Duxford Village 3

Duxford Community Centre has been several years in the planning and finally opened in Summer 2020 - during the middle of the Covid pandemic!  It is located next to the Duxford United FC football pich and close to the Bowls Club (of which I am a member), the Tennis Courts (now with floodlighting), the childrens play area and the Duxford School.  It will be a wonderful facility when open properly and the pandemic is over.

Strolling past this up Hunt's Road, we reach the modern village signpost on the corner opposite Brewery Field - this is a small park and green space that will be developed as a wildlife haven and recreation area.

Proceeding down St. John's Street and via Green Street, we reach Chapel Street and pass the amusingly named Fluck Hall - this is where the original Village Hall was sited and has now been developed as a private residence by the son of Peter Fluck.  Peter was one half of the partnership known as Luck and Flaw (with Roger Law) - creators of the popular satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image - and used to live in Duxford in the house next door to the Village Hall.

Finally, we reach The Biggen; this is a hidden site next to St Peter’s Church beside the river and scheduled as an ancient monument to protect it when the bungalows of the Biggen were being built - it was originally the site of an old manor house.Read more