‘Brilliant’ village with travel links to ‘die for’ but a busy road branded ‘too fast’

One person said a major A-road near the village is “too fast” and makes a lot of noise

Residents in a Cambridgeshire village say that it is brilliant with bus links “to die for” but there is a busy road that some say is “too fast”. The countryside village of Linton is home to over 7,000 people, according to the 2021 census.

It is a village complete with pretty houses and an array of different amenities, but some of its residents have mixed views on a busy road nearby.

Keith Comber, who recently moved from Cornwall to Linton, thinks that “it is a sweet village” with “lovely old houses” but thinks the A1307 nearby is “the only negative”, especially due to the “traffic noise”.

He said: “The traffic is too fast and there’s a lot of heavy, really big lorries.” Keith’s wife Jane added: “You have to really really check [when driving on the A1307]. I wouldn’t take my grandchildren near the road. I would love to take them that way because it’s beautiful by the church but I don’t want to take little ones down here.”

The village has a pharmacy, dentist, three pubs, multiple cafes and a Co-op. A lady called Rio said it has got “everything” and that her favourite feature is having a bus service that is “to die for”. She said: “The bus service from here to Cambridge is to die for. You can go to Addenbrooke’s and then into the city. It is absolutely great. What more could you want?”

John, who is looking to move to the village, thinks that the A1307 is an “asset” because it means locals can easily access Cambridge. He thinks the A1307 would worry him if he lived on it but Rio, who was with John, feels as though “at least it [traffic] doesn’t come through the village anymore”.

Julie Manning, 43, has run The Dog and Duck pub for 13 years. She said that running the business is “good fun” but it is a “tricky environment”. Overall, she is grateful that the village supports the local businesses and said the village offers a community where they “all look out for each other”.

She said that with potential plans proposed for new houses in the village, the A1307 will be “busier” but “the road is the road” and “sometimes it is the people who drive on it more than the road itself”.

A woman, who only gave her name as Jilly, said: “We wanted to move here because of all the facilities. We lived in a village that had nothing. No shop or anything, so it is great.”

Jilly, who has lived in Portugal, London and a nearby village previously, added: “People are very friendly and it has great access to Cambridge so it is brilliant. There is more going on. There’s a lovely poetry society.”