Wimpole | |
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Location within Cambridgeshire | |
Population | 227 (2001) [1] 301 (2011)[2] |
OS grid reference | TL337509 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Royston |
Postcode district | SG8 |
Dialling code | 01223 |
Wimpole is a small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, about 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) southwest of Cambridge. Until 1999, the main settlement on the A603 was officially known and signed as New Wimpole and Orwell, Cambridge Road. On 1 April 1999, following a parish boundary change and a referendum of local residents, the village name was simplified to Wimpole.
It is the site of the country house of Wimpole Hall and its accompanying Wimpole's Folly.