Landbeach

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Landbeach

Landbeach shown within Cambridgeshire
Population	825
OS grid reference	TL476652
District	South Cambridgeshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CAMBRIDGE
Postcode district	CB25
Dialling code	01223
Police	Cambridgeshire
Fire	Cambridgeshire
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	South East Cambridgeshire
List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire

Coordinates: 52°15′52″N 0°09′42″E / 52.26453, 0.1617

Village sign of Landbeach

Landbeach is a small fen-edge English village about five miles (8 km) north of Cambridge. The parish covers an area of 9.00 km².

Church of All Saints

Landbeach has two churches (Anglican and Baptist), a village hall and an Indian restaurant (formerly The Slap Up public house). The nearest railway station is Waterbeach, on the Fen Line. The village lies close to the A10 road that also links London to King's Lynn.

The village has three archaeological sites with remains of mediaeval manor houses, which together form a Scheduled Ancient Monument. A former Roman road, the Mere Way, which once joined Ely to London, passes through the village from north to south.

Within the parish boundary, but outside the residential area, is Cambridge Research Park, on the site of the former Landbeach Marina, itself a flooded former gravel pit.