Little Gransden is 11 miles (18 km) from the county town of 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...

, 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Huntingdon

Huntingdon

Huntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...

 and 47 miles (76 km) north of London

London

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. The village stands on the B1046 road between Abbotsley

Abbotsley

Abbotsley is a village and civil parish within the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is three miles from St Neots and 14 miles from the county town of Cambridge...

, to the west, and Longstowe

Longstowe

-Demography:At the time of the 2001 census, Longstowe had 193 residents living in 73 households. All described themselves as White; 73.6% were Christian and 26.4% did not follow a religion or did not state one.-Landmarks:...

, to the east. A minor road runs south-west to Gamlingay

Gamlingay

Gamlingay is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, near the border with Bedfordshire, and the traditional county of Huntingdonshire...

. The district council boundary, marked by the Home Dole Brook, separates Little from Great Gransden

Great Gransden

Great Gransden parish is west of the county town of Cambridge, south-east of Huntingdon and north of London. It covers an area of . The village stands on the B1046 road between Abbotsley, to the west, and Longstowe, to the east...

. The parish's northern boundary follows the line of a disused road between Great Gransden and Longstowe, formerly called Deadwomen's Way after Deadwomen's Cross at the north-east corner of the parish.

The parish has an area of 1,920 acres (777 hectares) and ranges from 45 metres, along the Home Dole Brook, to more than 80 metres above sea level in the eastern part of Hayley Wood

Hayley Wood

Hayley Wood, in Cambridgeshire, is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough...

. The soil is light sand and heavy clay, with a subsoil of beds of stone and sand.

Demography

At the time of the 2001 census, Little Gransden parish had 262 residents living in 99 households. 98.5% described themselves as White and 1.5% Asian or British Asian. 79.9% said they were Christian, 1.1% followed another religion and 18.9% had no religion or did not state one.

Landmarks

The parish has two airfields: Little Gransden Airfield

Little Gransden Airfield

Little Gransden Airfield is a unlicensed airfield located near the village of Little Gransden, southeast of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England....

, located at Fuller's Hill Farm, which holds an air and car show every summer; and Gransden Lodge, a former Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

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 station which saw active service in World War II

World War II

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, but is now a gliding

Gliding

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 site, its three paved runways having been removed.

A cross in the churchyard commemorates Little Gransden men who were killed in World Wars I

World War I

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 and II

World War II

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. There are 16 listed buildings in the village, including the Old Rectory, the parish church and various houses.

Religious sites

The parish church, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, was built from stone in the 13th Century and comprises a chancel, nave of four bays aisles and an embattled western tower containing three bells. In 1858 the chancel was restored and its east end rebuilt; a stained window was put in by the Rev. Alfred Newby, a former rector, in 1875. The church was restored in 1885-8 at a cost of £700.