Latest Urban & civic Podcast Episodes
Weald Origins
Alconbury Weald Stories - November 23, 2020 10:15 - 24 minutesAlconbury Weald is located on the West Cambridgeshire claylands of the River Great Ouse. A former RAF airfield, this 1,400-acre area will provide 5,000 homes, business space, green spaces, and new schools and facilities. But, as we're about to discover, this place has been inhabited for...
Wild Weald
Alconbury Weald Stories - July 23, 2020 15:47 - 18 minutesAlconbury Weald sits in a strategic location with a fascinating ecological profile, and access to historic wetlands and ancient woodlands. The provision of green space is at the heart of this new community design and 45% of the development won't be built on at all. Join your host, natu...
Working at Wintringham
Wintringham 2020 - March 13, 2020 07:00 - 11 minutesAs well as being a great place to live, Wintringham’s going to be a great place to work too. Along with 2,800 new homes, there’ll be shops, services, parks and schools built along with office and light industrial spaces, creating jobs for the local community. We meet some of the peopl...
Connections
Wintringham 2020 - March 06, 2020 07:00 - 14 minutesTraffic and travel is always a hot topic, and with even more homes being built in the St Neots area, it’s one that the Wintringham planners take very seriously. We hear about some of the bugbears of local residents as we take a ride with a local taxi driver and find out how smart planni...
Ecology
Wintringham 2020 - February 28, 2020 07:00 - 15 minutesWintringham, St Neots is in a unique location. Surrounded by countryside and the River Great Ouse Valley with the ancient Fens to the North, all providing areas of diverse wildlife habitat. Join us for a nature walk through the Wintringham site to find out how Urban&Civic are working cl...
Archaeology
Wintringham 2020 - February 21, 2020 07:00 - 12 minutesHave you ever thought about what secrets lie buried beneath your feet? Over the past few years all over Cambridgeshire, remarkable discoveries about the area’s previous residents have been made. Local resident Roxy and her son Lewis join archaeologists Clem and Tom at the Wintringham si...
Living at Wintringham
Wintringham 2020 - February 14, 2020 07:00 - 21 minutesWhat’s it going to be like to live in Wintringham, St Neots? Join us on a whistlestop tour of the community as we find out from the local community why they love calling the area their home, meet the organiser at the famous St Neots Regatta and go on a tour of Alconbury Weald, another l...
Introduction to Wintringham
Wintringham 2020 - January 20, 2020 08:00 - 7 minutesIn 2020, the first residents will be opening the doors to their brand new homes at Wintringham, a groundbreaking new Cambridgeshire development just a short kite flight east of historic St Neots. Over the course of this series from Urban&Civic, we’ll meet communities, journey back in t...