Werrington, Cambridgeshire

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Werrington is a ward, or district of the City of Peterborough, England, United Kingdom.

Area: 6 km²
Population: 14,800

1 History
2 Shopping
3 Politics
4 Activities
5 Local Schools

[edit] History

Originally a village, Werrington was engulfed by Peterborough in the mid 20th Century, as the city expanded. The district is on the northern edge of the conurbation, approximately 4 miles from the city centre. There are two distinct areas of Werrington, "the village" and "new Werrington". The village dates from older periods and focuses on the village green. The new Werrington area focuses on the Werrington Centre, a small shopping complex featuring many stores for basic needs.

[edit] Shopping

Werrington centre has many shops including Rainbow, Age Concern, a family owned bakery, and other small shops. Many of these shops have undergone vast change since 2004 as a result of bigger companies buying out the locally owned shops. The video rental shop changed to a tanning salon but due to business failure has now become a Domino's Pizza take-away, the hardware store 'Ostlers' will be a travel information shop for the nearby bus station. The centre also contains a chip shop, dry cleaners, off licence, pharmacy, hair salon & barbers and also a betting Shop among other small stores. The development of Werrington continues today with new residential accommodation in the northernmost part of the area.

[edit] Politics

Politically, Werrington is divided into North Werrington and South Werrington. It borders Barnack, Walton, Glinton & Peakirk. The inhabitants of Werrington do not like the word district, but prefer the word village. However, the village of Werrington makes up only a small part of the Werrington development.

[edit] Activities

Werrington has held a Summer Carnival and Bonfire and Fireworks display every year since the 1970's, both of which are run by volunteers from the local the Scout and Guide Association in conjunction with Werrington Primary School.

There is an active Werrington Village Cricket Club which plays in the local Huntingdonshire leagues throughout the summer and plays its home games at nearby Campbell Drive sports fields. Werrington badminton club also boasts a club of 100 members ranging from beginners up to county level and play in tournaments around the city and county. They also run two men's and a mixed team in the Hunts league.

[edit] Local Schools

New Werrington conatins three schools. William Law and Welbourne are both primary schools. Ken Stimpson Community School is the only secondary school in the area. It is currently under redevelopment.

Werrington Village Primary School is the only school in the village. It has had very ranking in the school league tables, being in the top 5 for most rankings for primary schools in Peterborough^[1]. The school was fouded at the end of the 19th Century on the site of what it now the Village Centre as a Church of England School. The junior school moved to its current site in 1961, followed by the infant shool in 1966 ^[2]. The junior and infant schools have now been merged and share a common administration.

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire		Unitary Authority
Areas of the city	Historic county boundaries of Northamptonshire Bretton \| Dogsthorpe \| Eastfield \| Eastgate \| Fengate \| Fletton \| Gunthorpe \| Hampton \| Longthorpe \| Millfield \| Netherton \| Newark \| New England \| The Ortons \| Parnwell \| Paston \| Ravensthorpe \| Stanground \| Walton \| Werrington \| West Town \| Westwood \| Woodston
Villages in the district	Ailsworth \| Bainton \| Barnack \| Borough Fen \| Castor \| Deeping Gate \| Etton \| Eye \| Glinton \| Helpston \| Marholm \| Maxey \| Newborough \| Northborough \| Peakirk \| Southorpe \| Sutton \| Thorney \| Thornhaugh \| Ufford \| Upton \| Wansford \| Wittering \| Wothorpe