The must-do Royston Bucket List!
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Introducing the Royston Bucket List
We asked you for your list of things that you must do in Royston… Here are your ideas… This icon indicates a Summer Holiday idea! Visit Royston Cave Royston Cave is unique in Europe and still largely unexplained. The age of the Cave is uncertain but it is a man-made cavern in the shape
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Spotlight On… Abington Pigotts
Abington Pigotts is a small but lively village in South West Cambs. Consisting of only 60 houses the only facilities are a rather agreeable pub called the Pig and Abbot, the Church and a Village Hall in dire need of refurbishment. The Village Hall was given in trust to the village by the grandparents of
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Out & About… Herts Air Ambulance
Did you know that the Herts Air Ambulance receive no direct government or National Lottery funding? It costs £480,000 per month to keep the helicopters from the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust flying and performing their life saving role – not surprising when they fly an average of three missions a day costing around
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Royston Official Guide
We are really pleased to have received copies of the 1948 and 1960 Official Royston Guides from Alan Cecil at the Royston Past & Present Facebook group. They have given us a lot of pleasure as we look at how our town has changed over the past 50 years. As publishers we’ve also found it
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Spotlight On…Therfield & Kelshall
Did you know that the Village Greens in Therfield are Common Land? Unusually they are owned not by a Parish Council, as are most of the village greens in England, but by the Therfield Regulation. This historical accident dates back to the Therfield Enclosure Act of 1888. Then the 420 acres of Therfield Heath and
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Out & About: Royston and District Museum and Art Gallery
Enriching the community… Royston Museum, housed in the old Congregational Church School Room on Lower King Street, contains wonderful stories of local people and the events that have shaped the town and its surrounding villages along with the many fascinating exhibits that represent them. The building itself has a fantastic history having also served time
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Spotlight On…Barkway
You only have to take a stroll along Barkway High Street to see the rich history of the village illustrated by the many handsome historic buildings which grace what was once a stretch of the main route between London and Cambridge. That history accounts for its largely shoestring configuration with the older houses (and once
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