Parson Drove | |
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The Cage, Parson Drove. | |
Location within Cambridgeshire | |
Population | 1,030 (2001) |
OS grid reference | TF370085 |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Wisbech |
Postcode district | PE13 |
Dialling code | 01945 |
Parson Drove is a fen village and civil parish in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. A linear settlement, it is 6 miles (10 km) west of Wisbech, the nearest town.[1] The village is named after the central thoroughfare along which the village developed, a green drove, much wider than the current metalled road (B1166). The population at the 2001 Census was 1,030.[2] The city of Peterborough is 19 miles (31 km) to the west, and the town of King's Lynn is 21 miles (34 km) to the east.