Community
has a huge range of meanings. Here we want it to tell you about initiatives and organisations within the village that will help to keep you secure and also to give you things to do. Thus here we have Neighbourhood Watch and Speedwatch, the village email list (updated in December 2012) and village clubs, as well as a walks section. Several village bodies who offer regular or occasional social events have their own pages on this site. Village events are normally collected in the Calendar.
Whaddon has had an active Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) scheme since it was re-launched in 2003 after a series of shed and car break-ins. So successful did it become after the re-launching that Whaddon won the South Cambridgeshire Community Safety Competition at the end of that year.
There are five Coordinators at present who cover all of the village. We aim to have a close working relationship with the local Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) and also to attend the police panel meetings for the Cambourne sector every four months. We also attend the Cambridgeshire Neighbourhood Watch Executive Group Annual Conference in November. Although Whaddon has a low crime rate it is important to keep resident’s minds on personal and property security and to this end a Neighbourhood Watch village-wide e-mail system was introduced in 2012 to enable both rapid communication to villagers as well as a more routine channel of contact. Any villager interested in joining the NHW team and becoming a Coordinator would be very welcome and should ring the Cluster Coordinator, Malan Peyton in Dyers Green (01223 207358), for further information. They can be sure of a warm welcome!
Speedwatch, an officially sponsored volunteer-based activity which uses speed sensor equipment to monitor speeding vehicles also comes within the responsibilities of Whaddon Neighbourhood Watch. Information and statistics will be found on a separate tab.
A link to the police.uk web site will be found on the Services menu.
Person | Role/area |
---|---|
Malan Peyton | Whaddon Village Coordinator |
Karen Coningsby | Meldreth Rd/Church Corner |
Carole Aldred | Church St/Town Farm Close/St Mary's Close |
Maria Mould | Lower Bridge St/Ridgeway Close |
Helen Smith | Upper Bridge St |
Malan Peyton | Dyers Green |
Speedwatch is a scheme being run by Cambridgeshire police that permits local residents to monitor the speeds in their villages. Some details can be obtained from the Cambridgeshire Police speedwatch website.
The police have a small number of speedwatch equipment sets which can be used by suitably trained volunteers. These individuals, usually in groups of three, note down speeds of vehicles exceeding the speed limits and hand the information on to the police. No prosecutions will result from this, although the police will, send out polite notes to those breaking the speed limit — only a police officer (or a police speed camera) can actually cause a driver to be prosecuted. The idea is that of peer pressure
— the very presence of visible persons noting speeds tends to slow traffic down, and lets drivers know that the particular area is being monitored.
Whaddon owns a quarter share of its speedwatch equipment in conjunction with Meldreth, Steeple Morden and Litlington. Our small team is active and takes part in at least two sessions per month. Should you feel like contributing a small amount of time to the wellbeing of the village, please see the Volunteering tab below.
We need some more volunteers!
If you are home during weekdays and can spare a couple of hours a month either in the morning or in the afternoon, how about volunteering to join the Speedwatch team. We draw on a small cadre of people who want to help counter the issue of speeding in the village. You have probably seen members of the team, normally three people, standing by the side of the road monitoring vehicles and recording details of those that are exceeding the speed limit. It is not an onerous task and the company can make it quite enjoyable. Besides, there is some satisfaction in reminding drivers that Whaddon takes speeding seriously. So what’s involved?
Nothing could be easier so come and join us.
Speedwatch keeps records of all its outings as well as passing them on to the police. For a while these were kept by a member of the team on a computer database and so these are the ones given below.
Date | Session time | Location | Total vehicles |
Total recorded |
% speeding |
% letters |
Avg speed |
Count 43 to 46 |
Count 47 to 50 |
Count 51 to 59 |
Count 60+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
05/03/2010 | 08:00-09:00 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 114 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 46.4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
17/03/2010 | 08:02-09:02 | Church Street, by College Farm | 126 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 45.2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
09/04/2010 | 08:35-08:35 | Church Street, by College Farm | 43 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 46.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
20/04/2010 | 08:00-09:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 149 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
16:35-17:35 | Church Street, Church Corner | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20/05/2010 | 08:00-09:00 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 128 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 45.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
15/06/2010 | 08:00-09:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 136 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 45.5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
18/08/2010 | 08:00-09:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 94 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 46.3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
14/10/2010 | 08:00-09:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 127 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 45.3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
02/11/2010 | 08:00-09:00 | Church Street, Church Corner | 147 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
05/11/2010 | 08:00-09:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 137 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 45.9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
08/03/2011 | 08:00-09:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 165 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 47.2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
10/03/2011 | 16:30-17:30 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 93 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 47.8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
22/03/2011 | 08:00-09:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 134 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 46.4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
05/05/2011 | 17:00-18:00 | The Green, Meldreth Road | 113 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 47.3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
At 43: speeding | |||||||||||
At 47: letter from police |
Speedwatch keeps records of all its outings as well as passing them on to the police. For a while these were kept by a member of the team on a computer database and so these are the ones given below.
