Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire District
Oakington & Westwick

Oakington

Oakington is a small rural village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Oakington and Westwick, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of , England, dating back to Roman times.
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Photo: Cruccone, CC BY 3.0.
Photo: Cruccone, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 1,250 residents
  • Description: village in Cambridgeshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Oakington, Cambridgeshire”
Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Andrew’s Church, Oakington and Girton College.

Church
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St Andrew's Church is a parish church in Oakington, England. Parts of the thick walls of the nave above the arcading, and the base of the tower in the church are the earliest surviving parts of it, likely from the 12th century.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college at Cambridge. is situated 2½ miles south of Oakington.

Church
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St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of , , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westwick and Girton.

Hamlet
Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Oakington and , in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of , England.

Village
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is a village and civil parish of about 1,600 households, and 4,500 people, in , England. It lies about 2 miles to the northwest of , and is the home of , a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

Village
Photo: Cruccone, CC BY 3.0.
is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, , 6 miles north-west of city centre. occupies 2,775 acres. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Oakington.

Oakington

Latitude
52.26143° or 52° 15′ 41″ north
Longitude
0.06927° or 0° 4′ 9″ east
Population
1,250
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
9F427369+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25297181
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2641125
Wiki­data ID
Q7073923
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Oakington” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اكينغتون”
  • Chinese: “奧金頓”
  • Chinese: “橡徑頓”
  • Dutch: “Oakington”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اكينجتون”
  • French: “Oakington”
  • Irish: “Oakington”
  • Ladin: “Oakington”
  • Polish: “Oakington”
  • Spanish: “Oakington”
  • Swedish: “Oakington”
  • “Oakington”

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Highlights include Oakington Baptist Chapel and Oakington CofE Primary School.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oakington”. Photo: Cruccone, CC BY 3.0.