Barrington, Cambridgeshire

Barrington, Cambridgeshire

Infobox UK place
official_name= Barrington
country= England
region= East of England
os_grid_reference= TL391503
latitude= 52.13
longitude= 0.03
post_town=
postcode_area=
postcode_district=
dial_code=
shire_county= Cambridgeshire
shire_district= South Cambridgeshire
population= 904 (2001 Census)
hide_services= Yes

Barrington is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 904. The village is about ten miles south-west of Cambridge, between Haslingfield and Shepreth.

The village green covers convert|30|acre|0, is more than half a mile long and supposedly the longest in EnglandFact|date=March 2007. All Saints church is 13th and 14th century. Barrington Hall was once the seat of the Bendyshe family, but has more recently been used as offices. Apparently there is a nuclear bunker under the village green also, located in the western corner. At the northern end of the village is the Cemex cement works.


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