Single of the Week
The Single of the Week plays Monday – Thursday at 8.10am & 10.20pm – click here for more.
Charity of the Month
Our Charity of the Month for this month is The Friends of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve is the voluntary group which supports the conservation of Paxton Pits, one of Cambridgeshire’s premier nature sites.
Started in 1995 and registered as a charity in 2008, it now has a membership of over 2,500 – a benchmark figure reached in 2020 when celebrating ...
Podcasts
Scribblers & Story@Midnight 21st April 2024
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Matt’s Marathon Broadcast
Huntingdon Town Council’s 2023/24 Budget & Precept
Talk on International Women’s Day in Huntingdon
Huntingdon District Council to increase council tax from April
Upcoming Events
Calling all Crafter and Car Booters of Huntingdon, come long and join us at your local Community Centre, the Huntingdon Neurotherapy Centre. £10.00 per pitch or table indoors and out. The cafe will be open for refreshments and freshly made rolls. Franke’s Ice Cream will be attending,
This event is co-hosted by T.S Cromwell Sea Cadets
We open selected Sundays through the year with occasional Saturdays on special event weekends.
All our open days are pre-book only,
We are currently operating a pre-book only system
Please remember: no one is allowed on site without a pre-booking.
On a running day we run 2hr booked sessions with 12 groups (family) of up to 6 persons in each group, this reduces the number on site and gives each group their own dedicated seating. It means the MAX number of public on site is limited to a number that gives everyone lots of space.
We have 6 seating pods and 6 picnic tables (marquee covered) to allow for seating for all the groups.
NOTE: The amount paid to pre-book (£15) gives you 7 tickets when you arrive on site to use against train rides or refreshments, you can then add to that and purchase anymore train rides or refreshments to suit your needs.
ADDITIONAL RIDE /REFRESHMENT TICKETS CAN ONLY BE PURCHASED ON THE DAY
We have card and cash payment facilities on site.
If you are unable to attend then we are not able to refund your booking fee. Running the reduced numbers we need a MIN amount of bookings to be able to keep the railway viable, we have had a few people that wanted a refund as they didn’t want to come as it was raining.
Tickets can be purchased through Ticketsouce at the link below.
Tickets are released for booking 7 – 21 days before an event.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/fenland-light-railway
We are open in 2024 the following dates:
Saturday 30th March 2024 (Easter Special)
Sunday 31st March 2024 (Easter Special)
Sunday 14th April 2024
Sunday 28th April 2024
Sunday 12th May 2024 (Cuddly Toy Special)
Sunday 26th May 2024
Sunday 9th June 2024
Sunday 23rd June 2024 (Strawberry Special)
Sunday 14th July 2024
Saturday 10th August 2024 (Summer Special)
Sunday 11th August 2024 (Summer Special)
Sunday 1st September 2024
Sunday 22nd September 2024
Sunday 6th October 2024
Saturday 26th October 2024 (Halloween)
Sunday 27th October 2024 (Halloween)
Sunday 17th November 2024 (Hot Puddings)
Saturday 7th December 2024 (Santa Special)
Sunday 8th December 2024 (Santa Special)
Details of our specials will be available as they are advertised for booking
We also accommodate birthday party and other private booking
This April sees the 425th anniversary of Oliver Cromwell’s birth in Huntingdon. To commemorate his birth, the Cromwell Museum is bringing some of Cromwell’s cavalry to the main square in Huntingdon for an afternoon, next to where he recruited his first troop of cavalry in August 1642.
Come to Market Square on Sunday 28 April to meet costumed re-enactors, including several cavalrymen mounted on horseback from the period of the Civil Wars of the 1640s. They will be on show from 12pm until 4pm, with talks on cavalry and weapons of the period at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm.
Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon in April 1599; he lived in the town for over half his life. Although he moved on to St Ives, then Ely, he returned to his birthplace regularly. On 27 August 1642 he raised his first troop of 60 cavalry to fight for Parliament against King Charles I on Huntingdon Town Square, outside the Falcon pub – which is still there, little changed since that time.
Join us on Huntingdon Market Square that day to find out more about this fascinating period of history!
A series of public meetings are being held in various venues within Huntingdonshire. Dr Chan Abraham will be the speaker and all local residents are invited to hear what he has to say about local issues. The first meeting is at St Mary’s Parish Hall, The Walks East, Huntingdon PE29 3AP (nr. Bus Station) on 19th March starting at 7pm. For more information about these meetings, email changebritain4good@gmail.com
28 March 7:00pm St Ives Free Church, Market Hill, St Ives PE27 5AL
2 April 7:00pm The Old School, 37 Green End Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon PE28 5UY
9 April 7:00pm The Coneygear Centre, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon, PE29 11PE
16 April 7:00pm Judith’s Fields Pavilion, London Road, Godmanchester, PE29 2W8
23 April 7:00pm Brampton Memorial Centre, Thrapston Road, Huntingdon PE28 4TB
30 April 7:00pm Alconbury Sports & Social Club, Great North Road, Alconbury, PE28 4EX
16 Apr 2024 | Showcase: Rhys Wilson Paul Scourfield | Rhys Wilson Guitar and vocals. www.facebook.com/musicrhyswilson/ Paul Scourfield Melodeon and vocals. www.paulscourfield.co.uk |
23 Apr 2024 | Richard Digence | A BAFTA Nominated entertainer. A Gold Award recipient from The British Academy of Composers & Songwriters. An accomplished author and artist. What more can one say. A welcome return to the club. A great night is promised. Ticket prices: £18 Members / £20 Non-Members. www.richarddigance.com |
30 Apr 2024 | Round The Room | Friendly sing-around atmosphere, performers and audience very welcome. Admission £3.00 for all. |
07 May 2024 | Open Stage | An exciting evening is promised with four acts… Steve Skull, South of Polaris (Duo) & Jeremy Reynolds. |
14 May 2024 | Tristan Seume | Acclaimed as one of the UK’s leading acoustic guitarists, Tristan has toured all over Europe both as a soloist and a sought-after session musician. www.tristanseume.com |
21 May 2024 | Jack Badcock | Singer and guitarist, Jack Badcock is a hugely experienced performer, having toured extensively around the world, in Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia, predominantly as frontman and founding member of his multi-award winning, internationally renowned world-folk band ‘Dallahan’. www.jackbadcock.com |
28 May 2024 | Round The Room | Friendly sing-around atmosphere, performers and audience very welcome. Admission £3.00 for all. |
04 Jun 2024 | Marion Bradfield | singer/songwriter and performer – has been a stalwart of the Irish music scene for over 30 years. Based in Donegal, she has to date, penned four studio albums and one live album. www.marianbradfield.com |
07 Jun 2024 to 09 Jun 2024 | St Neots Folk Festival | Friday evening: New roots finalist, James Findlay, Karen Johnson and Tony Clark & Bram Taylor. Saturday: Day of dance. Saturday evening: Landermason. Steve Knightley. Sunday: Moonrakers Workshop Sunday evening: Na Mara. Moonrakers. |