There are plans to increase the village's share of the council tax bills by 48%.
There have been three more burglaries in Great Shelford. Village plans considered by the parish council include a new house in King's Mill Lane and the demolition of a former pub. A reward has been offered for a buggy that went missing on Shelford Rec. Great Shelford's Christmas tree has been vandalised. Four homes in Great Shelford have been burgled in the last month. There are proposals to extend the Addenbrooke's bioscience site further towards Great Shelford. Find out about the Christmas bin changes in Great Shelford. A Great Shelford writer is publishing a new book in January. House prices in Great Shelford have gone up by almost 12% in 2015. A special village meeting is happening in January to discuss roads issues including speeding traffic in Hinton Way. The Cambridge Cycle shop on Woollards Lane closed on Dec 23. Business has been transferred to their larger premises at Pampisford. A road in Great Shelford has been named as one of the most expensive in the region. The new Shelford hospice is due to open in June - even though they still need to raise another £3m. A Great Shelford home has won a national award. South Cambridgeshire is in the top 10 places to live in the whole country. Proposals to demolish the Railway Tavern and build 12 homes on the site are back on the cards. Stagecoach are making significant changes to the Citi 7 bus to try to make the service more reliable. The Great Shelford public have given their views about how they want to see the play area improved. Shelford Feast has given away £20,000 to local groups. A Shelford teenager has been given a special award for saving the lives of 4 people. There's been a burglary at a building site in Great Shelford. Thousands of pounds worth of gardening and builders tools were stolen from a van in Great Shelford. And a house in the village has been burgled. A village meeting will be held in January to consider how to police some of the 30mph zones in Great Shelford. Free leaf compost is available for Great Shelford gardeners. A 20 mph zone will be introduced in Great Shelford in 2016. But traffic lights outside of Shelford School will now not happen because they are too expensive. Musicians are needed to play in the annual Great Shelford carol event. 14 garages in one road in Great Shelford have been burgled. Green bin collections in Great Shelford go monthly in November. There have been 2 more shed burglaries in Great Shelford. Read about the decisions and the issues raised at the October Great Shelford Parish Council meeting. Are you interested in having a copy of a book about the history of St Mary's Church? Shoppers have been asked not to used the Shelford Health Centre car park. A new Rainbow group is being set up- but volunteers are needed to help run it. There are proposals to demolish White Hill Farmhouse and build a new home. What do you think of the service at Great Shelford Post Office? A debate on Streetlife website has seen a wide range of views. One villager has shared her own strong views about the coverage. A garden shed was broken into in Cambridge Road, Great Shelford between October 4 and 5 and 2 racing bikes were stolen. Two burglars with crowbars have broken into Shelford School. The Queen of Stories will be helping Scotsdales celebrate Halloween. Proposals to build a science park and up to 1,250 new homes in Great Shelford have taken a step closer. Great Shelford is to get its own traffic warden because of parking problems around the village. There are plans to convert barns at a Great Shelford farm into 4 homes. Great Shelford's first grand Christmas Fair is taking place at the end of November, complete with a celebrity switch-on of the Christmas lights. A pushchair has been stolen from a car in Great Shelford.
A Great Shelford teacher has created a special audio download to help us sleep better. A new martial arts class is starting in Great Shelford. There are proposals to spruce up the riverbank in Great Shelford.
