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It is a historic village which has multiplied in size in recent years and has become home to hi-tech businesses in what is known as the UK's Silicon Valley.
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But residents of Cherry Hinton are now fearing a new housing estate of 1,200 homes in their community on the outskirts of Cambridge will be a development too far.
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Building work to create Springstead Village on a 138-acre site between the village and Cambridge Airport is well under way with around 200 homes already built.
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Many villagers are already moaning about extra traffic and the likelihood it will become a 'nightmare' when the development is fully built by 2030.
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While some are supportive of the need for more housing, others are claiming that Cherry Hinton does not have the infrastructure to cope with yet more expansion.
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Some are even questioning the need for a new Waitrose convenience store on the development when there is already a Tesco and a Sainsbury's nearby.
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Cherry Hinton was a tiny parish when it was mentioned in the Domesday Book drawn up by William the Conqueror after his 1066 victory against King Harold at the Battle of Hastings.
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The village had just 1,254 inhabitants in 1931 before it was officially incorporated into Cambridge three years later – but it has grown rapidly in the last 50 years with several new housing estates.
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A new housing estate being built in Cherry Hinton.
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Residents fear that the addition of 1,200 homes to their community on the outskirts of Cambridge will be a development too far
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Building work to create Springstead Village on a 138 acre site between the village and Cambridge Airport is well under way
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But with a recorded population of 9,343 in the UK's 2021 census, locals believe the village has already reached capacity and has no room for the proposed Springfield village (Pictured Cherry Hinton Hall) (Pictured Cherry Hinton Hall)
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Some are supportive of the new works, while other residents say the area can not cope with further expansion
Now it has become a thriving high street and a major employer with several hi-tech computer businesses earning it the title of the UK's Silicon Valley.
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The original Silicon Valley is located in the southern San Francisco Bay Area of California and is known as a global hub for tech firm headquarters and innovation.
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Meanwhile, the area near the edge of the Fens, including Cherry Hinton, has been dubbed Silicon Fen, in reference to its American tech epicentre.
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But with a recorded population of 9,343 in the UK's 2021 census, locals believe the village has already reached capacity and does not need more homes.
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Plans for Springstead Village to have its own primary and secondary schools, a range of shops, community facilities, a village green, cycling infrastructure and allotments have done little to allay fears.
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Emma Hyde, 54, said: 'Cambridge is a small city and really is no bigger than a town.
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The Springstead Village is just one of the new developments being built in the area which is fantastic – but we have not got the roads to cope.
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People end up sitting in stationary traffic, especially at busy times and if they are on a school run.
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'All the new houses round here have doubled the amount of traffic especially in the rush hours and you wonder how we are going to manage.'
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Another dog walker said: 'I don't like all the building that is going on.
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It is making Cambridge way too big and I question the need for it.
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I have lived her most of my life and the demographic has really changed in recent years.
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Luckily for me, I cycle to work so I am not really affected – but others at my workplace have a real problem getting in.'
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Retired hairdresser Lynda Nicholson, 77, who lives in Teversham next to Cherry Hinton, said: 'I hate the new estate.
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I think the new houses look horrible.
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You are lucky if each house has a single car parking space while these days most families have a couple of cars.
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Where are they all going to park?
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'It just seems like they want to build on every bit of spare land around here.
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There is enough traffic on the roads already and all these new homes just make it worse.
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I dread to think what it is going to be like when it is finished.
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Bricklayer Simon Wisbey, 59, said: 'It is bad enough at rush hours as it is without adding God knows how many more houses.
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They put in temporary traffic lights when they were creating the new entrance to the development and that led to traffic snarling up.
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'The trouble with Cambridge is that everywhere you look, they are building new houses, but nothing is done to improve the roads.
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We have enough houses without adding even more.'
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The village has rapidly grown from a tiny parish into a booming high street with several hi-tech computer firms earning it the title of UK's Silicon Valley
Many villagers are already moaning about extra traffic and the likelihood it will become a 'nightmare' when the development is fully built by 2030
Bricklayer Simon Wisbey (left) is worried about additional traffic and the impact on roads.
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Emma Hyde (left) agreed locals who use the roads will struggle to cope
Accountant Kelly Anstee, 40, who lives in nearby Fen Ditton said she had just taken 26 minutes to drive her daughter Mia, 11, to Cherry Hinton to play netball.
She said: 'It is only a two or three mile journey, but it took for ever.
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It is not worth my while going home, because I would have to set off again ten minutes later to pick up my daughter.
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'The traffic here is already a nightmare and I can only imagine it will get even worse with all this building work.
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