Introduction to Wintringham

As well as being a great place to live, Wintringham’s going to be a great place to work too.  Along with 2,800 new homes, there’ll be shops, services, parks and schools built along with office and light industrial spaces, creating jobs for the local community.We meet some of the people who live and work in the St Neots area as well as finding out how Wintringham is being shaped with the future of work in mind. To find out more and to sign up for news, visit wintringham.orgContributors - Nigel West, Dufaylite - Richard Slade, founder, The Neotists - Rebecca Britton, Urban&Civic

Traffic and travel is always a hot topic, and with even more homes being built in the St Neots area, it’s one that the Wintringham planners take very seriously. We hear about some of the bugbears of local residents as we take a ride with a local taxi driver and find out how smart planning hopes to create real, sustainable solutions for people well into the future. We find out how Wintringham, St Neots is  being designed to make getting around safe and easy, with big benefits for health and wellbeing and look ahead to find out how residents might be getting around in the future. To find out more and to sign up for news, visit wintringham.orgContributorsRob, Loves Farm resident Chris, Steve’s TaxisRon Henry, StantecClaire Thorby, cyclistRebecca Brittan, Urban&Civic 

Wintringham, St Neots is in a unique location. Surrounded by countryside and the River Great Ouse Valley with the ancient Fens to the North, all providing areas of diverse wildlife habitat. Join us for a nature walk through the Wintringham site to find out how Urban&Civic are working closely with ecology experts to ensure that wildlife as well as people can thrive here. We also go down to the woods with the future pupils of the new Wintringham primary school as they excitedly take part in one of their regular forest activities. Find out why nature and ecology plays such an important role in their development. To find out more and to sign up for news, visit wintringham.orgContributorsMartin Baker, Wildlife TrustJames Patmore, Bradley Murphy DesignStacey Roberts, Inclusion Manager, Roundhouse and Wintringham Primary SchoolRichard Hepworth, Director of Project Management, Urban&Civic Paul Cutler, Head of Master Planning and Design for Wintringham, Urban&Civic

Have you ever thought about what secrets lie buried beneath your feet? Over the past few years all over Cambridgeshire, remarkable discoveries about the area’s previous residents have been made. Local resident Roxy and her son Lewis join archaeologists Clem and Tom at the Wintringham site to find out more about the astonishing finds of iron age settlements that have been made there. We journey back in time to find out what life might have been like for the pre-historic residents of Wintringham and find out how those discoveries are shaping the new development. To find out more and to sign up for news, visit wintringham.orgContributorsLiz Davies, curator, St Neots MuseumRoxy & Lewis, Loves Farm residentsTom Phillips, Oxford Archaeology EastClemency Cooper, Oxford Archaeology East

What’s it going to be like to live in Wintringham, St Neots? Join us on a whistlestop tour of the community as we find out from the local community why they love calling the area their home, meet the organiser at the famous St Neots Regatta and go on a tour of Alconbury Weald, another local Urban&Civic development, with one of its residents. To find out more and to sign up for news, visit wintringham.orgContributorsLiz Davies, curator, St Neots MuseumDominie Clarke, Regatta organiserRob, Loves Farm resident and St Neot’s Rowing Club memberRob Paddison, resident, Alconbury WealdCaroline Richardson, founder, Art&Soul CafeStacey Roberts, Inclusion Manager, Roundhouse and Wintringham Primary SchoolRon Henry, StantecRebecca Brittan, Urban&Civic Richard Hepworth, Director of Project Management, Urban&Civic Paul Cutler, Head of Master Planning and Design for Wintringham, Urban&Civic

In 2020, the first residents will be opening the doors to their brand new homes at Wintringham, a groundbreaking new Cambridgeshire development just a short kite flight east of historic St Neots.Over the course of this series from Urban&Civic, we’ll meet communities, journey back in time, and explore nature, as we find out why Wintringham is going to be such a vibrant place to live, work, and call home! To find out more and to sign up for news, visit wintringham.org