Cottenham

Cottenham
All Saints' Church, Cottenham
Cottenham is located in Cambridgeshire
Cottenham
Cottenham
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population6,095 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL450675
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCAMBRIDGE
Postcode districtCB24, CB25
Dialling code01954
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
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52°17′11″N 0°07′28″E / 52.2865°N 0.1244°E / 52.2865; 0.1244

Cottenham is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. Cottenham is one of the larger villages surrounding the city of Cambridge, located around five miles north of the city. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 6,095.[1] Cottenham is one of a number of villages that make up the historical Fen Edge region in between Cambridge and Ely, which were originally settlements on the shore of the marshes close to the city of Cambridge, then an inland port.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 July 2016.