Bourn
Sign in to saveBourn is a small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. Surrounding villages include Caxton, Eltisley and Cambourne. It is 8 miles (12 km) from the county town of Cambridge. The population of the parish was 1,015 at the time of the 2011 census.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Bourn
- UK place.population
- 1,015
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.shire_district
- South Cambridgeshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Cambridgeshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.post_town
- CAMBRIDGE
- UK place.postcode_district
- CB23
- UK place.postcode_area
- CB
- UK place.dial_code
- 01954
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL327563
- UK legislation.short_title
- Bourn Inclosure Act 1809
- UK legislation.type
- Act
- UK legislation.parliament
- Parliament of the United Kingdom
- UK legislation.long_title
- An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Bourn, in the County of Cambridge.
- UK legislation.year
- 1809
- UK legislation.citation
- 49 Geo. 3. c. 38
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- RAF Bourn
- Governance
- Geography
- Demography
- Landmarks
- Mill
- Bourn Hall
- Wysing Arts Centre
- Education
- Religious sites
- See also
- References
- External links
Bourn is a small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. Surrounding villages include Caxton, Eltisley and Cambourne. It is 8 miles (12 km) from the county town of Cambridge. The population of the parish was 1,015 at the time of the 2011 census.
Bourn has a Church of England primary school, a doctors' surgery, the Church of St Mary & St Helena, a golf club, a former Royal Air Force bomber airfield (RAF Station Bourn 1940–1945), today used for light aircraft, and an old windmill. Bourn Hall Clinic, the centre for infertility treatment founded in 1980 by IVF pioneers Patrick Steptoe and Professor Robert Edwards, who were responsible for the conception in 1978 of Louise Brown, the world's first IVF or test-tube baby, is also located here. Since its foundation the clinic has assisted in the conception of more than 10,000 babies.