Bassingbourn
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth is a civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles south-west of Cambridge and just north of Royston, Hertfordshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike W Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 2,480 residents
- Description: village and former civil parish in Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England
- Also known as: “Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ford Wood and Bassingbourn Village College.
Ford Wood
Forest
Ford Wood is a woodland in Cambridgeshire, England, near Bassingbourn. It covers a total area of 2.34 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.
Bassingbourn Village College
School
Bassingbourn Village College is an academy school in Bassingbourn, just across the Cambridgeshire border from Royston, Hertfordshire. As of 2024 it has 666 students.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Litlington and Abington Pigotts.
Litlington
Village
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Litlington is a village and civil parish in the East of England region and the county of Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. The village lies approximately 14 miles southwest of Cambridge and 3 miles northwest of Royston. Litlington is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bassingbourn.
Abington Pigotts
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abington Pigotts is a small village in Cambridgeshire, England about 4 miles northwest of Royston, Hertfordshire. Abington Pigotts is situated 1½ miles west of Bassingbourn.
Whaddon
Village
Photo: Alan Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whaddon is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, 6 kilometres north of Royston. Whaddon is situated 2 miles northeast of Bassingbourn.
Bassingbourn
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.07987° or 52° 4′ 48″ northLongitude
-0.05759° or 0° 3′ 27″ westPopulation
2,480Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
9C4X3WHR+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 84588326OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2656184Wikidata ID
Q23900657
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Bassingbourn” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bassingbourn”
- Bulgarian: “Басингбоурн”
- Cebuano: “Bassingbourn”
- Irish: “Bassingbourn”
- Ladin: “Bassingbourn”
- Polish: “Bassingbourn”
- Spanish: “Bassingbourn”
- Swedish: “Bassingbourn”
- “Bassingbourn”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Peter and St Paul (Bassingbourn Parish Church) and Bassingbourn Post Office.
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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 “Bassingbourn”. Photo: Mike W Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0.