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Buckden Roundabout
July 2017
Village Notices
Events in July
During July, the Huntingdonshire Local Group of the Wildlife Trust is pleased to be able to offer two very different walks.
On Saturday 8
th
July at 10.30 am
we will visit Woodwalton Fen, which provides refuge for thousands of species of fen animals
and plants in its reedbeds, meres, woodlands and meadows. Species of particular note are the Tansy Beetle, Elephant Hawk
Moth and the very rare Marsh Carpet Moth. Please meet at the reserve entrance by Jacksons Bridge at the end of Heights
Drove Road, Ramsey Heights where there is limited parking. Otherwise more parking is available at the Countryside Centre
(PE26 2RS, GR TL235849).
On Friday 21
st
July at 10.00 pm
we are offering a very different experience at Brampton Wood. Brampton Wood is Cambridge-
shire’s second largest woodland and is at least 900 years old. The wood is managed to encourage species diversity, but tonight
we are going to concentrate on night time creatures such as bats, moths and glow worms. Meet at 10.00pm at Brampton Wood
Car Park, Grafham Road, Brampton, GR TL 184698. Please bring a torch.
Everyone is most welcome to attend. There is no charge, but donations are welcome. For more information please contact Tim
on 01480 457795.
Part of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Registered Charity No: 1000412
BUCKDEN NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
DOOR STEP CRIME
There will be, during the summer, sales persons at your door. Police advice is not to buy or sell anything at your door. It is gen-
erally safer never to allow someone into your home unless you have a pre-arranged appointment.
You run the risk of a DISTRACTION BURGLARY. They will try and talk their way into your home or distract you whilst another
person finds a way into your home to steal from you.
ROGUE TRADERS
A trades person that exploits their customers in a range of ways, for example; providing low quality, dangerous work; inflating
the cost of a piece of work; recommending or carrying out unnecessary work; damaging property so they can fix the problem.
Bullying or threatening a customer into agreeing to work is committing fraud or burglary.
PEDLARS
It is illegal to sell door to door without a licence. The truth is the majority of pedlars are young people who are duped into buy-
ing stock, then driven around by a gang master to sell door to door. Whilst people continue to buy from them, they will return
to an area. The best thing to do as a community is to politely decline door step sales.
DOOR TO DOOR SALES PEOPLE
In general looking for leads for a business or charity. There are many advertising opportunities so there is no need for door to
door visits.
There are many ways of sharing information with the police:
•
Telephone 999 in an emergency, where the incident is ongoing
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Telephone 101 if you have information for the police
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Telephone 0800 555 111 to report anonymously to Crime Stoppers
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Or email:
burglarycrackdown@cambs.pnn.police.uk
or online:
www.crimestoppers-uk.org
RICHARD WEST Village Coordinator working with CLIVE WILLIAMS