Petersfield Area
Community Trust

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Petersfield is an exciting, diverse and very densely populated residential area. It is subject to extreme pressure from commercial developments that surround it on all sides. There is little greenery or public open space and what there is needs better care and development.

Few facilities exist that can be used for leisure or community purposes, and those that are available tend to involve sterling costs that effectively exclude many disadvantaged members of the community. The lack of facilities has been exacerbated by the loss of the indoor sports facilities at the Howard Mallett Centre, and the loss of Mill Road library. No additional mobile library facilities have been provided in Petersfield to compensate for this and the library service provision in Petersfield has therefore become dramatically worse than neighbouring wards. For further information, you may wish to contact Sarah Brierley on Cambridge 351193

The two new supermarkets with have opened near Petersfield in the last few years (ASDA and Tesco) provide a useful service to Petersfield residents. However, local traders will be faced with major competition. PACT is deeply concerned that traders in key shopping areas including Mill Road and Norfolk Street must work hard to survive and, through publications like ImPACT, encourage the community to use their feet and shop locally. PACT welcome traders to join us and contribute to our meetings, click here for information on how to join us.

In recent years Norfolk Street has undergone a facelift and is slowly becoming a lively shopping area, offering several excellent restaurants and cafe's. PACT was pleased to see the new Millenium garden take shape, offering the community another green area. PACT worked hard to secure this development and were delighted to obtain a grant in year 2000. We're certain you won't find such a beautiful garden in an ASDA's car park!

Mill Road is the focus of the retail trade in Petersfield. Easily accessible from Norfolk Street via a short stroll across the cemetery, it offers a diverse range of shops. PACT are pleased to acknowledge that a lot of support for Impact has come from traders here through generous advertising. Where else in Cambridge can you buy fresh pasta, a good book and visit a homeopath? Traders here are known for their proactive approach in the local community, working together as Mill Road Traders network alongside police to tackle crime and, more recently, on the re-development of the Bath House area.

More recently, a new Doctor's surgery has opened on York Street

For more information on Mill Road go to these links:

• Mill Road, Cambridge