is due to open, as programmed, on Thursday 25 August at 5.30pm.  The road will open with two way traffic lights from 25/08/2022 to 16/09/2022. 

The barrier work is programmed…


Environment Agency update on Drought in East Anglia

The Environment Agency (EA) has shared a Briefing Note regarding the Drought in East Anglia declared on 12th August – see the EA press release here (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/environment-agency-chairs-national-drought-group-as-parts-of-country-move-into-drought).…


Avian Influenza in Huntingdonshire

The government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed a number of cases of avian influenza (bird flu) in the wild bird population of Huntingdonshire, centred on the River Great Ouse.  Although there is a very low risk to public health it is vital that people do not touch sick live birds or bird carcasses.  Anyone who has been in direct touching…