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| Great Shelford | |
|---|---|
 Village centre and post office | |
  Great Shelford Location within Cambridgeshire | |
| Population | 4,233 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TL464521 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Cambridge |
| Postcode district | CB22 |
| Dialling code | 01223 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Great Shelford is a village located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. In 1850 Great Shelford parish contained 1,900 acres (7.7 km2)[citation needed] bisected by the River Cam. The population in 1841 was 803 people.[citation needed] By 2001, this had grown to 3,949 and by the Census 2011 to 4,233.[1] It was described as Britain's twenty-second richest village in 2011.[2]
Great Shelford is twinned with Verneuil-en-Halatte, in the Oise département of France.[3]
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ McGhie, Caroline (28 March 2011). "Britain's richest villages". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Shelford Twinning Association". Retrieved 25 June 2021.