Waterbeach

Waterbeach is a village 6 miles north of on the edge of The Fens, in the South Cambridgeshire district of , England. It was designated a "new town" in 2018.
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  • Type: Village with 4,770 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, UK
  • Also known as: “Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waterbeach railway station and Waterbeach Abbey.

Railway station
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is on the Fen line in the , serving the village of Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. It is 61 miles 1 chain measured from and 63 miles 29 chains from ; it is situated between and stations.

Meadow
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was an abbey at Waterbeach in , . It was established in 1294 by nuns from the Second Order of St. Francis who had come from in France, which also at least inspired the Abbey of the Minoresses of St.

Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Landbeach and Horningsea.

Village
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is a small fen-edge village about three miles north of . The parish covers an area of 9 km2.

Village
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is a small village north of in , . The parish covers an area of 2.6 square miles. It lies on the east bank of the , and on the road from Cambridge to Clayhithe. is situated 2 miles south of Waterbeach.

Village
Photo: Cruccone, CC BY 3.0.
is a village just north of , England, with a population for the village and greater parish of 4,400 in the 2021 census down from 4,679 at the 2011 census. is situated 2 miles southwest of Waterbeach.

Waterbeach

Latitude
52.26577° or 52° 15′ 57″ north
Longitude
0.19097° or 0° 11′ 28″ east
Population
4,770
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WBE
Open location code
9F42758R+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21346514
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2634701
Wiki­data ID
Q686675
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Waterbeach” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Waterbeach”
  • Arabic: “وتربيتش”
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  • Bengali: “ওয়াটারবীচ”
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  • Chinese: “Waterbeach”
  • Chinese: “沃塔比茨”
  • Chinese: “沃塔比茨皇家空軍基地”
  • Corsican: “Waterbeach”
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  • Egyptian Arabic: “وتربيتش”
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  • Gujarati: “વોટરબીચ”
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  • Japanese: “ウォ―タービーチ”
  • Kabyle: “Waterbeach”
  • Kannada: “ವಾಟರ್ಬೀಚ್”
  • Kongo: “Waterbeach”
  • Korean: “워터비치”
  • Ladin: “Waterbeach”
  • Latin: “Waterbecha”
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  • Persian: “واتربیچ”
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  • Russian: “Уотербич”
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  • Tamil: “வாட்டர்பீய்ச்”
  • Telugu: “వాటర్ బీచ్”
  • Turkish: “Waterbeach”
  • Urdu: “واتیربیچ”
  • Venetian: “Waterbeach”
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  • Zulu: “Waterbeach”

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