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Picture source: Nick Harrison

The New Inn was built on Station Road next to Oakington village railway station, for the usual traveller passing trade of those days.  Closed on 21st May 1989, a few years after the line's closure and now used as a residence.   The former pub and station are on the outer edge of Oakington, by Westwick hamlet. The old line route is now busy, in its new use as a Guided Busway, between Cambridge and St. Ives.  Buses stop at or next to the original stops and at a few extra ones.

My grandparents ran this pub for a short while. Their names were George Arthur Jones and my grandmother was Mabel Alice Jones. He retired from the navy in 1927 and was in the Fire Service during WWII so I am not sure if it was between the wars or after. I don’t think they were probably there all that long as I seem to remember my mum saying that my grandmother felt it was too countrified compared with coming from Bromley in Kent!

Kay Fletcher (February 2026)

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Picture source: Kay Fletcher

Picture source: Mike Pittock