Papworth Everard Parish Council Web Site

Here you can find out more about your village and the role and services of the council. You will also find some useful contact details.

You will be able to find out who are your parish councillors, and the dates of parish council meetings and copies of the agendas and minutes.

We hope this web site will encourage residents to participate in community activities and get more closely involved in the work of the parish council – including attending council meetings.

What is Papworth all about?

Papworth Everard is a Cambridgeshire village with a population of about 2,500, located 10 miles north-west of Cambridge. Many people know of the famous Papworth Hospital (the busiest heart transplant centre in the country), but perhaps do not appreciate that the hospital is only one part of a vibrant and expanding village community, with a wide range of facilities including:

  • a 100-pupil primary school
  • two commercial children’s nurseries
  • a village pre-school group
  • large GP’s surgery
  • extensive and well-used playing fields
  • a large, well-equipped children’s play area (with open-air paddling pool) and several smaller equipped play areas
  • a village hall
  • a library
  • a large village shop with post office
  • a hairdressers
  • a vets’ surgery
  • a coffee shop
  • a restaurant serving ‘fusion cuisine’ with a second licensed premises at the playing field
  • two churches
  • a business park
  • a carpet showroom
  • and a Chinese restaurant (delivery only)

There are also extensive areas of open space, woodland and parkland - ideal for walking and quiet relaxation.

The many social clubs include Brownies, Women’s Institute, Over-60s Club, a youth club, an allotment association and a range of sports clubs – football, junior football, tennis and bowls. (There is also an excellent cricket pitch, currently used for Minor-Counties matches, but awaiting the formation of a new Papworth Everard cricket club). A surprising variety of religious denominations worship and meet in the village – as well as Anglicans at the parish church of St Peter, several Christian groups share the Methodist chapel.

Papworth Everard is also home to the Papworth Trust and the Varrier-Jones Foundation. These are sister charities working to improve the lives of disabled people, particularly through the provision of housing and training, not only in the Papworth, but in towns and villages throughout East Anglia.