Mill Road Bridges Uniting our 'Community of Communities'

Cambridge Rules Okay The beautiful game brings us passion and joy, To many an adult, or small girl and boy. It brings friends together, and sometimes brings tears When you follow your team through the trophy-less years. But mostly there’s passion and striving to win. Whatever your colours or the team you are in. There’s a fabulous story that needs to be known. Right here were the seeds of the modern game sewn. On our own Parker’s Piece and it’s proudly displayed, Giving homage to every game ever played. We’re proud that grass roots were lain down in this place. Our city, our students, our very own space. But football’s for everyone, everywhere. And so this historical moment we’ll share With our friends who love football from near and from far. Each player’s a hero, each player’s a star. So here’s to the reason we’re all here today. To the beautiful game! And the game rules okay! © Carol Ann Wood May 2018

Here is a poem read at the monument's official unveiling.

What you need to know about plans for Cambridgeshire railway station updates

Improvements at the station could include a new pedestrian bridge and better passenger facilities

Four more Stagecoach bus strike dates announced for January as dispute continues

If all the planned strikes go ahead, there will be eight days of strike action across December and January

Oops!

Best to lobby the Mayor, Andrew. The @greatercambs.bsky.social Cambridge greenways already stretch out far into the rural hinterland. If Mayor Bristow will work with all the other public bodies much can be achieved.

Chris Whitty says culture-war coverage of cycling could harm nation’s health Chief medical officer for England urges people to set media cliches aside to focus on health benefits of physical activity

And Chris Whitty reminds us that cycling is, in fact, a perfectly normal thing to do, a perfectly healthy thing to do, and a cheap form of transport. No lycra necessary. (Or cycle helmets, IMO. Shhhh!!!)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan to create ‘national active travel network’ Exclusive: Unprecedented move to focus initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely

12 mayors commit themselves to a 'national active travel network', including our own Paul Bristow 💙. This is brilliant. We have at least four primary schools within walking distance of Mill Road.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

We believe the Council would be acting irrationally and opening itself to judicial review… Three protected trees on St Matthew’s Piece still under threat of felling! Another guest post on behalf of Friends of St Matthew’s Piece. [W]e believe the Council really must refuse the appli…

Three magnificent London Plane trees on St Matthew's Piece, Cambridge, at risk on Wed 25/06/25. Full details...
mill-road.com/we-believe-t...

Shocking! Again???

In summary, what are the implications of the High Court ruling in favour of West Dulwich Action Group's legal challenge against Lambeth Council in relation to Cambridgeshire County Council's TRO implementing the Bus Gate on Mill Road Bridge?
None. (13/13)

In other words, failure to consider motor-traffic displacement is not part of FoMRB2’s claim. Moreover, the documentation clearly shows that officers are alert of the possibility and are actively monitoring this. (12/13

Officer’s comments
"Monitoring of alternative routes will be ongoing and mitigating measures put in place if issues arise." (11/13)

"Impact on side streets of Mill Rd from increased traffic (Tenison Rd, Ross St, Cavendish Rd all cited, in particular station access avoiding Hills Rd)."
With a response... (10/13)

Amongst documentation for the Highways & Transport Committee, 4 Oct 2024, we find, in Appendix 3 - Summary of Representations Received (p3)...
Objection subheading: Impact on traffic and congestion
"There will be increased traffic and congestion on surrounding roads...
(9/13)

3. The county council "erred in failing to take into account the petition conducted by the Mill Road Traders' Association".
4. The county council "granted the TRO for an improper motive or purpose".
These do not argue that traffic will be pushed onto other roads. (8/13)

The 4 FoMRB2 grounds against the TRO are:
1. That it is "unreasonable to make the TRO for reasons that are unsupported by evidence".
2. Failure to provide legally adequate reasons...
(7/13)

Let’s compare that with Emma Rose’s (FoMRB2) application for Judicial Review, and @CambsCC's processes of having regard to various factors.
The 4 grounds for Ms Rose's case against the TRO do not include 'traffic displacement'. (6/13)

However, he added: “I did not harbour any significant concerns about the conduct of the consultation and engagement as a whole." (5/13)

"The 53-page presentation did not form part of the council's considerations in its decision to make the [LTN] orders. It should have done.
"The failure to have regard to it was a serious failing, rendering the decision to make the orders unlawful."
(4/13)

Judge Smith allowed 1/3 WDAG claims dismissing 2 others.
"The dossier created by WDAG, which argued traffic would be pushed on to heavily congested boundary roads affecting thousands of school & nursery children, was highly relevant to the decision confronting officers". (3/13)

West Dulwich low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) unlawful, High Court rules Lambeth Council was taken to court over its failure to consider evidence compiled by residents.

This was a ruling on one of three grounds by West Dulwich Action Group.
It's not the same as the Mill Road bus gate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... (2/13)

Tweeple might have heard a radio news bulletin about a Lambeth Council Low Traffic Neighbourhood having “been ruled unlawful in a landmark decision by the High Court” …
What's the implication for the bus gate on Mill Road?
(Spoiler alert: not a lot.)
🧵 (1/13)

St Matthew’s Piece Trees – Rinse and Repeat? The same three protected trees on St Matthew’s Piece are again under threat of felling!

120+ year-old trees to be felled because a nearby HMO has been poorly built? mill-road.com/st-matthews-...

Vision for #MillRdCamb?

Hundreds of cars piled up in a street in Spain as a result of flooding.

It's the way the drivers park, though.

More on Chapel & Swan Smokehouse here: www.chapelandswan.com

And, if you’d like to show your support, their produce is on sale at Green Nest (formerly Harvest) on Mill Road! (Also at Burwash Larder, Barton, The Cambridge Cheese Co and a variety of other places not on Mill Road, or even local).

Who stole all the cheese? The inside story of the boom in luxury food heists Who would steal 22 tonnes of posh cheese, or £37,000 of smoked salmon? A rise in fraudulent orders for luxury foodstuffs has rattled the industry, leaving artisan producers with unpaid bills and a tru...

Sad to learn of local (off-Mill Road) resident Chris Swales’ company, being scammed in a sophisticated manner, similar to Neal’s Yard Dairy, one of the UK’s best-known purveyors of artisan cheese, who had fallen victim to a scam of grand proportions.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...

Proclamation of Edward VII 1901

New fire engine 1907

1913 dinner menu of council celebration

I couldn't get a decent picture on Saturday due to the market stalls so here are some historic images of Berkhamsted Town Hall, 1859, designed by Edward Buckton Lamb in Gothic Revival style. Not sure what the dinner menu says of English cuisine in 1913.

feels like there are a lot of people also on the road who don’t really value your life. They are just not careful.

It’s not the pedalling that’s difficult, it’s negotiating this. It’s why so many people campaign for safe routes!

And it’s why I guess a lot of people stop riding …

… 🤷🏼‍♀️… /8