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A report on the Houghton Lock Water Quality and Bathing Status as of 4th September 2026 presented by The Great Ouse Valley Trust and their trustees & volunteers can be found here:

GOVTWQI Results

The average shower takes 8 minutes and uses around 80 litres of water.  In these days of drought, countryside campaigners have come up with a TikTok and Instagram challenge to greatly reduce our consumption. 

Cambridge and Peterborough CPRE member Ryan Tuladah has created a short, fun video focused on encouraging people to take shorter showers and reduce unnecessary water use during the…

Can we really accommodate a city the size of Birmingham on our doorstep? That’s the question being posed by countryside campaigners in response to proposals for the so-called “Forest City” development between Haverhill and Newmarket.

While the plans at present have no formal…

Due to the prolonged period of dry weather there is a risk of wildfires. Please click here for information on how to prevent wildfires or how to report one.

The proposed site for a new Cambridge East railway station poses a real and worrying threat to public health.   The Campaign to Protect Rural England, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CPRE, says the land, once used as an industrial and domestic waste landfill, contains a number of dangerous “forever” chemicals. 

The station is proposed to serve the new East West Rail (EWR) link. CPRE’s Ian…