Day-to-day

• Bin collection dates (my site) - you can also use the Council website
• What goes in which bin?
• Residents parking permits
• Manage your council tax
• Cambridge Water
• Find a GP
• Libraries
• Household recycling centres
• Report a highways issue

Theatres, venues, talks and events

Theatres and venues

• Cambridge Arts Theatre
• Cambridge Corn Exchange
• Cambridge Junction
• ADC Theatre - Cambridge University-run theatre
• Mumford Theatre - at Anglia Ruskin University
• West Road Concert Hall

Cinemas

• Arts Picturehouse
• Everyman
• The Light

Talks

• Open evenings at the Institute of Astronomy
• talks.cam.ac.uk

Annual events and festivals

• Cambridge Half Marathon - March
• Cambridge Festival - University of Cambridge public research festival, March
• Reach Fair - historic village fair near Cambridge, May bank holiday
• Cambridge Beer Festival - late May
• Cambridge Fringe - comedy festival, May
• Bumps - university rowing races on the Cam, February/March and June
• Strawberry Fair - free music and arts festival on Midsummer Common, first Saturday in June
• Cambridge Pride - June
• Cambridge Folk Festival - July/August
• Shakespeare in the gardens - July/August
• Cambridge Comedy Garden - July
• Chariots of Fire - charity relay race through the colleges, September
• Mill Road Beer Quarter - annual beer trail along Mill Road
• Town and Gown 10K - October
• Botanic Garden Apple Day - October
• Cambridge Film Festival - October/November
• Cambridge Literary Festival - April and November
• Fireworks Night - free fireworks on Midsummer Common, November
• Mill Road Winter Fair - December

Other sites to find events

• Cambs Events - calendar of things going on around Cambridge

• The Fitzwilliam Museum
• Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
• Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
• Museum of Zoology
• Whipple Museum of the History of Science
• Polar Museum
• Kettle's Yard - house and gallery of modern and contemporary art
• Cambridge University Botanic Garden
• The Museum of Cambridge - local history and folk museum
• Cambridge Museum of Technology - industrial heritage in a Victorian pumping station
• Centre for Computing History - hands-on computer and video game museum
• Imperial War Museum Duxford
• Wimpole Estate
• Anglesey Abbey

Community groups

• Allotments
• Federation of Cambridge Residents Associations (FeCRA)
• Repair cafes
• Makespace - community workshop and makerspace
• The Cambridge Room
• Cambridge Sustainable Food - working towards a fair and sustainable food system
• CamCycle - Cambridge's cycling campaign
• Conservators of the River Cam - manage navigation on the Cam
• Living Streets Cambridge - campaigning for better streets for walking
• Cambridge Past, Present & Future - protecting local green spaces and heritage

Sports and fitness

Free and council-run facilities

• Sport, physical activity and wellbeing - an overview of council sports facilities and programmes
• Tennis and pickleball courts - 18 courts around the city, most free to use. Christ's Pieces and Jesus Green must be booked and paid for via ClubSpark, the rest are free to drop in on
• Swimming - pools, the Jesus Green Lido, learner pools and summer splashpads
• Sport and fitness facilities - map of outdoor gyms, basketball courts, running routes and more
• Community sports facilities - multi-use games areas and free basketball courts
• Table tennis - free tables in parks and open spaces around the city

Leisure centres and gyms

• Better Cambridge - council leisure centres including Parkside Pools and Gym, Abbey Leisure Complex, Cherry Hinton Village Leisure Centre, Jesus Green Lido and Cambridge Ice Arena
• Kelsey Kerridge Sports Centre - city centre gym, climbing wall, squash and sports halls
• Chesterton Sports Centre
• Netherhall Sports Centre
• Hills Road Sports and Tennis Centre - indoor and outdoor tennis courts, gym and sports hall
• Trumpington Sport
• Leys Sports Complex
• The Perse Sports Centre - climbing and bouldering wall, pool and sports hall
• Cambridge Regional College sports centre - gym, sports halls, squash and climbing wall
• Cambridge University Sports Centre - gym, squash, fives and padel courts, open to the public with a membership

Clubs and activities

• Cambridge Lawn Tennis Club - community tennis club at Wilberforce Road
• Cambridgeshire Tennis - find tennis venues and coaching across the county
• Cambridge '99 Rowing Club - learn to row and competitive squads
• City of Cambridge Rowing Club
• Chesterton Rowing Club
• Camrowers - recreational sculling for people over 40
• Cambridge Rowing Experience - learn-to-row courses on the Cam
• Cambridge Rugby Club
• Parkrun - free weekly 5Ks at various locations in Cambridge including Coldham's Common, Eddington and Milton Country Park

Transport

• Smart Cambridge - live bus locations and timetable information
• Stagecoach - major local bus operator
• Whippet - major local bus operator
• Park and Ride

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
• Katie Thornburrow - city councillor blogging about planning, transport and sustainability
• Cambridge Military History - local military history research