Somersham

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Somersham

Somersham shown within Cambridgeshire
Population	3,802 ^[1]
OS grid reference	TL361779
District	Huntingdonshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HUNTINGDON
Postcode district	PE28
Dialling code	01487
Police	Cambridgeshire
Fire	Cambridgeshire
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	North West Cambridgeshire
List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire

Coordinates: 52°22′56″N 0°00′02″E / 52.382255, 0.00061

Somersham, in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England, is a village and civil parish near Earith north of St Ives.

There has been a settlement in this corner of the country for at least 2,500 years and probably much longer than that. The village may not be full of ancient buildings, but it possesses a rich heritage of recorded history.

Somersham lies on the Greenwich meridian line. There is a marker on the pavement in the High Street denoting the location of the October 1884 Greenwich Prime Zero meridian line.

It once had a Somersham railway station connecting it to the towns of March and St Ives, as well as a short branch to Ramsey.

Somersham is an important calling point on the March March march and on many ordnance survey walks. Containing 4 pubs, 2 schools, and a vast collection of other shops, it is a well catered village, despite the recent closing of many small shops.

The local football club, Somersham Town, play in the Cambridgeshire League, having previously been members of the Eastern Counties League.