Benwick
Sign in to saveBenwick is a village and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England in the historic Isle of Ely. It is approximately from Peterborough and from Cambridge. The population of Benwick was recorded as 1137 in the United Kingdom Census 2011 with 452 households. The River Nene (Old Course) (part of the Middle Level Navigations) passes through the village, which is thus accessible by boat from the inland waterways network in England. ==History==
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Benwick2.jpg
- UK place.official_name
- Benwick
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL341909
- UK place.post_town
- March
- UK place.postcode_district
- PE15
- UK place.postcode_area
- PE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01354
- UK place.shire_county
- Cambridgeshire
- UK place.shire_district
- Fenland
- UK place.civil_parish
- Benwick
- UK place.population
- 1137
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Fenland
- Population
- +638
- Official website
- www.benwickparishcouncil.btck.co.uk
- Image
- Benwick2.jpg
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- 1989 A-10 Thunderbolt crash
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Benwick is a village and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England in the historic Isle of Ely. It is approximately from Peterborough and from Cambridge. The population of Benwick was recorded as 1137 in the United Kingdom Census 2011 with 452 households. The River Nene (Old Course) (part of the Middle Level Navigations) passes through the village, which is thus accessible by boat from the inland waterways network in England. ==History==
The settlement's name is derived from the Old English bean or beam, and wic, meaning "farm where beans are grown" or "farm by a tree-trunk." Benwick's High Street is built on a roddon; the silt banks of the old West Water river.