Hardwick, Cambridgeshire

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Map sources for Hardwick, Cambridgeshire at grid reference TL373587

Hardwick is a village in the county of Cambridgeshire, located approximately 6 miles west of the city of Cambridge and immediately south of the A428 Cambridge-St Neots road. It is approximately 4 miles east of the newly developed village of Cambourne.

Historically, the village of Hardwick is hundreds of years old and consisted of a few houses and farmland around St Mary's Church, towards the south of the village. The village has undergone vast expansion during the last forty years with an estate of hundreds of houses being built upon the orchard land to the north of the historic village; the orchards gave many of the roads in the village their names. Major development in the village ceased over twenty years ago, however there have been recent additions to the housing stock in both the north and south of the village whenever land has been sold.

The Blue Lion, the only pub in the village, lies on Cambridge Road. The Sports and Social Club is based next to the football and crickets pitches in the centre of the village.

Hardwick Community Primary School is the local primary school for children in the village. Children of secondary school age usually go on to attend Comberton Village College, located in Comberton, southwest of Hardwick.

The village shop and post office is also on Cambridge Road. There are a number of local businesses based on St Neots Road to the north of the village. Newton House and Broadway House provide homes to several businesses including a curry and pizza takeaway, a Turkish restaurant, a flower shop and some technology based companies. Some of the businesses have since lost their premises following a fire at Newton House in November 2006.

Further west on St Neots Road a pet shop, an agricultural machinery merchant and a furniture store can be found.