Date | Session time | Location | Total vehicles |
Total recorded |
% speeding |
% letters |
Avg speed |
Count 43 to 46 |
Count 47 to 50 |
Count 51 to 59 |
Count 60+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24/03/2009 | 10:30-11:15 | Meldreth Road, facing Whaddon | 35 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
26/03/2009 | 08:30-09:30 | Meldreth Road, facing Whaddon | 123 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 47.6 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
27/03/2009 | 08:30-09:10 | Meldreth Road, facing Whaddon | 86 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 45.8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
09:10-09:45 | Church Street, below church facing west | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
31/03/2009 | 15:30-16:30 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 71 | 22 | 31 | 20 | 48.4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
02/04/2009 | 08:00-09:00 | Meldreth Road, facing Whaddon | 131 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
16:00-17:00 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 100 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 48.5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | |
09/04/2009 | 08:05-09:05 | Meldreth Road, facing Whaddon | 113 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 46.2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
15:50-16:30 | Church Street, by Ridgeway Close | 44 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
16:40-17:15 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 37 | 13 | 35 | 22 | 47.6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
21/04/2009 | 08:10-09:10 | Meldreth Road, facing Whaddon | 126 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 46.6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
15:30-16:30 | Church Street, by Ridgeway Close | 84 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 43.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29/04/2009 | 08:00-09:00 | Meldreth Road, facing Whaddon | 107 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 48.5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
30/04/2009 | 08:05-09:05 | Church Street, by College Farm | 126 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 46.6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
16:40-17:40 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 77 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 48.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
08/05/2009 | 08:00-09:00 | Meldreth Road, facing Whaddon | 125 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 46.1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
16:30-17:30 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 84 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 48.1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | |
11/05/2009 | 16:00-17:00 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 87 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 47.4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
22/05/2009 | 08:15-09:15 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 122 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 47.2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
16:45-17:45 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 78 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 47.1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
04/06/2009 | 08:05-09:05 | Church Street, by College Farm | 122 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 46.5 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
16:35-17:35 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 88 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 47.6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
10/06/2009 | 08:00-09:00 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 126 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 48.3 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
16:30-17:30 | Church Street, by College Farm | 87 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 47.5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
17/06/2009 | 17:00-18:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 91 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 46.6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
18/06/2009 | 08:30-09:30 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 59 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 48.3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
16:00-17:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 52 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 47.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
24/06/2009 | 08:00-09:00 | Meldreth Road, facing Whaddon | 110 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 45.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
17:40-18:20 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 53 | 15 | 28 | 19 | 48.1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
03/07/2009 | 08:00-09:00 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 57 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 47.3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
17:15-18:15 | Church Street, by College Farm | 61 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 48.1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
09/07/2009 | 07:30-8:00 | Church Street, Church Corner | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08:05-08:35 | Church Street, by College Farm | 62 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 44.8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
17:15-18:15 | The Green, Meldreth Road | 91 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 45.8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
06/08/2009 | 17:05-18:05 | The Green, Meldreth Road | 92 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 46.6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
13/08/2009 | 08:00-09:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 106 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 47.5 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
17:35-18:35 | Meldreth Road, facing Meldreth | 68 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 45.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
21/08/2009 | 08:00-09:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 100 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 47.8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
17:10-18:10 | The Green, Meldreth Road | 79 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 45.1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
25/08/2009 | 08:30-09:30 | The Green, Meldreth Road | 53 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 46.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
16:40-17:40 | The Green, Meldreth Road | 91 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
09/09/2009 | 08:00-09:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 125 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 45.7 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
16:40-17:40 | The Green, Meldreth Road | 100 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 46.6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
15/09/2009 | 08:20-09:20 | Church Street, Church Corner | 104 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
24/09/2009 | 16:30-17:30 | The Green, Meldreth Road | 100 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 46.8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
15/10/2009 | 08:05-09:00 | Meldreth Road, facing Whaddon | 120 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 45.1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
16/10/2009 | 16:05-17:05 | The Green, Meldreth Road | 70 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 45.6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
27/10/2009 | 08:00-09:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 104 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 46.8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
16:00-17:00 | Church Street, by College Farm | 54 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 46.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
17/11/2009 | 08:05-09:05 | Church Street, by College Farm | 127 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 45.7 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
24/11/2009 | 08:05-09:05 | The Green, Meldreth Road | 63 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 47.5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
At 43: speeding | |||||||||||
At 47: letter from police |
Whaddon has had its own email circulation list since 2012. The system, originally started by Mike Monks, is currently run by Nigel Strudwick, and he will send round any messages which are thought appropriate to ensure the village is kept informed. All villagers who have email are encouraged to sign up for it so that you can be kept as well-informed as possible.
You can sign up for the list by sending a message to Nigel on this address:
Nigel had to change the email address and server for this in December 2019 because of problems with Gmail.