Cambridge Green Belt

The Cambridge Green Belt is a non-statutory green belt environmental and planning policy that regulates the rural space in the East of England region.

Essentially, the function of the belt is to control development in and around the Cambridge built up area, to prevent coalescence of nearby villages and preserve the historical character of the city.

[1] It is managed by local planning authorities on guidance from central government.

Key suburbs, surrounding villages and towns within the realms of the green belt include Bottisham, Fen Ditton, Fulbourn, Girton, Great Shelford, Histon, Impington, and Sawston.

Nearby landscape features and facilities within the green belt include Anglesey Abbey, Wandlebury Country Park, Magog Down, Cambridge Airport, Cantelupe Solar Farm, Cambridge Lakes and Girton golf clubs, Mullard Observatory, Fulbourn Fen Nature Reserve, and Trumpington Meadows Country Park.