Cambridge 2000: Trumpington Road
Trumpington Road: common land
One of the odd pieces of common land left in Cambridge.
There is a path along the side connecting Trumpington Road
to The Fen Causeway, which is used more for recreational
walking than anything else. Some day this might all be
housing.
The flowers are Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
and Cow Parsely (Queen Anne's Lace; Anthriscus sylvestris),
both very rampant. In summer a herd of cows grazes the land, they
can just be seen hiding in the shade of the Horse Chestnut
(Aesculus hippocastanum) trees on the right.
Some of these trees were cut down after being damaged in the storm
of 27 October 2002, opening up the view of the field from
Trumpington Street. Three new trees were planted in 2003 in this
open space.
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