September will see 3 separate launches - a new creative writing group and a sewing group in Great Shelford and an art group in Little Shelford. A birthday cake is being made to celebrate the 70th birthday of Great Shelford Library. 370 people took part in the Shelford Fun Run. Proposals to convert the sorting office at the Post Office into a home are among the current planning applications. The go ahead has been given for 4 extra bee hives at the Stonehill allotments. Japanese Knotweed has been found outside a house on Shelford Road the Parish Council's finance committee was told in August. Zara has won the Restaurant of the Year award in the East in the English Curry Awards. Three burglaries have taken place in Great Shelford in one night. A silver chalice of considerable value was stolen from St Mary’s Church in Great Shelford between 26th and 29th July. A Great Shelford man has been jailed for threatening to burn down the village dentists. There are proposals to build 75 to 250 homes on a 25 acre Green Belt site bordering Mingle Lane and Hinton Way, the Parish Council heard at its July meeting.. Have you taken the Playscape playground survey yet? Drugs are being sold at the heart of the village the Parish Council has been told. Some cars are travelling at twice the legal speed limit along Hinton Way. The number of people signing up for the Shelford Fun Run are already ahead of last year, but new sponsors are needed. News is expected by the end of September about the future of Great Shelford library. Great Shelford parents have lost their campaign to save the free bus to Sawston Village College. Proposals to bulldoze a former Great Shelford pub have been rejected. Shelford based Mountain Trust has raised more than £60,000 for emergency relief in Nepal including £1,000 from village business Tayabali, Tomlin and White. Two men wearing balaclavas were seen after garages in Shelford and Sawston were broken into overnight on June 23. The men left the scene in a dark colour saloon car. Shelford School's Breakfast Club is proving so popular that they are increasing the number of children who can attend from September. A creative writing class for the Shelfords is being set up. Great Shelford may soon have one county councillor instead of the current two. The new timetable for the village's 31 bus starts on July 27. A woman driver says she was assaulted following an alleged road rage incident near Scotsdales. Changes to 2 homes in Great Shelford have been approved by South Cambridgeshire planners. Shelford Guides is in danger of closing unless they find a new leader. There is an update on the future of Great Shelford library. There is no summer fete this year at Great and Little Shelford School. Instead the school is fundraising through a "virtual fete". The postal delivery service in Great Shelford could be under threat. Two sheds have been burgled in Great Shelford. A 13 year old girl was injured by an adult cyclist during a protest ride. Around 50 parents have appealled against the withdrawal of the free bus service to Sawston Village College from Great Shelford. The college has come out against the proposals. One of the local county councillors has described the route as "unsafe" for cyclists and pedestrians. Lazy dog walkers have been criticised by one correspondent. Proposals for an orangery and a cart lodge are among the current planning applications for the village. Heidi Allen is Great Shelford and South Cambridgeshire's new MP. Two businesses in Great Shelford have been burgled. There have been a spate of shed and garage burglaries in Great Shelford. Great Shelford solicitor Richard Davies has come out strongly in favour of a one way system for Woollards Lane. But Nikki Wilkinson from Shelford Deli is against the idea. Sharon Bavister from Solutions Hairdressers says her older clients won't come out after 4 because of the traffic. A car has been broken into in Cambridge Road, Great Shelford. Over 100 people turned up for a special meeting to save Great Shelford library. Great Shelford charity The Mountain Trust is raising money for people in Nepal following the 2 earthquakes that have killed more than 6,000 people. Roof tiles were stolen in a break-in at a Great Shelford building site. The Great Shelford War Memorial is now formally a historic building A shop assistant who pretended to be the victim of a robbery at a Great Shelford newsagents helped fake the crime with her husband. A Christmas market is being planned for Great Shelford. A new £180,000 playground campaign is about to get underway. A Social Media Councillor has been appointed by the Parish Council - even though the council only wants people to raise issues at its meetings. Great Shelford library is under threat according to the Friends of the library - now a special public meeting is taking place. A motorcyle was stolen from a driveway in Woollards Lane between between Friday 10th April and Saturday 11th April. Great Shelford based writer Allison Pearson is writing a sequel to her international bestseller I Don’t Know How She Does It. Shelford Rugby Club have been relegated from the National League 2 (south). But the ladies have clinched the Championship Midland 2 title. Some parents are up in arms about the possible parking changes at Shelford School while Great Shelford residents on website Streetlife are demanding a new one-way system. Traffic in Great Shelford is going to get even worse for 10 weeks this summer – because of building work in Hauxton. Anti-social activities at the new sports pavilion have been highlighted by the Parish Council.  Great Shelford has made the list of the top 100 richest villages in the country. Congratulations to Shelford Stationmaster Angela Milton on her nomination as a Village Hero .  Refurbishing the riverbank at the bottom of the recreation ground is being considered by the Parish Council. Proposals include replacing the edging so people can get closer to the water and the addition of a mini-dock so canoes can be launched. Rush hour traffic in Great Shelford is getting worse according to official new statistics. Two Great Shelford Parish Councillors are standing down. Great Shelford Parish Council's share of the village's Council Tax bills increased in April by 25%, taking the budget to £125,000. The Council has issued a statement about the rise. Blood donor sessions at Great Shelford are being scrapped. The number of police officers covering Great Shelford is being reduced from 2 to 1, despite the recent spate of burglaries. Problems with the upgrading of the street lighting means parts of Great Shelford are "seriously dangerous" according to the Parish Council. Stop press: Remedial work won't now be completed until the end of February - 19 weeks after the work first started. New 30mph speed restrictions are now in force on Cambridge Road and Hinton Way. The founder of the Cambridge Satchel Company, Julie Deane, who lives in Great Shelford, has been awarded an OBE in the New Years honours list. House prices in Great Shelford rose by just over 7% in the last year according to property website Zoopla. Plans for the Arthur Rank hospice to move to Shelford have been given the green light. A Village Plan is being created so that residents can set out their views and aspirations for Great Shelford. A mobile fish and chip shop is going to be trading for 3 days a week from the Memorial Hall car park - despite the worries of some local residents. The cladding on the new sports pavilion is "defective" and will probably have to be replaced. A lady who has worked for much of her life in Great Shelford has just celebrated her 105th birthday.  A former Arsenal star who now lives in Great Shelford has opened the new sports pavilion. A new science park and 1,250 new homes may be created in Great Shelford and Trumpington. .  The Tour de France came to Great Shelford on July 7 2014. | A photo of a 13th century seal from Great Shelford has just been published. (photo courtesy St John's college) There's a buy one get one free offer for a well being retreat. There's a half price plant deal in the latest Scotsdales vouchers. And you can also get £5 off at Zara with this free voucher. Sign up for the free e-newsletter More than 200 people turned up to see MP Heidi Allen switch on the first Great Shelford Christmas lights. She is pictured with District Councillor Charles Nightingale.  
