Waterbeach
Sign in to saveWaterbeach is a village north of Cambridge on the edge of The Fens, in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It was designated a "new town" in 2018.
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Place details
- Locality
- South Cambridgeshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 5,795
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Waterbeach
- UK place.population
- 5,166
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.static_image_name
- Waterbeach village sign.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Waterbeach village sign
- UK place.shire_district
- South Cambridgeshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Cambridgeshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- UK place.postcode_district
- CB25
- UK place.postcode_area
- CB
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- South Cambridgeshire
- Population
- +4036
- Image
- RAF Waterbeach 1945.png
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- P8168
- Arthur Goldstein
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Early periods
- RAF and British Army
- 21st century
- Waterbeach
- Culture
- Public art
- Transport
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Bibliography
- External links
Waterbeach is a village north of Cambridge on the edge of The Fens, in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It was designated a "new town" in 2018.
==History== ===Early periods=== Waterbeach is on the Car Dyke, a Roman waterway traceable as far as Lincoln. Archaeological work in 2020 found a seemingly Roman settlement on the north side of the village.