Come with your friends, make new ones, enjoy a day out, and share delicious food at our traditional annual May Day celebration!

We aim to meet in the BBQ area at around 12:00, have a BBQ – with food and drinks to share – between 13:00 and 15:00.

May Day BBQ in 2025

WHEN: Sunday 24 May, 12:00 – 16:00 (BST)
WHERE: Stables & Paddock at Wandlebury Country Park on the Gog Magog Hills, Babraham, Cambridgeshire CB22 3AE
REGISTER and PAY: Due to the unavailability of the previous venue, we have booked a more expensive space that allows us to host a private event.
We would therefore be grateful for a contribution of £5 per person (CamRuSS members and children may attend free of charge).

Please register via this form by Saturday, 23 May, and pay directly to CamRuSS account:
The Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society
Sort code: 60-11-30 Account: 25395637
Ref: May24 BBQ

PLEASE BRING: Food for the barbecue (meat and vegetarian options), snacks and drinks to share. You might also like to bring footballs, frisbees, badminton sets, skipping ropes, guitars, etc.

We’ve booked a BBQ area and will be happy to help you cook your food on the BBQ.

You can find the Wandlebury Country Park visitor guide here.

DIRECTIONS:

By CAR: Wandlebury Country Park is signposted with brown Country Park signs off the A1307 (Cambridge to Haverhill) road, 2.5 miles south of the Addenbrooke’s Hospital roundabout. Please click here for a diagram of the roads. PARKING: The visitors’ car park is at the Main Entrance off the A1307. There is a parking charge of £3 per car.

By BUS: Number 13 to Haverhill (on Sundays):
– leaves Drummer Street (Cambridge) at 10:45, 11:45, 12:45, etc.
– arrives at Wandlebury at 11:04, 12:04, 13:04, etc.

By BICYCLE (24 minutes from Cambridge city centre): There is a separate, safe, cycle path alongside the A1307 (Hills Road) leaving Cambridge, from Addenbrooke’s Hospital past the Babraham Park & Ride to Wandlebury, where it ends. There is no cycle path from Haverhill to Wandlebury.
NB: No cycling in the park is allowed, except for under-8s, and cycles should be secured in the parking area cycle stands.

DOGS need to be kept on a lead in the park but can be freely exercised in the adjacent Gog Magog Trust area.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the BBQ!