The railway crossing shelter has been improved with a set of local murals by artist Frances Richardson.
Great Shelford's newest road - “Fletcher’s Way” - is now open. The Parish Council made the suggestion because Leopold (known as Tom) Fletcher’s business, Fletcher and Sons, occupied the site prior to Welch. He ran the business with his sons Leopold junior and Charlie, was well known in Shelford and lived to a great age. On the left is an old photo showing one of his trucks outside the Fletcher & Sons depot. See more photos of the original Fletchers site.  Postcards have emerged giving an insight into the lives of a soldier based in Great Shelford during part of World War 1. Follow developments on the new Arthur Rank hospice at Shelford Bottom.    A traction engine spotted in Great Shelford on May 8. Photo by Ian Kydd. Changes are being introduced to the Shelford Medical Practice website. A blue plaque has been unveiled at Shelford Railway station in memory of a local retired railwayman. Great Shelford football team have won the double. Having already wrapped up the Kershaw League, Premier Division title, Shelford lifted the Premier League Cup for the third time in five seasons with a 2-1 victory over Hardwick in the final on Bank Holiday Monday. A new family has moved in to the Great Shelford allotments. The times of the number 31 bus service which travels through Great Shelford are changing in June.  Great Shelford Online now has a dedicated section on Facebook, where new stories will be posted. The Shelford and Stapleford Youth Initiative has a new youth development worker. Online services at the Shelford Medical Practice are being expanded. Great Shelford's pubs have only achieved 3 stars in the South Cambridgeshire Council food hygiene ratings. A footbridge at Great Shelford station is being demanded by the Parish Council. But one villager has described the idea "a monstrosity." A new road in Great Shelford will be called Fletcher's Way after an old business in the village. Great Shelford resident David Fuller has got so fed up with traffic problems in Woollards Lane that he has filmed his own video evidence for the police.  The Great Shelford house that was the setting for the children's book Tom's Midnight Garden has been sold.  A fascinating book about the history of Great and Little Shelford has been republished - and you have a chance to buy your own copy. It would make a great Christmas present for history lovers. The number of people living in Great Shelford has grown to 4233 according to the 2011 Census. Disclaimer All information on the website is subject to change at any time without notice. Any logos or trademarks displayed on the website are the rights and property of their respective owners. All information on the website and text is copyright of greatshelford.info and any reproduction of this without express permission is strictly prohibited. Areas and things covered by this website This community website for Great Shelford includes details about the great shelford medical centre, Great Shelford rugby, Great Shelford post office, Great Shelford FC, Great Shelford football club, Great Shelford school, the Great shelford dentist, Great and Little Shelford primary school, Great Shelford library, the Great Shelford calendar, Great Shelford parish council and details about Great Shelford history as well as a list of Restaurants in Great Shelford including Zara, and Forum House, Great Shelford estate agents including Haart, Tucker Gardner and Sharman Quinney, Great Shelford businesses including , Great Shelford deli, Davies solicitor, Pipedream plumbing, Great Shelford dental surgery, Shops in Great shelford including Great Shelford deli, Barkers the butchers, Cambridge Cycle Company, Hair solutions Great Shelford and Great shelford post office as well as Pubs in Great shelford including the Plough and Square and Compasses, Builders in Great shelford, Plumbers in Great shelford, Great Shelford churches including Great Shelford St mary's church, Great Shelford free church and Great Shelford community groups including Great Shelford tennis club, and Great Shelford WI. 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