Cambridge National Trust Volunteers

Programme

Members should use the username and password they were given to download the full programme including contact telephone numbers; non-members can join here. Please be aware that short-notice events are sometimes announced on our email list.

There are several ways of reaching our events, and we have information about lift sharing, cycling and driving. Task leaders will find guidance notes and the form for recording task hours in the members’ area.

Recent events (from January 2020)

Date Event Contact
WEDNESDAY 1st Jan Social – Walk at Anglesey Abbey: Come along for a 5 mile walk around the countryside behind Anglesey Abbey. A chance to clear the head after the night before! Lop E.
SUNDAY 5th Jan We’ve been invited over to Wicken Fen to assist with some proactive environmental readjustment landscaping (a fancy way of saying scrub bashing!) Lisa T.
SUNDAY 12th Jan Wimpole Estate: We’ll be out on the wider estate, probably working down the South Avenue, trimming and tidying the lime trees. Tom H.
SUNDAY 26th Jan Wimpole House: The manager of the restaurant has asked for our help with the renovation of their outdoor tables and chairs in readiness for the spring. A major job which will be spread over three Sundays. Val W.
SUNDAY 2nd Feb Carrying on with the furniture restoration we started last week at Wimpole House. Lop E.
SUNDAY 9th Feb Putting the final touches to the restaurant furniture at Wimpole House. Betty B.
SUNDAY 16th Feb Wimpole Estate: Either carrying on from where we left off on 12th January or perhaps scrub bashing up by the Folly. The only way to be sure is to be there! Alison B.
SUNDAY 16th Feb Committee Meeting - Wimpole: To be held in the Head Gardener’s potting shed following the task. Any committee member
SUNDAY 1st Mar Waking up the Houghton Mill campsite from its winter slumbers and preparing it for the new season ahead. Jenny M.
FRIDAY 6th - SUNDAY 8th Mar Weekend Task – Our first weekend away of the year working somewhere on the large Belton Estate Lop E.
SUNDAY 15th Mar A garden tidy-up at Peckover House is called for, including digging borders and sieving soil. Ian S.
SUNDAY 22nd Mar A return visit to Wicken Fen. This time working on the 50 Things area of the Woodland Walk. Christian V.
SUNDAY 29th Mar It’s that time of year when Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse gets its much needed spring clean. A morning only task but probably to be followed by further jobbies at Houghton Mill. TBC

Events in 2023

SUNDAY 27th Aug Wimpole: Working around the walled gardens: painting, clearing a small ditch and possibly, if we're really lucky, shovelling compost too! Alison B.
SUNDAY 10th Sep Wimpole: Working in the Orchard, raking grass and other general tidying up TBC
SUNDAY 24th Sep Wimpole: Another task, another orchard. This time to help with the annual apple harvest. Lop E.
SUNDAY 24th Sep Committee Meeting – Wimpole. To be held in the Head Gardener’s potting shed following the task. Any committee member
OCTOBER 2023 Weekend away: Nothing nailed down at the moment but we have been promised a return trip to Belton House to either work in the gardens or out somewhere on the wider estate. TBC
SUNDAY 8th Oct Wimpole: Carrying on with a task started in August to titivate a picnic barn on the farm which families use for shelter when the weather is inclement. Tom H.
SUNDAY 12th Nov A trip up to Wisbech to help bed down the gardens at Peckover House for the winter. Ian S.
SUNDAY 26th Nov Wicken Fen: Scrub clearance TBC

Events in 2024

MONDAY 1st Jan Social: Come along for a 5(ish) mile walk somewhere to be decided nearer the time. TBC

A selection of older events may be found in our programme archive.