The Town Council owns and maintains the following facilities on behalf of Cambourne residents.
To view the cost of hiring and booking information visit the bookings page.
Contact the Town Council office via office@cambournetowncouncil.gov.uk or 01954 714403 if you wish to report any issues with these facilities.
Community Buildings • Community Land • Sports Venues • YOUTH PROVISION
This facility is available for hire via the Town Council office.
The Main Hall has capacity for 150 – 300 people and is equipped with an infra-red hearing loop. The Meeting Room has capacity for 50 people and is equipped with an induction hearing loop. The Hub also has a large kitchen with serving hatch into the Main Hall and use of the kitchen is included with all bookings.
The Hub Community Centre is fully licensed for the sale of alcohol and for the provision of regulated entertainment.
Location: High Street, Great Cambourne
This facility is available for hire via the Town Council office.
The Blue Space is partly used by the Cambourne Pre-School, Cambourne Children’s Centre and Cambourne Church.
The remaining parts of the building, the Hall, and 3 of the Classrooms, are available to hire during the week for community use. The Hall has a capacity for 100 people and the Classrooms for 30 people.
Location: Eastgate, Great Cambourne
There are equipped play areas at Great Cambourne Village Green, Lower Cambourne, Upper Cambourne Village Green, Great Cambourne Cricket Pitch and the Eco Park (opposite Monkfield Park School).
The play areas have a variety of traditional and innovative equipment, including sand and water play at Upper Cambourne. All the play areas are inspected regularly by the Town Council Grounds Team and are subject to an annual Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) inspection. Any issues with the play areas should be reported immediately to the Town Council office.
Some equipment has now reached a natural end of life state. The Town Council is working on options for replacement, including potential grant funding. Further information on this is available via the Town Council office.
Users of the play areas are requested to refrain from taking dogs and bicycles into the play areas to ensure that all children can enjoy playing in a safe environment.
Location: Lower, Great and Upper Cambourne
The car park is for users of Upper Cambourne Village Green and Play Area and provides additional parking for parents dropping off and collecting from the Vine School.
The car park is locked overnight.
Location: Brace Dein, Upper Cambourne
This is a plot of land to the south of the Crow Hill allotments. The Town Council continues to work with the Scout and Guide Groups to secure a building on site for their meetings. There is also a paddock for camping etc.
Location: Crow Hill, Great Cambourne
This was opened in May 2016 for burials of Cambourne residents, with over 200 plots.
Part of the land designated for the Burial Ground is currently being used by the Blue Space as community space.
The Exclusive Rights of Burial for plots can be purchased in advance as well as at the time of need.
Location: High Street, Great Cambourne
The Town Council maintains all the verges and public open spaces that have so far been transferred to the Town Council, and a number of others on an agency basis for the developers of Cambourne and Cambridgeshire County Council.
The maintenance of verges is made more difficult because of the damage caused by the parking of vehicles. The cost of repairing this damage has to be covered by the Town Council’s element of the Council Tax and the Town Council requests that residents do not park on verges.
The Town Council requests that people respect all these common areas and help keep them safe and clean for everyone to use. Please take your litter home or use the bins provided. Dog owners, please clean up after your dogs and use dog bins.
The Great Cambourne Village Green is used for events such as the Funfair and Circus. A barrier has been placed on the car park to prevent late night and overnight parking.
The Upper Cambourne Village Green is adjacent to the play area and is popular for picnics and sports activities.
Location: Monkfield Lane, Great Cambourne; Brace Dein, Upper Cambourne
The Skate Park was extended in 2016 and significantly upgraded in 2021.
The Skate Park is regularly inspected by the Town Council Grounds Team and is subject to an annual RoSPA inspection.
Location: Back Lane, Great Cambourne
Allotments are available for hire via the Town Council office (subject to a waiting list).
There are two allotment sites, one at Crow Hill (68 plots) and the other at Brace Dein (107 plots).
Tenants must comply with the allotment tenancy agreements. Regular inspections are made of both allotment sites to check on the cultivation of plots.
A waiting list is maintained by the Town Council.
Location: Brace Dein, Upper Cambourne; Crow Hill, Great Cambourne
This facility is available for hire via the Town Council office (subject to a waiting list).
The site is for use by Cambourne residents only.
The park is available for the storage of touring caravans, trailers, boat trailers and motor homes. Access to the site is by a key for which a refundable deposit of £20.00 is charged.
