Sawtry

Sawtry
Sawtry is located in Cambridgeshire
Sawtry
Sawtry
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population6,536 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL168836
Civil parish
  • Sawtry
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHuntingdon
Postcode districtPE28
Dialling code01487
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
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52°26′N 0°17′W / 52.44°N 0.28°W / 52.44; -0.28

Sawtry (/sɔːtr/) is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Sawtry lies approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Huntingdon. Sawtry is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. The village is home to over 6,000[2] people.

Village sign in Sawtry
  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
  2. ^ Office for National Statistics - Neighbourhood Statistics - Population and Migration Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine