Great Shelford
Great Shelford is a village located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, in eastern England.
Great Shelford is a village located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. In 1850 Great Shelford parish contained 1,900 acres (7.7 km2) bisected by the River Cam. The population in 1841 was 803 people. By 2001, this had grown to 3,949 and by the Census 2011 to 4,233. It was
described as Britain's twenty-second richest village in 2011.
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Worth seeing in and around Great Shelford
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Homerton College
Homerton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Its first premises were acquired in Homerton, London in 1768, by an informal gathering of Protestant dissenters with origins in the seventeenth century.
4 km · college of the University of Cambridge · Wikipedia - 02Laboratory of Molecular Biology
The Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology is a research institute in Cambridge, England, involved in the revolution in molecular biology which occurred in the 1950–60s. Since then it has remained a major medical research laboratory at the forefront of scientific discovery, dedicated to improving the understanding of key biological processes at atomic, molecular and cellular levels using multidisciplinary methods, with a focus on using this knowledge to address key issues in human health.
2.9 km · research institute in Cambridge, England · Wikipedia - 03Old Vicarage, Grantchester
The Old Vicarage in the Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester is a house associated with the poet Rupert Brooke, who lived nearby, and in 1912 referenced it in an eponymous poem – "The Old Vicarage, Grantchester". The house is next door to The Orchard tea garden, also part of the poem.
3.9 km · clergy house in Grantchester, South Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of All Saints, Little Shelford
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.
1.1 km · church in Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St John the Evangelist's Church, Cambridge
St John the Evangelist's Church is a Church of England parish church located on the junction of Hills Road and Blinco Grove in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. In 2023, the vicar was the Revd James Shakespeare, who had served as curate at this church some years before.
3.9 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Cambridge Biomedical Campus
The Cambridge Biomedical Campus is the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe. The site is located at the southern end of Hills Road in Cambridge, England.
2.9 km · research institute located in Cambridge, England · Wikipedia - 07Brasley Bridge
Brasley Bridge or Trumpington Bridge is the first river Cam bridge on its upstream in Cambridge. It is located near Grantchester Road and connects Grantchester and Trumpington.
3.5 km · bridge in Cambridge, England · Wikipedia - 08Trumpington War Memorial
Trumpington War Memorial is a war memorial cross in the village of Trumpington, on the southern outskirts of Cambridge. The memorial was designed by Eric Gill.
3.2 km · war memorial cross in the village of Trumpington in Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Dernford Fen
Dernford Fen is a 10.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Sawston in Cambridgeshire. The site is a rare surviving example of rough fen and carr.
2.3 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 10Long Road Sixth Form College
Long Road Sixth Form College is a state co-educational sixth form college in Cambridge, England. It is on Long Road, from which it draws its name, and is next to the Cambridge Bio-Medical Campus which encompasses Addenbrooke's Hospital.
3.1 km · college in Cambridgeshire, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Great Shelford
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 30 km · London Luton (LTN), 46 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 86 km
- Stations
- Shelford railway station, 300 m · Cambridge South railway station, 2.7 km
- Luton, Luton → Great Shelford48 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £5–7
- London → Great Shelford73 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £8–10
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Great Shelford125 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £14–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Great Shelford
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Great Shelford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextMap of places with Wikivoyage articles nearby Grantchester: Take a day trip to enjoy the countryside and have scones and tea at The Orchard.
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Next door to Great Shelford
- South Cambridgeshirenon-metropolitan district in Cambridgeshire, England2.9 km
- Sawstonvillage in Cambridgeshire in England3.8 km
- Harstonvillage and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, UK4 km
- Staplefordvillage and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, UK1.6 km
- Newtoncivil parish and small village in Cambridgeshire, England3.8 km
- Little Shelfordvillage in Cambridgeshire, England1.4 km