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Coordinates: 52°11′06″N 0°10′34″E / 52.1849°N 0.1760°E
Cherry Hinton 
Cherry Hinton Hall
Cherry Hinton
Cherry Hinton shown within CambridgeshirePopulation 8,303 (2001) OS grid reference TL487563 District Cambridge Shire county Cambridgeshire Region East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town CAMBRIDGE Postcode district CB19 Dialling code 01223 Police Cambridgeshire Fire Cambridgeshire Ambulance East of England EU Parliament East of England UK Parliament Cambridge List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire Cherry Hinton is a suburban area of the city of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, England. It is around 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Cambridge city centre.
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History
The rectangular parish of Cherry Hinton occupies the western corner of Flendish hundred on the south-eastern outskirts of the city of Cambridge[1]. (See Hundreds of Cambridgeshire)
There are some pictures and a description of the parish church at the Cambridgeshire Churches website[2].
Cherry Hinton has an entry in the Domesday Book: "Hintone: Count Alan. 4 mills."[3] (Alan Rufus ‘the Red’, one of the Counts of Brittany, confiscated Hinton Manor from Edith, Harold II of England's common law first wife, Edith Swanneck: ‘Eddeva The Fair’)
The War Ditches are the remains of an Iron Age hill fort (55 metres in diameter) where a massacre took place, now sadly mostly lost to quarrying[4][5]. (See Cherry Hinton Pit)
Further information: History of CambridgeshireGeography
Cherry Hinton lies about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Cambridge city centre, and falls within the Cambridge City boundary but is geographically separated from it by the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall, the airfield and the flooded gravel pits. The village itself is fairly compact. North of the village is Cambridge airport; to the East is Fulbourn; to the South is Cherry Hinton Pit,[6] a nature reserve formed from old chalk pits and then the Gog Magog Hills which rise to 75 metres. Outside the residential area the land is open farmland, with relatively few trees.
Demography
Substantial housing estate developments, both local authority and private have taken place in the village over the last 50 years. Housing is typically suburban with 2,200 people per square kilometre; 40% of housing being semi-detached and 60% being owner-occupied.
In 2001 the population of the village was made up of 1,600 people under 16, 4,950 aged 16 to 59, and 1,750 over 60.
Economy
In common with changes in the post-war years most of the residents in employment work outside the village, in Cambridge and elsewhere. There are small industrial units scattered throughout the area, together with a thriving high-street with a selection of shops and small businesses. Marshall Aerospace, the aircraft maintenance company and owners of Cambridge airport, to the North, has been a major employer in recent decades.
In 2001 the economically active population was estimated at 4,186 (70% of the population aged 16 to 74). Unemployment was given as 2.4%.
Transport
There are good road links to Cambridge and the surrounding area; nearly 60% of the population travel to work by motorised vehicle and 25% travel to work by foot or bicycle; it takes 15 minutes to cycle into the centre of Cambridge at a moderate pace, or 10 minutes to the train station.
Cherry Hinton High Street is famous for its traffic calming system; this consists of a series of chicanes, traffic islands and mini roundabouts that sometimes causes traffic jams. The hope is that drivers seeking a through route will use Yarrow Road instead.
Cycle and Footpaths
Three non-road paths can be used to avoid traffic for part of these journeys. Daws Lane (now a track off Sidney Farm Road that links to Birdwood Road). The Snakey Path, off Daws Lane at a small bridge, before it reaches Cherry Hinton Hall, that goes on to Burnside. Another path (known as "The Tins") that runs the other side of the flooded quarries meets Burnside closer to Mill Road (near to the White Bridge[7]) and starts in Railway Street, cutting across Orchard Estate and Norman Way. Few of the houses it runs behind still have the corrugated iron back fences that give this path its name.
Buses
Citi 1 bus from Fulbourn to Arbury and the Citi 3 bus from Bridewell Road to Fison Road combine for a frequency of a bus into the centre every 5 minutes, with an average journey time of approximately 20 minutes. Both of these services stop at the railway station and the Citi 1 additionally serves Addenbrooke's Hospital. A less frequent service (Citi 16/17) runs from St. Andrew's Church at the end of Coldham's Lane to the Beehive Retail Park and into town.
Public services
Cherry Hinton Library
There are two health centres in the village, one of which (the Cherry Hinton Medical Surgery) has a practice shared with Brookfields Health Centre on Seymour Street, Cambridge.
There is a village hall and leisure centre adjacent to the village library, with services currently operated by SLM Leisure. The Spinney Primary School, close to the village centre, has recently had a very successful Ofsted inspection. Other primary level schools are the Cherry Hinton Infants' School, which feeds into the Cherry Hinton Community Junior School, and Colville Primary School. Secondary schooling for most children is at Netherhall School, or alternatively at St Bede's Inter-Church Comprehensive School.
In the High Street there are a number of shops including a Tesco Express supermarket, a newsagent, a Sue Ryder charity shop, a hairdresser, a barber, a bakery, two pharmacies, a cycle shop, a craft shop, two turf accountants and a post office. There is also a Tesco superstore towards Fulbourn. Meals are available at the Sitar Indian restaurant, the Golden Pizza Chinese/Pizza Takeaway and the Cherry House Chinese Takeaway & Chip Shop, as well as from the bakery which provides a variety of filled rolls and hot snack products.
The village has a well-appointed recreation ground situated on the high street. Here children's play equipment and football fields for local fixtures are provided. It also has a park and children's play area, including paddling pools and tennis courts, in the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall, which hosts an internationally recognised annual folk festival.
Cherry Hinton falls within the jurisdiction of Cambridge City Council and Cambridgeshire County Council for Local Government Services.
Cultural references
Fulbourn Hospital, to the East of Cherry Hinton was built as an asylum in the mid-19th century between the village and Fulbourn. Until recently the main Victorian building was used as a psychiatric hospital. It is this hospital which gave rise to the lines "Strong men have run for miles and miles, When one from Cherry Hinton smiles;" in the poem The Old Vicarage, Grantchester by Rupert Brooke.
The settlement of Cherry Hinton gives its name to the Cherry Hinton Stakes a race for two year old thoroughbred fillies. This is a Group Two event run over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 m) on the July Course at nearby Newmarket Racecourse in early July.
For the last 25 years of his life, Cherry Hinton was the home of Syd Barrett, the former frontman of Pink Floyd.
See also
References
- ^ British History Online : Cherry Hinton
- ^ The church's page at the Cambridgeshire Churches website
- ^ Domesday Book Online (Cambridgeshire)
- ^ British History Online : Cherry Hinton
- ^ Iron Age forts in Cambridgeshire
- ^ Wildlife Trust of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough
- ^ British History Online : Cherry Hinton
External links
- 2001 Census
- The Spinney Primary School
- Colville Primary School
- Cherry Hinton CE Infant School
- Netherhall School
- Cherry Hinton History
- Cambridge Folk Festival
- Cherry Hinton Cricket Club
- Cambridge City Council
- St Andrew's Church
- Friends of St Andrew
- Cherry Hinton Local Historian
- Friends of Cherry Hinton Hall
- Internet Service Available
Categories:- Villages in Cambridgeshire
- Wards of Cambridge
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