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Little Shelford
Village in Cambridgeshire, England

Little Shelford

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 in Great Shelford, which is on the West Anglia Main Line from Cambridge to London Liverpool Street. Little Shelford contains a Grade II Listed church, called All Saints Church, which dates back to the 12th Century. The village also has one pub, the Side Quest, on the High Street. It was opened in 2025 following the closure of the Navigator Thai restaurant. Little Shelford also contains a Fish & Chips shop called Winners, and Chinese takeaway.

How locals move

Getting around Little Shelford the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Cambridge, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Marvinthefish (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.