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Snailwell

Snailwell is a small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England around north of Newmarket.

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Place details

Locality: East Cambridgeshire
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Snailwell
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.os_grid_reference: TL6467
UK place.post_town: Newmarket
UK place.postcode_area: CB
UK place.postcode_district: CB8
UK place.dial_code: 01638
UK place.shire_county: Cambridgeshire
UK place.shire_district: East Cambridgeshire
UK place.population: 224
UK place.population_ref: (2001) 186 (2011)
UK place.static_image_name: St. Peter's Snailwell.jpg

Wikidata facts

Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: East Cambridgeshire
Population: +189
Image: St. Peter's Snailwell.jpg

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Snailwell is a small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England around north of Newmarket.

==History== The parish of Snailwell covers an area of in the extension of eastern Cambridgeshire that surrounds the town of Newmarket in Suffolk. The western and southern boundaries also form the border between Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, with the southern boundary following the line of the ancient Icknield Way (now the B1506). The northern boundary with Fordham follows the River Snail that rises in the parish, and the eastern boundary with Chippenham follows field boundaries.