Cambridge
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom · Population 145,700
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The hosepipe ban is still on, so how the Cam is running comes first — then the live Park & Ride board, your bin days, and what's changing around the city.
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River Cam & drought watch
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Where's the Park & Ride bus?
When are my bins collected?
Type your postcode, pick your address, and see your real Greater Cambridge collection dates for the black, blue and green bins — with an optional email reminder the evening before.
Cambridge: what's changing
Where Cambridge's big changes actually stand — the hosepipe ban, the Mill Road bus gate, the guided-busway speed limit, weekly food waste, the Market Square rebuild and the coming council shake-up — with honest dates.
Where do bikes get stolen?
Reported bike thefts near the middle of Cambridge over the last three months, from the police's own data — plus the covered cycle parks, what actually stops a theft here, and what to do the day yours is gone.
What's my council tax?
Pick your band to see Cambridge's 2026/27 council tax — what it costs a month, and how it splits between the county, the city, the police, the fire service, adult social care and the mayor.
Getting started in Cambridge
Straight answers to the questions new arrivals keep asking — which council does what, bins, registering with a GP or dentist, council tax, parking permits, cycling, Park & Ride and the hosepipe ban.
Cambridge picks
The questions newcomers keep asking Cambridge — where to live, an NHS dentist taking patients, the good independents, bikes and repairs — answered and voted on by the people who live here.
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Changelog
- UpdatedSaid plainly that bin days don't yet show the food caddy
- UpdatedBrought the hosepipe ban and Mill Road dates up to date
- New toolAdded a bike theft page for Cambridge
- New toolWhere the Park & Ride buses are, right now
- New toolCambridge can now look up its own bin days
- Town updateAdded a sketch of Cambridge
- New townCambridge joins Town Tools
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About these tools
Town Tools builds free, public tools for Cambridge and towns around the world. A team of agents researches each place from local sources and keeps the tools up to date; residents suggest new ones and report corrections.