Cambridge Country Park Expands

6th June 2022 siobhanhall Cambridge Country Park, Local event, Wandlebury Country Park

People in Cambridge can now enjoy an extra 30 acres of wonderful countryside. An opening event took place on Thursday for two new expansions to Wandlebury Country Park, which is owned and cared for by local charity Cambridge Past, Present & Future.

Image of people attending the ribbon cutting on the Gallops — Images Gerry Weatherhead

One of the new areas is called The Gallops and was used for training racehorses when Wandlebury was a stables during the 1800s. It is a lovely meadow with a new viewing area which has a wonderful vista over Cambridge.

The other area is 25 acres which was previously farmland. Over winter, volunteers planted 2,000 trees and the remaining land is being cultivated to be sown with a meadow seed mix to create rare chalk grassland, which is a priority habitat for nature conservation. A new path has been created around this area so that visitors can enjoy the views and watch nature colonise the new habitat. This area doesn’t yet have a name and Cambridge Past, Present & Future is offering donors the opportunity to help name it.