South Cambridgeshire District | |
|---|---|
 Cambourne town centre | |
 South Cambridgeshire shown within Cambridgeshire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | East of England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Cambridgeshire |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Cambourne |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | South Cambridgeshire District Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Liberal Democrat) |
| • MPs | Pippa Heylings (LD) Charlotte Cane (LD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 348.12 sq mi (901.63 km2) |
| • Rank | 35th (of 296) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 165,633 |
| • Rank | 124th (of 296) |
| • Density | 480/sq mi (180/km2) |
| Ethnicity (2021) | |
| • Ethnic groups | |
| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| ONS code | 12UG (ONS) E07000012 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TL318598 |
South Cambridgeshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 162,119 at the 2021 census.[2] It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chesterton Rural District and South Cambridgeshire Rural District. It completely surrounds the city of Cambridge, which is administered separately from the district by Cambridge City Council.
On the abolition of South Herefordshire and Hereford districts to form the unitary Herefordshire in 1998, South Cambridgeshire became the only English district to completely encircle another. South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council work together on some projects, such as the Greater Cambridge Local Plan.[3] Since 2017 the district has been a constituent member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, led by the directly-elected Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.[4]
South Cambridgeshire has scored highly on the best places to live, according to Channel 4, which ranked South Cambridgeshire as the fifth-best place to live in 2006.[5] A Halifax survey rated South Cambridgeshire the best place to live in rural Britain, and sixth best overall in 2017.[6]
In January 2023 the council started a three-month trial of a four day working week, with the intention of extending the trial until April 2024. Conservative local government minister, Lee Rowley, ordered the trial be halted, claiming it would breach the Local Government Act.[7][8]
- ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – South Cambridgeshire Local Authority (E07000012)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Non-Metropolitan District council population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "Greater Cambridge Local Plan". Greater Cambridge Shared Planning. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2017/251, retrieved 13 June 2023
- ^ "BEST AND WORST PLACES TO LIVE 2006". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 5 December 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Halifax survey". MSN.[dead link]
- ^ "South Cambridgeshire Council 'first' to trial four-day working week". BBC News. 2 September 2022. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ Hussen, Dahaba Ali (1 July 2023). "Minister orders halt to Cambridgeshire council's four-day week trial". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.