Balsham
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Balsham is a rural village and civil parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, England, which has much expanded since the 1960s and is now one of several dormitory settlements of Cambridge. The village is south east of the centre of Cambridge beyond the A11 road and near Newmarket and Haverhill.
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- Locality
- South Cambridgeshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,591
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Balsham
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Long Thatch, Church Lane - geograph.org.uk - 995361.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Thatched cottage, Balsham
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.population
- 3,594
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL591507
- UK place.post_town
- CAMBRIDGE
- UK place.postcode_area
- CB
- UK place.postcode_district
- CB21
- UK place.dial_code
- 01223
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Cambridgeshire
- UK place.shire_district
- South Cambridgeshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Cambridgeshire
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Official name
- Balsham
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- South Cambridgeshire
- Population
- 1283
- Official website
- www.balsham.net
- Image
- Long Thatch, Church Lane - geograph.org.uk - 995361.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01223
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- Commons category
- Balsham
- postal code
- CB21
- OS grid reference
- TL591507
- P8168
- Zheng Zhengqiu
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Holy Trinity Church
- Governance
- Geography
- Economy and landmarks
- Transport
- Education
- Culture and sports
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- See also
- References
- External links
Balsham is a rural village and civil parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, England, which has much expanded since the 1960s and is now one of several dormitory settlements of Cambridge. The village is south east of the centre of Cambridge beyond the A11 road and near Newmarket and Haverhill.
At the 2021 census, Balsham parish had a population of 3,594.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balsham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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