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Great Paxton church from the South West |
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Great Paxton
Great Paxton shown within Cambridgeshire |
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| OS grid reference | TL217629 |
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| District | Huntingdonshire |
| Shire county | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire | |
Great Paxton is a village near Little Paxton in Huntingdonshire (part of Cambridgeshire), England, north of St Neots. The cruciform Saxon church dates from the 11th century. The village shares the Great Ouse valley with the river and the East Coast Railway Line.
Curiously, Great Paxton is much smaller than Little Paxton with a population of around 800. There is one public house in the village called The Bell . There is a primary school which is a Church of England school and has around 120 pupils aged from 4 to 11. Senior school pupils attend Longsands Community College in St Neots.
The village expanded in the 1970s through to the 1990s during which time the population went up from around 100 to its current number.
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