Chesterton
Chesterton is a small village and civil parish of exactly 56 households in Cambridgeshire, England. The village lies approximately 5 miles west-southwest of central Peterborough, near the city's Alwalton district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Graham Burnett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 151 residents
- Description: village in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Chesterton, Cambridgeshire” and “Chesterton, Huntingdonshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Durobrivae and Peterborough/Sibson Airfield.
Durobrivae
Archaeological site
Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Durobrivae was a Roman fortified garrison town located at Water Newton in the English county of Cambridgeshire, where Ermine Street crossed the River Nene.
Peterborough/Sibson Airfield
Aerodrome
Peterborough/Sibson Airfield, also known as Sibson Aerodrome, is an unlicensed aerodrome located 6 NM west of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England and 1 km south of Sibson, Cambridgeshire. Peterborough/Sibson Airfield is situated 2½ miles west of Chesterton.
Ferry Meadows railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Skuce, Public domain.
Overton is a station on the Nene Valley Railway between Wansford and Orton Mere. It was originally named Ferry Meadows, the name change being made in 2017. Ferry Meadows railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Chesterton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castor and Ailsworth.
Castor
Village
Photo: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castor is a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority, about 4 miles west of the city centre. The parish is part of the former Soke of Peterborough, which was considered part of Northamptonshire until 1888 and then Huntingdon and Peterborough from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire. Castor is situated 2 miles north of Chesterton.
Ailsworth
Village
Ailsworth or Ailesworth is a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority, about 4.5 miles west of the city centre. The parish is part of the former Soke of Peterborough, which was considered geographically part of Northamptonshire until in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, it became part of Cambridgeshire. Ailsworth is situated 2½ miles north of Chesterton.
Longthorpe
Suburb
Longthorpe is an area of the city of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Located two miles west from the city centre, the area covers 1,390 acres. Longthorpe is situated 3 miles northeast of Chesterton.
Chesterton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Chesterton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.54472° or 52° 32′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.33696° or 0° 20′ 13″ westPopulation
151Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)Open location code
9C4XGMV7+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1386698170OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2653217Wikidata ID
Q955904
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Chesterton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تشسترتون، هونتينغدنشير”
- Breton: “Chesterton (Huntingdonshire)”
- Breton: “Chesterton”
- Cebuano: “Chesterton”
- Chinese: “Chesterton”
- Dutch: “Chesterton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تشسترتون”
- French: “Chesterton”
- Irish: “Chesterton”
- Ladin: “Chesterton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chesterton (Huntingdonshire)”
- Persian: “چسترتون، هانتینگدونشر”
- Polish: “Chesterton”
- Swedish: “Chesterton, Huntingdonshire”
- Swedish: “Chesterton”
- Turkish: “Chesterton, Huntingdonshire”
- Welsh: “Chesterton, Swydd Huntingdon”
- Welsh: “Chesterton”
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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 “Chesterton”. Photo: Graham Burnett, CC BY-SA 2.0.