Everything about Waterbeach totally explained
Waterbeach is a large
fen-edge
village located 6 miles north of
Cambridge in
Cambridgeshire in
England, and belongs to the administrative district of
South Cambridgeshire. The
parish covers an area of 23.26 km².
History
Waterbeach is on the
Car Dyke, a Roman canal whose course can be traced as far as Lincoln. Recent archaeological investigations have found extensive evidence on Roman settlement at the south end of the village.
Waterbeach appears in the Domesday Book as Utbech.
In the 12th Century, the
Knights Templar had a base at
Denny Abbey located in the village.
Today
Waterbeach has numerous shops and a
Post Office, a
primary school, a
Parish church dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, a Baptist Church famous for its connection with
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, a small independent
library, three
public houses (The Sun, The White Horse and The Brewery Tap), a Tandoori restaurant (The Slap Up Tandoori) and a social club.
Waterbeach railway station lies on the
London (
Kings Cross) to
King's Lynn line, allowing some of its residents to
commute to London for work. The village lies close to the busy
A10 road that also links London to King's Lynn. A regular bus service also operates through the village that links Cambridge to the towns of March,
Wisbech and Littleport and the small city of
Ely.
The
Royal Air Force base (now Waterbeach Barracks) in the north of the village was built in
1940. Hawker Hunter fighters arrived for the first time in May 1955 and, two years later, the prototype English Electric P1 (Lightning) visited there.
From 1955 Hawker Hunters were accompanied by Meteors, Venoms and Vampires. Three Squadrons were there from that year; 56, 63 and 253. Pilots training at the Oakwood RAF Base cold be seen on the horizon from the Waterbeach Control Tower in the fifties.The original control tower is still in place.
The base and airfield remain property of the Ministry of Defence, but are no longer used by the Royal Air Force. The barracks, airfield and surrounding quarters are now used by the British Army, housing a regiment of the Royal Engineers and a weekend barracks for Cambridgeshire Army Cadet Force. The airfield is now used as a training area for troops.
The parish contains two
Scheduled Ancient Monuments:
Denny Abbey (now a museum) and the site of
Waterbeach Abbey (near the present church).
Village Websites
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Chittering
Cottenham
Horningsea
Landbeach
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