There are 33 full pitches and 2 half pitches. Charges are currently £370.56 per annum for a single axel and £432.36 per annum for twin-axel caravans.
Access times are as follows:
- 1st November – 31st March 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 5pm Saturday & Sunday (Closed on Public Holidays)
- 1st April – 31st October 8am to 7pm Monday to Friday (including Public Holidays), and 9am to 6pm Saturday & Sundays.
Access is not available at other times.
Location: New Hall Lane, Great Cambourne
Cambourne Fitness and Sports Centre is managed by Everyone Active on behalf of the Town Council. The Town Council owns the building.
The Sports Centre includes a gym, sports hall and group exercise studio and offers a wide range of classes and activities.
For more information contact the Sports Centre directly on 01954 714070 or visit the website.
Location: Back Lane, Great Cambourne
These pavilions are available for hire via the Town Council office.
The Town Council maintains two cricket wickets each with its own pavilion; one in Great Cambourne and one in Lower Cambourne. Both cricket wickets are well used by Cambourne Cricket Club and other groups.
Both pavilions are available for community use and private functions, but during the cricket season priority is given to the Cricket Club.
The Great Cambourne Cricket Pavilion has a capacity for 60 people and the Lower Cambourne Cricket Pavilion has a capacity for 20 – 30 people. Both pavilions have a kitchen with serving hatch to the main hall area.
Location: Back Lane, Great Cambourne and School Lane, Lower Cambourne
The Sports Pitches are maintained by the Town Council and are principally used by Cambourne Town Football Club.
Residents are requested not to use the sports pitches for the exercising of dogs. This is an area where both adults and children come into close contact with the grass surface and therefore are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of parasites left by dog excrement; even that which has been picked up will leave residue.
Location: Back Lane, Great Cambourne
This facility is available for hire via the Town Council office.
The artificial surface MUGA is maintained by the Town Council and is used by Cambourne sports clubs and residents.
Location: Back Lane, Cambourne
The tennis court near the dentist surgery is available for informal play and practice. Access to the court is via a key which is purchased from the Town Council office for £5.
There is no booking system, just turn up and play for free once you have a key.
Location: Monkfield Lane, Great Cambourne
This facility is available for hire via the Town Council office.
The Sports Pavilion provides changing facilities for the Sports Pitches, Artificial Turf Pitch (ATP), Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) and tennis courts.
The Pavilion’s first floor Club Room is used by a number of community groups and can be booked for private parties and functions. The Club Room has a capacity for 60 people and incorporates a small kitchen and a bar area.
The Sports Pavilion is fully licensed for the sale of alcohol and for the provision of regulated entertainment.
The building also acts as a base for the Town Council Grounds Team.
Location: Back Lane, Great Cambourne
This facility is available for hire via the Town Council office.
The Bowling Green is maintained by the Town Council and used by Cambourne Bowls Club. For information on playing bowls contact Robin Bailey on 01954 269328 or email robin.doreen@btopenworld.com.
The Bowls Pavilion is available to hire and is suitable for small groups or meetings having a capacity of 10 – 20. It is equipped with tea/coffee making facilities.
Location: Back Lane, Great Cambourne
This facility is available for hire via the Town Council office.
In October 2016, the Town Council opened the new ATP (3G) which is marked for 11-a-side, two 9v9, two 7v7 and for 5-a-side football pitches. This was funded through s106 monies from Taylor Wimpey and Bovis Homes and a grant from the Football Foundation.
The ATP is the home of Cambourne Town Football Club.
Location: Back Lane, Great Cambourne
There are two courts that are marked out for tennis and netball and three further courts used exclusively for tennis. Bookings for the courts are made through Cambourne Tennis Club.
For more information and contact details please see their website https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/CambourneLTC.
Location: Back Lane, Great Cambourne
The Trim Trail comprises a number of pieces of wooden equipment with suggested route and exercises. This area is also a designated kick-a-bout area for informal football.
The Trim Trail is open and free to use at all times.
Location: Eco Park, School Lane, Great Cambourne
A new ‘Cambourne Soul’ building for the provision of youth services opened in 2022. The Council are in the process of equipping the building to enable the Cambourne Youth Partnership and other groups to provide youth services.
This new building will replace the temporary ‘Cambourne Soul’ building, which will be removed as part of the planning permission for construction of the new building.
Location: Back Lane, Great Cambourne
The Teenage Hang Out shelter is designed to be a place to meet and enjoy being with friends.
Location: Eco Park, School Lane, Great Cambourne
