Cherry Hinton
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Cherry Hinton is a suburban area of the city of Cambridge
, in Cambridgeshire
, England. It is around 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Cambridge city centre.
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There are some pictures and a description of the parish church at the Cambridgeshire Churches website.
Cherry Hinton has an entry in the Domesday Book
:
"Hintone: Count Alan. 4 mills." (Alan Rufus
‘the Red’, one of the Counts of Brittany, confiscated Hinton Manor from Edith, Harold II of England's common law first wife, Edith Swanneck: ‘Eddeva The Fair’)
The War Ditches are the remains of an Iron Age hill fort (55 metres in diameter) where a massacre took place, now sadly mostly lost to quarrying. (See Cherry Hinton Pit
)
City boundary but is geographically separated from it by the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall
, the airfield
and the flooded gravel pits. The village itself is fairly compact. North of the village is Cambridge airport
; to the East is Fulbourn
; to the South is Cherry Hinton Pit
, a nature reserve
formed from old chalk pits and then the Gog Magog Hills which rise to 75 metres. Outside the residential area the land is open farmland, with relatively few trees.
Housing is typically suburban with 2,200 people per square kilometre; 40% of housing being semi-detached and 60% being owner-occupied.
In 2001 the population of the village was made up of 1,600 people under 16, 4,950 aged 16 to 59, and 1,750 over 60.
, the aircraft maintenance company and owners of Cambridge airport
, to the North, has been a major employer in recent decades.
In 2001 the economically active population was estimated at 4,186 (70% of the population aged 16 to 74). Unemployment was given as 2.4%.
Cherry Hinton High Street is famous for its traffic calming
system; this consists of a series of chicane
s, traffic island
s and mini roundabouts that sometimes causes traffic jams. The hope is that drivers seeking a through route will use Yarrow Road instead.
, that goes on to Burnside. Another path (known as "The Tins") that runs the other side of the flooded quarries meets Burnside closer to Mill Road (near to the White Bridge) and starts in Railway Street, cutting across Orchard Estate and Norman Way. Few of the houses it runs behind still have the corrugated iron back fences that give this path its name.
to Arbury
and the Citi 3 bus from Bridewell Road to Fison Road combine for a frequency of a bus into the centre every 5 minutes, with an average journey time of approximately 20 minutes. Both of these services stop at the railway station and the Citi 1 additionally serves Addenbrooke's Hospital
. A less frequent service (Citi 16/17) runs from St. Andrew's Church at the end of Coldham's Lane to the Beehive Retail Park and into town.
There are two health centres in the village, one of which (the Cherry Hinton Medical Surgery) has a practice shared with Brookfields Health Centre on Seymour Street, Cambridge.
There is a village hall and leisure centre adjacent to the village library, with services currently operated by SLM Leisure. The Spinney Primary School, close to the village centre, has recently had a very successful Ofsted inspection. Other primary level schools are the Cherry Hinton Infants' School, which feeds into the Cherry Hinton Community Junior School, and Colville Primary School. Secondary schooling for most children is at Netherhall School
, or alternatively at St Bede's Inter-Church Comprehensive School.
In the High Street there are a number of shops including a Tesco
Express supermarket, a newsagent, a Sue Ryder
charity shop, a hairdresser, a barber, a bakery, two pharmacies, a cycle shop, a craft shop, two turf accountants and a post office. There is also a Tesco superstore towards Fulbourn
. Meals are available at the Sitar Indian restaurant, the Golden Pizza Chinese/Pizza Takeaway and the Cherry House Chinese Takeaway & Chip Shop, as well as from the bakery which provides a variety of filled rolls and hot snack products.
The village has a well-appointed recreation ground situated on the high street. Here children's play equipment and football fields for local fixtures are provided. It also has a park and children's play area, including paddling pools and tennis courts, in the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall
, which hosts an internationally recognised annual folk festival
.
Cherry Hinton falls within the jurisdiction of Cambridge City Council
and Cambridgeshire
County Council for Local Government Services.
