A Great Place to Call Home a MULTI AWARD WINNING NEW COMMUNITY
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A great place to call home A MULTI AWARD WINNING NEW COMMUNITY Discover a new place to enjoy the best in modern living. Imagine stylish new homes, a warmly welcoming community and a wide range of new facilities in a prime location within Cambridge. COME HOME TO GREAT KNEIGHTON Designed as a series of distinct It exudes vibrancy as a place to live and neighbourhoods with a central community is within easy reach of the Cambridge hub, the vision for Great Kneighton is driven Biomedical Campus, one of the largest by the needs and aspirations of the people centres of health science and medical who come to live here. Already there is research in the world. a strong sense of place, somewhere that Great Kneighton has already won nine people are proud to call home. prestigious awards, including the renowned Civic Trust Award 2015, four Housing Design Awards and the Sunday Times Development of the Year Award 2014, making it an award winning community in one of the most sought after locations in Cambridge. EVERYTHING ON YOUR DOORSTEP Situated on the southern fringe of Cambridge, Great Kneighton is an exciting new community offering residents the perfect opportunity to live in a prime location with excellent transport links and everything you could want right on your doorstep. The city centre is just a short bus or cycle ride away and with the mainline railway station easily accessible, connections to London are a breeze. DISCOVER A NEW COMMUNITY A MULTI AWARD WINNING NEW COMMUNITY IN CAMBRIDGE FOR STYLISH MODERN LIVING HOMES TO SUIT EVERYONE INSPIRATIONAL ARCHITECTURE INSPIRATIONAL OVER 2,000 NEW HOMES GROWING FAMILIES GROWING FROM FIRST TIME BUYERS TO TIME BUYERS TO FROM FIRST INNOVATION & QUALITY UNWIND IN ACRES OF OPEN SPACE Great Kneighton has been designed to include many open spaces and play areas in which to enjoy the great outdoors. The 120-acre Country Park is its prized asset and covers over four times the area of Parker’s Piece in central Cambridge. Great Kneighton Country Park is already home to a wide range of birds and wildlife who are enjoying the woodland, ponds and bird reserve. Construction of the park is taking place in phases and will provide playing fields for the new secondary school, allotments and a range of play areas. A network of footpaths and cycleways connects the Country Park to the rest of Great Kneighton, Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. HOBSON’S At the heart of Great Kneighton is SQUARE: Hobson’s Square. This attractive central square will host a range of essential facilities and amenities A GREAT RANGE including local shops to meet the OF COMMUNITY needs of all the community. FACILITIES A new Community and Health Centre is under construction. This will provide a large community hall, library and café. Residents at Great Kneighton will come to understand the true meaning of community. Living here offers the chance to enjoy life in a friendly community where you can spend time with family, socialise with friends and get to know your neighbours. Hobson’s Square will be a focal point. A place to meet and relax, with seating, an open plaza, views across rainwater gardens and a central sculpture. It will provide a flexible open space for events such as concerts, farmers’ markets, community days, street parties and much more. STRATEGICALLY LOCATED Great Kneighton is strategically located just three miles from Cambridge city centre, next to Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the internationally renowned Cambridge Biomedical Campus. The development is well served by public transport including the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway. AN EXCITING NEW DEVELOPMENT ENCOMPASSING NEW HOMES, SCHOOLS, SHOPPING, COMMUNITY AND HEALTH FACILITIES WITH OVER 120 ACRES OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE TO CAMBRIDGE CITY CENTRE LONG ROAD TO CAMBRIDGE CITY CENTRE APPROX. 3 MILES / 10 MINS LONG ROAD SIXTH FORM COLLEGE SPORTS PITCHES E U N E V A FAWCETT PRIMARY SCHOOL E M I L Trumpington Community CAMBRIDGE BIOMEDICAL CAMPUS & College ADDENBROOKE’S HOSPITAL ED BU ESHIRE GUID SWAY (C CAMBRIDG GB) LONDON TO CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY HOBSON’S SQUARE Y A HOBSON’S PARK 9 W 0 E 120 ACRE 3 L C COUNTRY PARK WAITROSE / 1 Y AMENITIES A C ALLOTMENTS & Y A COMMUNITY W S GARDEN U B ED PROPOSED TRUMPINGTON ID PRIMARY BIRD PARK & RIDE GU RESERVE E SCHOOL IR H AVENUE ES G ID R MB D CA A HOBSON’S O AD R SHELFORD RD. RO ’S N KE O OO T BR X EN U D A AD H D SEVEN OA ACRES R ’S KE OO BR EN ADD M11, JUNCTION 11 TO CENTRAL LONDON APPROX 1 HR 25 MINS STAY PERFECTLY BY BUS, BIKE OR CAR CONNECTED IN 50 MINUTES LONDON TRAINS TO PARK AND RIDE EASY ACCESS TO THE M11 TO ACCESS EASY UNDER 30 MILES TO STANSTED AIRPORT A DEDICATED STOP ON THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE GUIDED BUSWAY The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway A NETWORK OF links to the city, train station, nearby FOOTPATHS Addenbrooke’s Hospital and AND CYCLEWAYS Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Linking to the city centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Cambridge Biomedical Campus. TOP MARKS FOR EDUCATION Families will be perfectly placed to take Fawcett Primary School, which sits adjacent advantage of the brand new primary and to Great Kneighton, is currently being secondary schools at Great Kneighton. extended to provide more places. In addition, there is a new primary school planned for Countryside has made a multi-million pound Great Kneighton. contribution to primary and secondary education, to meet demand from the A host of other nursery, primary and growing community. secondary schools are also close at hand in the area. This includes the recently opened A new secondary school is under University Technical College Cambridge with construction at Great Kneighton to be known a specialism in Biomedical and Environmental as Trumpington Community College. It will Science and Technology. be the first new secondary school of its kind in Cambridge for over 50 years. The state- There is an array of distinguished private of-the-art facility, offering wrap-around establishments close by, such as The childcare for 11 to 16 year-old students, is due Perse School, one of the UK’s top to open its doors in September 2016, offering independent schools, and of course for a specialism in science, and extensive sports further education, Cambridge University facilities, including an all-weather pitch, needs no introduction as one of the world’s gymnasium, and fitness studio, which will foremost seats of learning. also be accessible to the wider community. UNCOVER AN EXCITING PUBLIC ART PROGRAMME One of the largest public art programmes in of the Great Kneighton site, and focuses Some of the artworks at Great Kneighton In addition, a multi-media project by London the UK is underway at Great Kneighton. on the engagement and involvement will form major focal points, such as a Fieldworks focuses on biodiversity with the local community. sculpture to be located within the new at Great Kneighton and includes sculptures An ambitious Public Arts Strategy for community square by Heather and that form habitats for insects, as well Great Kneighton was launched in 2010 This has led to the commissioning of six Ivan Morrison, which was inspired by as an ongoing film project about local by Countryside to help connect both the leading artists to create exciting and archaeological discoveries on the site wildlife. The art project by Simon and new and old communities. Local residents varied artistic projects across Great dating from the Bronze Age. Nils Norman’s Tom Bloor called ‘Art & Play’ features in the were involved in helping to develop the Kneighton including an artist in residence artwork encompasses the footbridges into play areas across the whole site. The artist strategy, which takes its influence largely in one of the show homes at Abode. the country park and bird screens located in residence, Jeanne Van Hensswijk, is from the landscape and natural setting within the wetland area, providing the perfect working with residents and the wider vantage point to observe the wildlife. Trumpington community through an inspiring series of projects aimed at bringing communities together. Bird Screen. Great Kneighton, Cambridge DELIVERING ON A NETWORK OF A 120 ACRE FOOTPATHS AND COUNTRY PARK PROMISES CYCLEWAYS Including bird reserve, Leading to sports pitches A contemporary sustainable Addenbrooke’s and allotments development with a range of new Hospital and amenities already underway the Cambridge Biomedical Campus 14,000 NEW TREES 14,000 IMAGINATIVELY COMMUNITY AND DESIGNED NEW HEALTH CENTRE HOMES FROM APARTMENTS TO Including a community FAMILY HOUSES hall, library and café 1.1 MILLION POPPIES PLANTED TO A NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL COMMEMORATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WORLD WAR 1 WITH A PRIMARY SCHOOL TO FOLLOW HANDCRAFTED BIRD SCREENS FOR OBSERVING THE EXTENSIVE WILDLIFE NEW PLAY AREAS NEW HOMES FOR WILDLIFE NEW HOMES FOR ADDING VALUE TO COMMUNITIES Creating a community is not just about creating new homes of lasting quality. Countryside has already Countryside has been incorporating public Most of the artworks commissioned are created a 120-acre country art into developments for more than 20 permanent, such as sculptural pieces which park, with allotments, ponds years. The introduction of good quality act as focal points and landmarks or which and a bird reserve served public art helps to create a better quality have a function such as a bench, or way- by a network of footpaths environment, enhancing the setting of the finding system. Creative public art initiatives and cycleways. buildings, enriching people’s lives and above are a great way to engage the community all establishing a distinctive character and and get them involved.