South Cambridgeshire

South Cambridgeshire District
Non-metropolitan district
South Cambridgeshire shown within Cambridgeshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Cambridgeshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Cambourne
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	South Cambridgeshire District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Andrew Lansley James Paice
Area
• Total	348.12 sq mi (901.63 km2)
Area rank	37th (of 326)
Population (2011 est.)
• Total	149,800
• Rank	123rd (of 326)
• Density	430/sq mi (170/km2)
• Ethnicity	97.1% White
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	12UG (ONS) E07000012 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TL318598
Website	www.scambs.gov.uk

South Cambridgeshire is a mostly rural local government district of Cambridgeshire, England. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chesterton Rural District and South Cambridgeshire Rural District. It surrounds the city of Cambridge, which is administered separately from the district by Cambridge City Council. On the abolition of South Herefordshire and Hereford districts to form the unitary Herefordshire in 1998, it became the only English district to completely encircle another.

The district's coat of arms contains a reference to the coat of arms of Cambridge University. The motto, Niet Zonder Arbyt, means "Not Without Work" in old Dutch; it was originally the motto of Cornelius Vermuyden who drained The Fens in the 17th century. The district council's headquarters moved from Cambridge to Cambourne in 2004.

South Cambridgeshire has scored highly on the best places to live, according to Channel 4, which ranked South Cambridgeshire as the fifth best place to live in 2006.^{[citation needed]} A Halifax survey rated South Cambridgeshire the best place to live in rural Britain.

The combined area of South Cambridgeshire, including both the South Cambridgeshire district and the city of Cambridge, is 1,017.28 km square.

List of settlements

Abington Piggotts – Arrington – Babraham – Balsham – Bar Hill – Barrington – Bartlow – Barton – Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth – Bourn – Boxworth – Caldecote – Cambourne – Carlton – Castle Camps – Caxton – Childerley – Chishills – Chittering – Comberton – Connington – Coton – Cottenham – Croxton – Croydon – Dry Drayton – Duxford – Elsworth – Eltisley – Fen Ditton – Fen Drayton – Fowlmere – Foxton – Fulbourn – Gamlingay – Girton – Grantchester – Graveley – Great Abington – Great Eversden – Great Shelford – Great Wilbraham – Guilden Morden – Hardwick – Harlton – Harston – Haslingfield – Hatley – Hauxton – Heydon – Hildersham – Hinxton – Histon – Horseheath – Horningsea – Ickleton – Impington – Kingston – Knapwell – Landbeach – Linton – Litlington – Little Abington – Little Eversden – Little Gransden – Little Shelford – Little Wilbraham – Lolworth – Longstanton – Longstowe – Madingley – Melbourn – Meldreth – Milton – Newton – Oakington – Orchard Park – Orwell – Over – Pampisford – Papworth Everard – Papworth St Agnes – Rampton – Sawston – Shepreth – Shingay cum Wendy – Shudy Camps – Six Mile Bottom – Stapleford – Steeple Morden – Stow-cum-Quy – Swavesey – Tadlow – Teversham/Cherry Hinton – Thriplow & Heathfield – Toft – Waterbeach – West Wickham – West Wratting – Weston Colville – Westwick – Whaddon – Whittlesford – Willingham – Wimpole

Local government

South Cambridgeshire District Council's headquarters are located in South Cambridgeshire Hall in the Cambourne Business Park in Cambourne.^[1] The council consists of 57 councillors, representing 34 electoral wards. The Conservative Party currently has a slim majority on the council, having gained control in the 2007 local elections. Prior to this, no party had overall control of the council.

Transportation

Cambridge Airport is located in South Cambridgeshire.^[2]

Economy

ScotAirways has its head office on the grounds of Cambridge Airport in South Cambridgeshire.^[2][3]

References

External links

• South Cambridgeshire
• List of settlements on South Cambridgeshire website
• Coat of arms

v t e Ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire Unitary authorities City of Peterborough Boroughs or districts City of Cambridge District of East Cambridgeshire District of Fenland District of Huntingdonshire District of South Cambridgeshire Major settlements Cambridge Chatteris Ely Godmanchester Huntingdon March Peterborough Ramsey St Ives St Neots Soham Whittlesey Wisbech See also: List of civil parishes in Cambridgeshire Rivers Great Ouse (Old Bedford New Bedford Cam Kym Lark Little Ouse) Nene Stour Welland Topics Parliamentary constituencies Places SSSIs Country houses Grade I listed buildings History Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Museums Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Diocese of Ely Diocese of Peterborough Soke of Peterborough Huntingdon and Peterborough Isle of Ely

v t e Districts of the East of England Bedfordshire Bedford Central Bedfordshire Luton Cambridgeshire Cambridge East Cambridgeshire Fenland Huntingdonshire Peterborough South Cambridgeshire Essex Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Southend-on-Sea Tendring Thurrock Uttlesford Hertfordshire Broxbourne Dacorum East Hertfordshire Hertsmere North Hertfordshire St Albans Stevenage Three Rivers Watford Welwyn Hatfield Norfolk Breckland Broadland Great Yarmouth King's Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich South Norfolk Suffolk Babergh Forest Heath Ipswich Mid Suffolk St Edmundsbury Suffolk Coastal Waveney

Coordinates: 52°07′55″N 0°06′18″E / 52.132°N 0.105°E / 52.132; 0.105