Grafham

Grafham is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. The village lies approximately 5 miles south-west of . Grafham is situated within which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 597 residents
  • Description: village in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Graffham”, “Grafham, Cambridgeshire”, and “Grafham, Huntingdonshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grafham Water and Shepherd’s Close.

Reservoir
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an 806.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of . It was designated an SSSI in 1986. It is a reservoir with a circumference of about 16 km, is 21 m deep at maximum, and is the eighth largest reservoir in England by volume and the joint third largest by area at 6.27 km2.

Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shepherd's Close is a 1.2-hectare nature reserve south of in . It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. is situated 2 miles northwest of Grafham.

Prison
Photo: Simonxag, Public domain.
is a Category C male prison in the village of near in Cambridgeshire, England. Littlehey Prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. The Prison only holds those that have been convicted of a sexual offence. is situated 2 miles south of Grafham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southoe and Stonely.

Village
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is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in , England. lies approximately 6 miles south-west of on the A1. is situated 3½ miles southeast of Grafham.

Village
is a hamlet next to in district, , England. It is part of the civil parish of Kimbolton, which is served by Kimbolton and Parish Council. is situated 3½ miles west of Grafham.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of and Offord D'Arcy. It is 4.9 miles north of and 3 miles south-west of . is situated 4 miles east of Grafham.

Grafham

Latitude
52.30859° or 52° 18′ 31″ north
Longitude
-0.29775° or 0° 17′ 52″ west
Population
597
Elevation
194 feet (59 metres)
Open location code
9C4X8P52+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 353684588
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2648242
Wiki­data ID
Q2759349
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Grafham” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غرافهام”
  • Arabic: “غرفهم”
  • Bulgarian: “Графхам”
  • Cebuano: “Grafham”
  • Chinese: “Grafham”
  • Dutch: “Grafham”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جرفهم”
  • French: “Grafham”
  • Irish: “Grafham”
  • Italian: “Grafham”
  • Ladin: “Grafham”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Grafham”
  • Persian: “گرفهم، کمبریج‌شر”
  • Persian: “گرفهم”
  • Polish: “Grafham”
  • Swedish: “Grafham”
  • Turkish: “Grafham, Cambridgeshire”
  • Urdu: “گرافہم، کیمبرج شائر”
  • Welsh: “Grafham, Swydd Gaergrawnt”
  • Welsh: “Grafham”
  • “Grafham”

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