Cambridgeshire
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| Geography | |
| Status | Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county |
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| Region | East of England |
| Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area | Ranked 15th 3,389 km² Ranked 15th 3,046 km² |
| Admin HQ | Cambridge |
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| ONS code | 12 |
| NUTS 3 | UKH12 |
| Demographics | |
| Population - Total (2004 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. | Ranked {{English cerem counties / km² Ranked {{English admin counties |
| Ethnicity | 94.6% White 2.6% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
 Cambridgeshire County Council http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ | |
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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 two administrative 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, and functions such as policing, the fire service, and the Lieutenancy.
Famous people include Oliver Cromwell, John Major (Former MP of Huntingdonshire and Prime Minister) and Henry Royce, all from Huntingdonshire. Pink Floyd also originates from Cambridgeshire.
Cambridgeshire is twinned with Kreis Viersen in Germany.
Although large parts of the county are extremely low-lying, the highest point is in the village of Great Chishill at 146m/480ft. 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.| Year | ||||
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| 1995 | 5,896 | 228 | 1,646 | 4,022 |
| 2000 | 7,996 | 166 | 2,029 | 5,801 |
| 2003 | 10,154 | 207 | 2,195 | 7,752 |
Note 1: includes hunting and forestry
Note 2: includes energy and construction
Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Note 4: 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
Places of interest
- Abbeys: Anglesey Abbey, Denny Abbey, Ramsey Abbey
- Brampton Wood SSSI
- Buckden towers
- Castor Hanglands Nature Reserve
- Devil's Dyke Ancient Monument
- Down Field Windmill, Soham
- Duxford Airfield and Duxford Chapel
- Elton Hall
- Ely Cathedral
- Fowlmere Nature Reserve
- Gog Magog Downs
- Grafham Water Nature Reserve
- Great Gransden Post Mill
- Hinchingbrooke House
- Houghton Mill
- Kimbolton Castle
- Lattersey Nature Reserve
- Lode Watermill
- Long distance footpaths: Hereward Way, Icknield Way, Nene Way, Ouse Valley Way, Three Shires Bridleway
- Nene Valley Railway, a heritage railway
- Paxton Pits Nature Reserve
- Peckover House & Garden, Wisbech
- Peterborough Cathedral
- Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum
- River Great Ouse, River Cam
- RSPB Nene Washes
- RSPB Ouse Washes, a reserve of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- The Ouse Washes consisting of the Old Bedford River and the New Bedford River (also known as the Hundred Foot Drain)
- Wandlebury Country Park and the Gog Magog Downs
- Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve
- Wimpole Hall
- Wisbech and March Bramleyline, a heritage railway
- WWT Welney - a Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust nature reserve on the Ouse Washes
External links
- [Cambridgeshire County Council]
- [Cambridge Market Place Webcam] - CamPlus Site's Market Place Webcam
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