See also: Perry (disambiguation)

Perry (disambiguation)

Perry is an alcoholic beverage made of fermented pear juice.Perry may also refer to:- Canada :* Perry, Ontario* Perry's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador* Port Perry, Ontario- England :* Perry, Cambridgeshire* Perry Barr, Birmingham...

Perry is a small village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 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

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It lies on the shore of a reservoir, Grafham Water

Grafham Water

Grafham Water is a reservoir with a circumference of about . It is located between the villages of Grafham and Perry in the English county of Cambridgeshire ....

, just a few miles from the market towns of St Neots

St Neots

St Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...

 and 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...

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Before becoming a parish in its own right the village was divided into West Perry (in the parish of Great Staughton

Great Staughton

Great Staughton – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Perry west of St Neots.The village has two pubs The White Hart and The Snooty Tavern, a post office and a butcher. The village is also home to the current holder of the newly founded annual Griffin Award.Great Staughton...

) and East Perry (in the parish of Grafham).

In the village there is a village shop, a pub called The Wheatsheaf, a watersport activity centre, a restaurant and conference suite.

The village also includes HMP Littlehey

Littlehey (HM Prison)

HM Prison Littlehey is a Category C men's prison, located in the village of Perry in Cambridgeshire, England. Littlehey Prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.-History:...

, a category C prison built on the site of former borstal

Borstal

A borstal was a type of youth prison in the United Kingdom, run by the Prison Service and intended to reform seriously delinquent young people. The word is sometimes used loosely to apply to other kinds of youth institution or reformatory, such as Approved Schools and Detention Centres. The court...

 Gaynes Hall

Gaynes Hall

Gaynes Hall is a Grade II* listed Georgian mansion set in of parkland in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside. Located in the village of Perry, Huntingdon the building was requisitioned during the Second World War and was also residence of Sir Oliver Cromwell for 21 years.Currently it is...

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