Great Shelford

Great Shelford
Village centre and post office
Great Shelford is located in Cambridgeshire
Great Shelford
Great Shelford
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population4,233 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL464521
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCambridge
Postcode districtCB22
Dialling code01223
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
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Cambridgeshire
52°09′01″N 0°08′09″E / 52.1503°N 0.1357°E / 52.1503; 0.1357

Great Shelford is a village located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. In 1850 Great Shelford parish contained 1,900 acres (7.7 km2)[citation needed] bisected by the River Cam. The population in 1841 was 803 people.[citation needed] By 2001, this had grown to 3,949 and by the Census 2011 to 4,233.[1] It was described as Britain's twenty-second richest village in 2011.[2]

Great Shelford is twinned with Verneuil-en-Halatte, in the Oise département of France.[3]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. ^ McGhie, Caroline (28 March 2011). "Britain's richest villages". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Shelford Twinning Association". Retrieved 25 June 2021.