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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire
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Geography
StatusCeremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
RegionEast of England
Area
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area
Ranked 15th
3,389 km²
Ranked 15th
3,046 km²
Admin HQCambridge
ISO 3166-2GB-CAM
ONS code12
NUTS 3UKH12
Demographics
Population
- Total ()
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop.
Ranked

/ km²
Ranked
Ethnicity94.6% White
2.6% S.Asian
Politics

Arms of Cambridgeshire County Council


Cambridgeshire County Council
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
Executive
Members of Parliament
*Jonathan Djanogly
*David Howarth
*Stewart Jackson
*Andrew Lansley
*Malcolm Moss
*James Paice
*Shailesh Vara
Districts
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#Cambridge#South Cambridgeshire#Huntingdonshire#Fenland#East Cambridgeshire#Peterborough (Unitary)
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. Cambridgeshire contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen. The county town is Cambridge.

Cambridgeshire today is the product of several local government unifications. In 1888 when county councils where introduced, two were set up, following the traditional division of Cambridgeshire into the area in the south around Cambridge, and the liberty of the Isle of Ely. In 1965, these twoadministrative counties were merged to form Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. In 1974,this then merged with the county to the west, Huntingdon and Peterborough (which had been created in 1965 by the merger of Huntingdonshire with the Soke of Peterborough - a part of Northamptonshire which had its own county council). The resulting county was called simply 'Cambridgeshire'.

Since 1998 the City of Peterborough has been a separately administered area, as a unitary authority, but is associated with Cambridgeshire for ceremonial purposes such as Lieutenancy, and functions such as policing and the fire service.

Cambridgeshire is twinned with Kreis Viersen in Germany.

Large areas of the county are extremely low-lying and Holme Fen is notable for being the UK's lowest physical point at 2.75 m (9 ft) below sea level. The highest point is in the village of Great Chishill at 146 m/480 ft above sea level. Other prominent hills are Little Trees Hill and Wandlebury Hill in the Gog Magog Downs, Rivey Hill above Linton, Rowley's Hill and the Madingley Hills.

In 2002, the conservation charity Plantlife unofficially designated Cambridgeshire's county flower as the Pasqueflower.

Most English counties have nicknames for people from that county, such as a Tyke from Yorkshire and a Yellowbelly from Lincolnshire; the traditional nickname for people from Cambridgeshire is 'Cambridgeshire Camel' or 'Cambridgeshire Crane', referring to the drainage engines which kept the low-lying land dry.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Cambridgeshire at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
AgricultureIndustryServices
19955,8962281,6464,022
20007,9961662,0295,801
200310,1542072,1957,752
includes hunting and forestry

includes energy and construction

includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Settlements

These are the settlements in Cambridgeshire with a town charter, city status or a population over 5,000; for a complete list of settlements see list of places in Cambridgeshire.
*Burwell
*Cambridge
*Chatteris
*Ely
*Fulbourn
*Godmanchester
*Huntingdon
*Littleport
*March
*Peterborough (not part of the administrative county)
*Sawston
*Sawtry
*Soham
*St Ives,
*St Neots
*Wisbech
*Whittlesey
*Yaxley

The town of Newmarket is surrounded on three sides by Cambridgeshire, being connected by a narrow strip of land to the rest of Suffolk.

Places of interest



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National Trust

Anglesey Abbey
*Brampton Wood
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Historic house

Buckden Towers
*Castor Hanglands Nature Reserve
*Denny Abbey
*Devil's Dyke
*Down Field Windmill
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English Heritage

Duxford Chapel
*Duxford Airfield
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Historic house

Elton Hall
*Ely Cathedral
*Fowlmere Nature Reserve
*Gog Magog Downs
*Grafham Water Nature Reserve
*Great Gransden Post Mill
*Hereward Way
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Historic house

Hinchingbrooke House
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National Trust

Houghton Mill
*Icknield Way
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Historic house

Kimbolton Castle
*Lattersey Nature Reserve
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National Trust

Lode Watermill
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Heritage railway

Nene Valley Railway
*Nene Way
*New Bedford River
*Old Bedford River
*Ouse Valley Way
*Ouse Washes
*Paxton Pits Nature Reserve
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National Trust

Peckover House & Garden
*Peterborough Cathedral
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Museum paid admission

Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum
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National Trust

Ramsey Abbey
*River Cam
*River Great Ouse
*RSPB Nene Washes
*RSPB Ouse Washes
*Three Shires Bridleway
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Country Park

Wandlebury Country Park
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National Trust

Wicken Fen
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National Trust

Wimpole Hall
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Heritage railway

Wisbech and March Bramleyline
*WWT Welney

Famous people from Cambridgeshire

The following people are either from Cambridgeshire, have lived in Cambridgeshire, or continue to live in Cambridgeshire.
* Adrian Durham, Radio TalkSPORT presenter. (Peterborough)
* Andrew Eldritch, lead singer of the band The Sisters of Mercy. (Ely)
* Andy Bell, lead singer of the electronic pop band Erasure. (Peterborough)
* David Gilmour, member of the rock band Pink Floyd. (Cambridge)
* Don Lusher, trombonist. (Peterborough)
* Douglas Adams, author. (Cambridge)
* Hereward the Wake, outlaw who led a resistance against William the Conqueror. (Peterborough)
* Henry Royce, co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited. (Huntingdonshire)
* Jeffrey Archer, author and former politician. (Cambridge)
* Joe Bugner, boxer. (Huntingdonshire)
* John Clare, poet. (Peterborough)
* John Major (Huntingdonshire)
* Keith Palmer, better known as Maxim Reality, member of dance music band The Prodigy. (Peterborough)
* Oliver Cromwell, military leader, politician. (Huntingdonshire)
* Nigel Sixsmith, founder member of The Art Of Sound, Musician, well known Keytar player. (Peterborough)
* Paul Nicholas, actor and singer. (Peterborough)
* Peter Boizot, founder of the Pizza Express restaurant chain. (Peterborough)
* Richard Attenborough, film actor, director, and producer. (Cambridge)
* Richard Garriott, better known as Lord British. (Cambridge)
* Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett, member of the rock band Pink Floyd. (Cambridge)
* Ronald Searle, cartoonist. (Cambridge)
* Rory McGrath, comedian. (Cambridge)
* Samuel Pepys (Huntingdonshire)
* Sarah Cawood, television presenter. (Peterborough)
* Stephen Hawking, physicist. (Cambridge)

See also

*Wikipedia images of Cambridgeshire

External links

* Cambridgeshire County Council
* Cambridge Market Place Webcam - CamPlus Site's Market Place Webcam






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