Abbots Ripton

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Abbots Ripton is a village and civil parish five miles north of Huntingdon, in Cambridgeshire, England. The Parish Council also covers the hamlet of Wennington. It is located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The medieval church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.

The village is notable as the location of the Abbots Ripton railway disaster in 1876 in which the famous Flying Scotsman train was wrecked during a blizzard. The disaster led to important safety improvements in railway signalling.

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Coordinates: 52°23′N, 0°11′W

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