Cambridge Nature Festival 2026

  • People’s National Emergency Briefing

    NCI 1 Holland Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
    Film

    The People’s Emergency Briefing: an urgent new film on the climate and nature crisis Book your tickets or find more screenings The film follows The National Emergency Briefing (NEB), held in Westminster on Nov 27th 2025. Nine international experts addressed 1,200 politicians and other leaders on the scale of the emergency and its impacts on health, food, …

  • Coton Repair Cafe

    Workshop

    Skilled volunteers will help you fix a broken item at the Coton Repair Cafe! We can take a wide variety of repairs to small household and garden appliances, whether mechanical, electrical or electronic, along with repairs to bicycles, jewellery, clothing, textiles and ceramics. We like to show you how we repair your item, so that …

  • Climate Resilient Gardening Tour

    Wimpole Hall Wimpole Estate, Arrington,, Royston
    Talk

    Many of us are seeing the impact that the changing climate is having on our gardens, so this a great opportunity to learn how the garden team at Wimpole Estate are mitigating against some of those changes. Senior gardener Joe will lead you through the climate resilience projects underway in the walled garden, open up …

  • 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 …

  • Sit and Read in Nature (Trumpington Meadows)

    Trumpington Meadows Grantchester Road, Trumpington, Cambridge
    Outdoors

    This activity is part of a series of outdoor opportunities to enjoy nature on Cambourne Nature Reserve and Trumpington Meadows, with a focus on sitting and having a quiet read together, rather than walking. Join Communities and Education Officer Rebecca Neal for a quiet reading session, and a short walk on this beautiful and accessible …

    Free
  • Shake, Rattle & Roll –

    Cambridgeshire Music Centre New School Road, Histon
    Children

    An interactive live music session suitable for small people aged 0-5 with their carers. Shake, Rattle & Roll are a long established Histon based band that perform action songs, nursery rhymes, folk tunes, pop songs & classical pieces for families to sing & dance along to. We use shakers, parachutes, drums, pompoms, scrunchies and scarves. …

    £8
  • Calm Under the Canopy (Wandlebury)

    Wandlebury Country Park Wandlebury Ring, Gog Magog Hills, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Outdoors

    Every month on a Friday afternoon, a friendly group gathers with our resident Green Coach, David Lynch, to slow down, pause, and immerse themselves in the quiet beauty of the woodlands of Wandlebury.  We wander gently into the denser vegetation, tuning into birdsong, shifting light in the canopy, and the small, joyful details that are …

  • Wild in the Meadows (Trumpington Meadows): Family Pond Dip and Adventure walk

    Trumpington Meadows Grantchester Road, Trumpington, Cambridge
    Children

    This is part of a series of activities for families throughout the year on Trumpington Meadows Nature Reserve. In this session, join Becca Badger for an adventure on Trumpington Meadows Nature Reserve. We'll walk to the pond (it's about half a mile from the Ranger's Office) doing silly challenges along the way, then spend some …

    £5
  • Fulbourn Repair Cafe

    Workshop

    Everyone is welcome to join us on June 13th, 10am – 1pm in our school hall at Waldorf Cambridge School, Hinton Road, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5DZ. Bring your household items including electricals, electronics, bikes, mechanical items, jewellery and clothing in need of repair, and our band of volunteer repairers will investigate with you and try …

  • Farm Tour Saturday

    Willow Grange Farm Ely Road, Chittering, Cambridge

    The Ely Nature-Friendly Farming Zone, supported by the RSPB, are excited to be opening up one of our farms for a Farm Tour afternoon on Saturday 13th June 2026, 10AM-4PM Places must be booked in advance as numbers on tours are limited: https://forms.office.com/e/dMkzC6qdgV The event is open from 10AM until 4PM, with farm tours taken by …

    Free
  • Gardening, Climate Change and Us

    Bar Hill Library Gladeside, Bar Hill, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Talk

    Join Clive Boase from Climate Change Gardening for an inspiring talk on how shifting weather patterns are transforming our gardens, plants, and local wildlife — and discover simple, powerful actions you can take to make a difference. Look out for green events in Cambridgeshire Libraries during Great Big Green Week, 6-14 June!

  • 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 …