This page contains links to several websites of local interest. Where allowed, their home pages have been embedded. Where this is not possible a screenshot is shown.
The heading links display these websites in a new tab. Whilst correct at the time they were added here these websites may move or disappear. The archive links point to archives on the Internet Archive Way Back Machine that were current at the time.
Please contact me if you find any broken links or have any suggestions for additions.
Local History
Cambridge Area
Capturing Cambridge
A large collection of stories of local people and places, maintained by volunteers.
Cambridge Historian
This site contains a number of articles about history and sets of photographs, including Mill Road in 2015.
Lost Cambridge
This site contains numerous history articles and is in the form of a blog, but it can be searched for topics, for example “Mill Road” or “Grafton Centre”.
The East Fields of Cambridge
An academic paper describing the history of fields on the east side of Cambridge, on the Capturing Cambridge website. I came across this while trying to find out what the field in the southeast corner of Coldham’s Common by Barnwell Road is called or used for. (It shows it as Augers Close, but I think nowadays it’s just called Barnwell Field.)
Walks Round Cambridge
This website describes several walks around Cambridge, with themes such as public art, churches or shopping. The emphasis and style is totally different from mine, more in the style of a visitor’s or new arrival’s guide, and it’s well worth exploring.
Romsey and Coleridge
Mill Road History Society
The best source of information about the history of the Romsey area.
Romsey Recreation Ground
History written by Allan Brigham and held on the Capturing Cambridge website.
Greville Road Residents’ Association
The Greville Road website contains some interesting history pages, including the one in the screenshot above about the corner shop, which closed within the last few years.
Archive – 03/07/2021 (home page only)
Chalk Pits and Cement Works
East Romsey Town Cement Works
A comprehensive history of the cement works in the area that resulted in the Chalk Pits Lakes, produced by the Mill Road History Project and held on the Capturing Cambridge website.
Kite Area
The Kite Area, Cambridge, 1980s
A collection of photographs of the area before the Grafton Centre was built, which have been featured in the Cambridge News.
Railways
Cambridge – Its Railways and Station
A comprehensive history of the railways in Cambridge. This covers the former rail route along the Romsey/Coleridge border to Cherry Hinton Brook.
Cherry Hinton Station
The history of this, on the same site as above. This page has links to pages about other closed stations along the line.
Local Information
City Council
Parks and Playgrounds
A list of parks, recreation grounds, play areas, commons and nature reserves in Cambridge City, with descriptions and locations.
Cambridge Market Square Project
Proposal to transform the area.
Voi Electric Scooter and Bike Trial
A scheme for hiring electric scooters and bikes to use around the city.
Greater Cambridge Partnership
Partnership between the City Council, South Cambs District Council, County Council and Cambridge University to deliver City Deal investments in conjunction with central Government, including projects such as the Chisholm Trail.
Attractions
Cows About Cambridge
A display of 90 large and small cow sculptures created by Wild in Art, located across the city during the summer of 2021 and raising money for children’s charity Break.
Archive – 01/07/2021 (There are numerous archives of this site on Wayback Machine, but most just display a server test page.)
City View Wheel
This was originally on Parker’s Piece between June and November 2021, and has reappeared there on various occasions since, usually during the summer and over the Christmas season.
Archive – 14/05/2021 (doesn’t display correctly)
Dinky Doors
Miniature street art sculptures in and around Cambridge, by the creators of the MooMoo-o-Tron III ‘reconnaissance cow’.
Archive – 07/08/2021