Holywell
Holywell is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, approximately 6 miles east of Huntingdon, in the civil parish of Holywell-cum-Needingworth. It is situated within Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire, and is a historic county of England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 326 residents
- Description: village in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, UK
- Also known as: “Holywell, Cambridgeshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parish Church of St John the Baptist and The Old Ferry Boat Inn.
The Old Ferry Boat Inn
Hotel
Photo: Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Ferry Boat Inn is a pub in Holywell, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. It is situated on the banks of the River Great Ouse. The Old Ferry Boat Inn was allegedly established in 560.
Fen Drayton Lakes
Nature reserve
Fen Drayton Lakes is a complex of lakes, lagoons, ponds and a river, situated close to Fen Drayton, Holywell and Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, England. The complex was formerly a gravel extraction site until 1992 when gravel production ceased and the pits were allowed to flood to provide a nature reserve and bird sanctuary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fen Drayton and St Ives.
Fen Drayton
Village
Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fen Drayton is a small village between Cambridge and St. Ives in Cambridgeshire, England, and between the villages of Fenstanton and Swavesey. The village has a primary school, village hall, nursery, tennis courts and football fields, where Drayton Lions Football Club play their home matches, and a pub.
St Ives
Town
Photo: Uksignpix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Ives is a medieval market town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Great Ouse, and there is a historic stone bridge dating from 1425. St Ives is situated 1½ miles west of Holywell.
Swavesey
Village
Swavesey is a village lying on the Prime Meridian of the world in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 2,463. The village is situated 9 miles to the north west of Cambridge and 3 miles south east of St Ives. Swavesey is situated 2 miles southeast of Holywell.
Holywell
- Category: locality
- Location: Holywell-cum-Needingworth, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.3182° or 52° 19′ 6″ northLongitude
-0.03732° or 0° 2′ 14″ westPopulation
326Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C4X8X97+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 391655256OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2646674Wikidata ID
Q5887161
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Holywell” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هوليول”
- Basque: “Holywell (Cambridgeshire)”
- Basque: “Holywell”
- Dutch: “Holywell, Cambridgeshire”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هليول”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هوليول”
- French: “Holywell”
- Irish: “Holywell”
- Polish: “Holywell”
- Welsh: “Holywell, Swydd Gaergrawnt”
- Welsh: “Holywell”
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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 “Holywell”. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.