Day-to-day

• Bin collection dates (my site) - you can also use the Council website
• What goes in which bin?
• Report a highways issue
• Manage your council tax
• Cambridge Water

Theatres, venues, talks and events

• ADC Theatre
• Cambridge Arts Theatre
• Cambridge Corn Exchange
• Cambridge Junction
• Mill Road Winter Fair
• Cambridge Folk Festival
• Open evenings at the Institute of Astronomy
• Shakespeare in the gardens
• talks.cam.ac.uk

Community groups

• Allotments
• Federation of Cambridge Residents Associations (FeCRA)
• Repair cafes
• Makespace

Planning and development

• View and commment on planning applications

How to find and read planning applications

Local government

Cambridgeshire has quite a few layers of local government. Depending on how you count it and where you live, there can be anywhere between 3 and 6 layers of governance. Below are quick links to the main local authority websites for people who live in Cambridge.

• Cambridge City Council
• Cambridgeshire County Council
• South Cambridgeshire District Council

More about local government in Cambridgeshire

Elections in Cambridge

Local news and blogs

Newspapers and news sites

• Cambridge News
• The Cambridge Independent
• BBC News Cambridgeshire

Student news sites

• Varsity
• The Cambridge Student
• The Cambridge Tab

Local blogs

• Cambridge Foodies - a community blog reviewing culinary delights in and around Cambridge
• The Cambridge Town Owl - blog by Antony Carpen mostly covering local planning, transport and development around Cambridge
• Lost Cambridge - another blog by Antony Carpen focused on the history of Cambridge
• Phil Rodgers - Phil generally covers local elections and local democracy