, to the East of Cherry Hinton was built as an asylum in the mid-19th century between the village and Fulbourn
. Until recently the main Victorian building was used as a psychiatric hospital. It is this hospital which gave rise to the lines "Strong men have run for miles and miles,
When one from Cherry Hinton smiles;" in the poem The Old Vicarage, Grantchester by Rupert Brooke
.
The settlement of Cherry Hinton gives its name to the Cherry Hinton Stakes
a race for two year old thoroughbred fillies. This is a Group Two event run over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 m) on the July Course at nearby Newmarket Racecourse
in early July.
For the last 25 years of his life, Cherry Hinton was the home of Syd Barrett
, the former frontman of Pink Floyd
.
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, England. It is around 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Cambridge city centre.
History
The rectangular parish of Cherry Hinton occupies the western corner of Flendish hundred on the south-eastern outskirts of the city of Cambridge. (See Hundreds of CambridgeshireHundreds of Cambridgeshire
Between Anglo-Saxon times and the 19th century Cambridgeshire was divided for administrative purposes into 17 hundreds, plus the borough of Cambridge...
)
There are some pictures and a description of the parish church at the Cambridgeshire Churches website.
Cherry Hinton has an entry in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
:
"Hintone: Count Alan. 4 mills." (Alan Rufus
‘the Red’, one of the Counts of Brittany, confiscated Hinton Manor from Edith, Harold II of England's common law first wife, Edith Swanneck: ‘Eddeva The Fair’)
The War Ditches are the remains of an Iron Age hill fort (55 metres in diameter) where a massacre took place, now sadly mostly lost to quarrying. (See Cherry Hinton Pit
Cherry Hinton Pit
Cherry Hinton Pit is a Site of Special Scientific Interest situated to the south of Cherry Hinton in the county of Cambridgeshire.It is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. The Trust's sites are known as Limekiln...
)
Geography
Cherry Hinton lies about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Cambridge city centre, and falls within the CambridgeCambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
City boundary but is geographically separated from it by the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall
Cherry Hinton Hall
Cherry Hinton Hall is a small house and park in Cherry Hinton, to the south of Cambridge, England. The house and grounds are owned and managed by Cambridge City Council....
, the airfield
Cambridge Airport
Cambridge Airport is a small regional airport in South Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the eastern outskirts of Cambridge, south of Newmarket Road and west of the village of Teversham, from the centre of Cambridge and approximately from London.Opened in 1938, when it replaced the old...
and the flooded gravel pits. The village itself is fairly compact. North of the village is Cambridge airport
Cambridge Airport
Cambridge Airport is a small regional airport in South Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the eastern outskirts of Cambridge, south of Newmarket Road and west of the village of Teversham, from the centre of Cambridge and approximately from London.Opened in 1938, when it replaced the old...
; to the East is Fulbourn
Fulbourn
Fulbourn is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. The term for a resident of the village is "Fulbourner".- Geography :Fulbourn lies about five miles south-east of the centre of Cambridge, separated from the outer city boundary by farmland and the grounds of Fulbourn Hospital. The village itself is...
; to the South is Cherry Hinton Pit
Cherry Hinton Pit
Cherry Hinton Pit is a Site of Special Scientific Interest situated to the south of Cherry Hinton in the county of Cambridgeshire.It is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. The Trust's sites are known as Limekiln...
, a nature reserve
Nature reserve
A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...
formed from old chalk pits and then the Gog Magog Hills which rise to 75 metres. Outside the residential area the land is open farmland, with relatively few trees.
Demography
Substantial housing estate developments, both local authority and private have taken place in the village over the last 50 years.Housing is typically suburban with 2,200 people per square kilometre; 40% of housing being semi-detached and 60% being owner-occupied.
In 2001 the population of the village was made up of 1,600 people under 16, 4,950 aged 16 to 59, and 1,750 over 60.
Economy
In common with changes in the post-war years most of the residents in employment work outside the village, in Cambridge and elsewhere. There are small industrial units scattered throughout the area, together with a thriving high-street with a selection of shops and small businesses. Marshall AerospaceMarshall Aerospace
The Marshall companies have been internationally associated with aerospace engineering for nearly a century. The company employs over 1,800 people and is based on an site with of covered hangar space...
