Cambridge Nature Festival 2026

  • Gamlingay Eco Hub + Walking Tour

    Gamlingay Eco Hub Stocks Ln, Gamlingay, Sandy
    Outdoors

    Join us for a guided visit around Gamlingay village and hear about local perspectives on nature, carbon reduction, and community energy at the Eco Hub. Tickets are free but please fill out this form Please email cathy.lin@scambs.gov.uk if you have any questions or issues with booking. Meet at the Gamlingay Eco Hub (Gamlingay Community Centre) …

    Free
  • Flora and Fauna at the Old Rec, Cottenham

    Old Rec, Broad Lane, Cottenham Broad Lane, Cottenham, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Children

    The ‘Old Rec’ is a meadow at the bottom of Broad Lane, Cottenham, just before the bridge over the Lode. It is so-called because it was created as the parish recreation ground in the 19th century during the Enclosures. In recent years the field has been actively managed to encourage biodiversity. To discover more about …

    Free
  • Oxford Road Living Streets Walk

    Fitzwilliam College Playing Field 93 Oxford Rd, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Outdoors

    Join ‘Jolly Green Gardener’ Dom Claydon-Wallace, Oxford Residents Association and Living Streets Cambridge for a nature walk along Oxford Road. The Oxford Road residents work hard to make their street better for both walking and wildlife. View hedgehog highways, swift boxes, and other Nature-friendly interventions around the neighbourhood. Swifts are a beloved but increasingly rare …

  • Logan’s Meadow BugBlitz

    Logan's Meadow Logan's Way, Chesterton,, Cambridge
    Children

    Please join us for our first BugBlitz! Help us to identify as many invertebrates as possible. We will send our findings to the local records office to build a picture of the wildlife at Logan’s Meadow. Pitfall traps 7.30am Moth identification 9am Pond dipping 10.30am All welcome. No need to book. Children must be accompanied …

  • Water Sensitive Streets for Climate Resilience

    Green Dragon pub 5 Water Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Outdoors

    Meet outside the Green Dragon pub by the Green Dragon Bridge Join Water Sensitive Cambridge for a walk around East Chesterton and the parks and meadows by the River Cam. Learn how rain gardens and planters are helping keep a neighbourhood more resilient to flooding, view Cambridge's first Tiny Forest and Passivhaus council houses, the …

  • Seasonal stroll (Trumpington Meadows): summer wildflowers

    Trumpington Meadows Grantchester Road, Trumpington, Cambridge
    Outdoors

    This event is part of a series of short, accessible walks, led by Communities and Education Officer Rebecca Neal, around Trumpington Meadows Nature Reserve in the warmer months. We walk at a leisurely pace on flat paths, taking around an hour to go 1-2 miles. We stop to discuss whatever wildlife comes along, and focus …

    £6
  • Coton Orchard Bioblitz 2026

    Coton Orchard Next to Coton Orchard Garden Centre, Cambridge Road, Coton
    Outdoors

    Nature nerds, curious kids and orchard lovers - come explore! Join On the Verge Cambridge and friends for a day of wildlife spotting in Coton Orchard. No experience needed just curiosity and a love of nature. Experts will help identify everything from bugs to bats. And new this year, pond dipping! Yours sightings go to …

  • Histon & Impington BioBlitz

    St Audrey's Close Community Centre St Audrey's Close, Histon, Cambridge
    Outdoors

    Histon & Impington Green Spaces and Histon & Impington Community Orchard have joined forces for an all day nature extravaganza – Histon & Impington BioBlitz 2026. We will be discovering the wildlife and plants in some of our woods and meadows including Histon Wood, the Croft Close Nature Reserve, Long Meadow, the Manor Park field …

    Free
  • Brunch at the Histon Orchard and BioBlitz

    Histon and Impington Community Orchard Manor Field, Histon
    Outdoors

    Histon and Impington Community Orchard are holding their annual 'Brunch at the Orchard' event.  We'll have an interesting mix of wildlife-related stalls including moths, butterflies, and wildlife photography.   We’ll also be serving cooked breakfast, with teas, coffees, juice and croissants if you’d prefer.   The event is free; donations are welcome and there will be a …

    Free