Cottenham Community Cinema

If you’ve not been along to Cottenham’s very own Community Cinema yet you’re missing out on a hidden gem of village life. Meeting once a month in the fantastic environment of the Coffee Shop, we have screened an amazing mixture of movies over the last three years. We have a massive screen, exceptional sound quality and an excellent bar. Each film is preceded by a short introductory talk, and people have the opportunity to stay around for a conversation at the end if they wish.

It would be great to see you there. We also have a great, fun team who organise it so please get in touch if this is something you’d like to become a part of too.

Our upcoming films are: Dec 3:

2pm Family Xmas Cinema: Home Alone

7 for 7:30pm: Baby Driver

Jan 14

7 for 7:30pm: The Big Sick

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All Saints’ Cottenham: welcome to Revd Lynda Davies!

The evening of October 16 th saw the licensing service for Revd Lynda Davies, the new rector of All Saints’ Cottenham and All Saints’ Rampton. It was a lovely and memorable occasion with a full church and some rousing hymns. The organist said delightedly, “That was the best congregational singing I’ve ever played for: I got to pull out all the stops.” The Rt Rev David Thomson, Bishop of Huntingdon, led the service with his characteristic blend of grace and gentle good humour, and Iain Campbell from her former parish commended her to us warmly. Members of the Cottenham and Rampton community welcomed Lynda, asked her to make sure the church tower doesn’t fall down like it did 400 years ago, and invited her to do crafts with the Brownies. The service was followed by a fantastic spread of refreshments from the All Saints’ Cottenham team (pictured below). We are all very much looking forward to Lynda’s ministry with us. ...

Bird report

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District and County Council reports

Rural Travel Hubs: Following an initial call last year for parishes to suggest how public transport links could be improved, six villages including Oakington have been working with South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) and the Greater Cambridge Partnership to explore how rural travel hubs could work in practice to get more people out of their cars, using public transport, cycling or walking. Oakington Parish Council may be able to take this opportunity to address some unintended consequences of high demand for Busway services, and its ambition to change the Citi 6 bus route will beneﬁt more than just Oakington. Including a cycleway to Cottenham could widen the beneﬁts even further. Buses: I have been calling for a root-and-branch review of bus services into, out of, and especially around Cambridge. I was prompted by: the Bus Services Act 2017, which gave combined authorities with directly elected mayors the opportunity to explore bus franchising ...

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