, the aircraft maintenance company and owners of Cambridge airport
Cambridge Airport
Cambridge Airport is a small regional airport in South Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the eastern outskirts of Cambridge, south of Newmarket Road and west of the village of Teversham, from the centre of Cambridge and approximately from London.Opened in 1938, when it replaced the old...
, to the North, has been a major employer in recent decades.
In 2001 the economically active population was estimated at 4,186 (70% of the population aged 16 to 74). Unemployment was given as 2.4%.
Transport
There are good road links to Cambridge and the surrounding area; nearly 60% of the population travel to work by motorised vehicle and 25% travel to work by foot or bicycle; it takes 15 minutes to cycle into the centre of Cambridge at a moderate pace, or 10 minutes to the train station.Cherry Hinton High Street is famous for its traffic calming
Traffic calming
Traffic calming is intended to slow or reduce motor-vehicle traffic in order to improve the living conditions for residents as well as to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists. Urban planners and traffic engineers have many strategies for traffic calming...
system; this consists of a series of chicane
Chicane
A chicane is an artificial feature creating extra turns in a road, used in motor racing and on city streets to slow cars to lower speeds.- Motor Racing :...
s, traffic island
Traffic island
A traffic island is a solid or painted object in a road that channelises traffic. It can also be a narrow strip of island between roads that intersect at an acute angle. If the island uses road markings only, without raised kerbs or other physical obstructions, it is called a painted island...
s and mini roundabouts that sometimes causes traffic jams. The hope is that drivers seeking a through route will use Yarrow Road instead.
Cycle and Footpaths
Three non-road paths can be used to avoid traffic for part of these journeys. Daws Lane (now a track off Sidney Farm Road that links to Birdwood Road). The Snakey Path, off Daws Lane at a small bridge, before it reaches Cherry Hinton HallCherry Hinton Hall
Cherry Hinton Hall is a small house and park in Cherry Hinton, to the south of Cambridge, England. The house and grounds are owned and managed by Cambridge City Council....
, that goes on to Burnside. Another path (known as "The Tins") that runs the other side of the flooded quarries meets Burnside closer to Mill Road (near to the White Bridge) and starts in Railway Street, cutting across Orchard Estate and Norman Way. Few of the houses it runs behind still have the corrugated iron back fences that give this path its name.
Buses
Citi 1 bus from FulbournFulbourn
Fulbourn is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. The term for a resident of the village is "Fulbourner".- Geography :Fulbourn lies about five miles south-east of the centre of Cambridge, separated from the outer city boundary by farmland and the grounds of Fulbourn Hospital. The village itself is...
to Arbury
Arbury
Arbury is a district and electoral ward of the city of Cambridge, England. The ward borders the following other wards : Histon, King's Hedges, West Chesterton, Market and Castle.-History:...
and the Citi 3 bus from Bridewell Road to Fison Road combine for a frequency of a bus into the centre every 5 minutes, with an average journey time of approximately 20 minutes. Both of these services stop at the railway station and the Citi 1 additionally serves Addenbrooke's Hospital
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Addenbrooke's Hospital is an internationally renowned teaching hospital in Cambridge, England, with strong links to the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1766 on Trumpington Street with £4,500 from the will of Dr John Addenbrooke, a fellow of St Catharine's College...
. A less frequent service (Citi 16/17) runs from St. Andrew's Church at the end of Coldham's Lane to the Beehive Retail Park and into town.
Public services
There is a village hall and leisure centre adjacent to the village library, with services currently operated by SLM Leisure. The Spinney Primary School, close to the village centre, has recently had a very successful Ofsted inspection. Other primary level schools are the Cherry Hinton Infants' School, which feeds into the Cherry Hinton Community Junior School, and Colville Primary School. Secondary schooling for most children is at Netherhall School
Netherhall School
The Netherhall School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school and sixth form in the Queen Edith ward of Cambridge, England. Its logo is the crest of Cambridge. It is one of the largest schools in the area in terms of capacity. Feeder primary schools include Queen Edith, Cherry Hinton Juniors,...
