Great Shelford
Great Shelford is a village located approximately 4 miles to the south of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. In 1850 Great Shelford parish contained 1,900 acres bisected by the River Cam.Photo: Rich257, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 3,980 residents
- Description: village in Cambridgeshire, England
- Also known as: “Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shelford railway station and Church of All Saints.
Shelford railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Lamkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shelford railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the villages of Great Shelford, Little Shelford and Stapleford in Cambridgeshire, England.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Marvinthefish, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire. The church is a Grade II* listed building, and dates from the 12th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Shelford and Stapleford.
Little Shelford
Village
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Shelford is a village located to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. The River Granta lies between it and the larger village of Great Shelford, and both are served by Shelford railway station, which is on the West Anglia Main Line from Cambridge to London Liverpool Street.
Stapleford
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stapleford is a village located approximately 4 miles to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England on the right-hand bank of the River Granta.
Hauxton
Village
Great Shelford
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Great Shelford, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.14693° or 52° 8′ 49″ northLongitude
0.13534° or 0° 8′ 7″ eastPopulation
3,980Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB GRZOpen location code
9F4244WP+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 29720892OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Great Shelford from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Great Shelford” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غريت شلفرد”
- Basque: “Great Shelford”
- Bengali: “গ্রেট শেলফোর্ড”
- Catalan: “Great Shelford”
- Cebuano: “Great Shelford”
- Chinese: “Great Shelford”
- Chinese: “大雪福特”
- Dutch: “Great Shelford”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جريت شلفرد”
- French: “Great Shelford”
- German: “Great Shelford”
- Gujarati: “ગ્રેટ શેલ્ફોર્ડ”
- Irish: “Great Shelford”
- Italian: “Great Shelford”
- Japanese: “グレート・シェルフォード”
- Kannada: “ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ಶೆಲ್ಫೋರ್ಡ್”
- Korean: “그레이트 셸포드”
- Ladin: “Great Shelford”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Šelfordas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Great Shelford”
- Persian: “گریت شلفورد”
- Polish: “Great Shelford”
- Portuguese: “Great Shelford”
- Russian: “Грейт-Шелфорд”
- Spanish: “Great Shelford”
- Swedish: “Great Shelford”
- Tamil: “கிரேட் ஷெல்டபோர்ட”
- Telugu: “గ్రాటే షెల్ఫోర్డ్”
- Turkish: “Great Shelford”
- Urdu: “گریٹ شیلفورڈ”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Great Shelford”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Freestones Corner and Hobson’s Monument.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Great Shelford Library and Memorial Hall.
England: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into London, Manchester, Sheffield, and Leeds.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.