, or alternatively at St Bede's Inter-Church Comprehensive School.
In the High Street there are a number of shops including a Tesco
Tesco
Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
Express supermarket, a newsagent, a Sue Ryder
Sue Ryder
Margaret Susan Cheshire, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw and Baroness Cheshire, CMG, OBE , best known as Sue Ryder, was a British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, who afterwards led many charitable organizations, notably the charity named in her honour.-Early...
charity shop, a hairdresser, a barber, a bakery, two pharmacies, a cycle shop, a craft shop, two turf accountants and a post office. There is also a Tesco superstore towards Fulbourn
Fulbourn
Fulbourn is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. The term for a resident of the village is "Fulbourner".- Geography :Fulbourn lies about five miles south-east of the centre of Cambridge, separated from the outer city boundary by farmland and the grounds of Fulbourn Hospital. The village itself is...
. Meals are available at the Sitar Indian restaurant, the Golden Pizza Chinese/Pizza Takeaway and the Cherry House Chinese Takeaway & Chip Shop, as well as from the bakery which provides a variety of filled rolls and hot snack products.
The village has a well-appointed recreation ground situated on the high street. Here children's play equipment and football fields for local fixtures are provided. It also has a park and children's play area, including paddling pools and tennis courts, in the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall
Cherry Hinton Hall
Cherry Hinton Hall is a small house and park in Cherry Hinton, to the south of Cambridge, England. The house and grounds are owned and managed by Cambridge City Council....
, which hosts an internationally recognised annual folk festival
Cambridge Folk Festival
The Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual music festival held on the site of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages subsumed by the city of Cambridge, England. The festival is renowned for its eclectic mix of music and a wide definition of what might be considered folk. It occurs...
.
Cherry Hinton falls within the jurisdiction of Cambridge City Council
Cambridge City Council, England
Cambridge City Council is a district council in the county of Cambridgeshire, based in the city of Cambridge.-Activities:The council provides various facilities and services within the city...
and Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
County Council for Local Government Services.
Cultural references
Fulbourn HospitalFulbourn Hospital
Fulbourn Hospital, known as the County Pauper Lunatic Asylum for Cambridgeshire, the Isle of Ely and the Borough of Cambridge at the time of its opening in 1858, is a mental health facility located between the Cambridgeshire villages of Fulbourn and Cherry Hinton, about south-east of the centre of...
, to the East of Cherry Hinton was built as an asylum in the mid-19th century between the village and Fulbourn
Fulbourn
Fulbourn is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. The term for a resident of the village is "Fulbourner".- Geography :Fulbourn lies about five miles south-east of the centre of Cambridge, separated from the outer city boundary by farmland and the grounds of Fulbourn Hospital. The village itself is...
. Until recently the main Victorian building was used as a psychiatric hospital. It is this hospital which gave rise to the lines "Strong men have run for miles and miles,
When one from Cherry Hinton smiles;" in the poem The Old Vicarage, Grantchester by Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially The Soldier...
.
The settlement of Cherry Hinton gives its name to the Cherry Hinton Stakes
Cherry Hinton Stakes
The Cherry Hinton Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in July....
a race for two year old thoroughbred fillies. This is a Group Two event run over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 m) on the July Course at nearby Newmarket Racecourse
Newmarket Racecourse
The town of Newmarket, in Suffolk, England, is the headquarters of British horseracing, home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations. Newmarket Racecourse has two courses - the Rowley Mile Course and the July Course. Both are wide, galloping...
in early July.
For the last 25 years of his life, Cherry Hinton was the home of Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett , born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founding member of the band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic...
, the former frontman of Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
.
External links
- 2001 Census
- The Spinney Primary School
- Colville Primary School
- Cherry Hinton CE Infant School
- Netherhall School
- Cherry Hinton History
- Cambridge Folk Festival
- Cherry Hinton Cricket Club
- Cambridge City Council
- St Andrew's Church
- Friends of St Andrew
- Cherry Hinton Local Historian
- Friends of Cherry Hinton Hall
- Internet Service Available