Holme, Cambridgeshire
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Coordinates: 52°28′34″N 0°14′53″W / 52.476°N 0.248°W
| Holme | |
  Holme shown within Cambridgeshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| District | Huntingdonshire |
| Shire county | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire | |
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Holme – in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England – is a village near Conington south of Yaxley.
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[edit] The village
Holme is a small village and there are few services for its population of around 700, although it has more facilities than many other villages in Cambridgeshire. The services the village does offer are:
- A pub called the Admiral Wells
- A village shop which is also a post office
- A village hall
- A nature reserve
- A small business airport
- Large area of forests
- A large village green
- A primary school
- A 18th century church dedicated to St Giles.
Holme is surrounded by fields, forests and fens. Over the last few years Holme has grown substantially with around 36 new houses being built.
[edit] Holme Fen
Holme Fen, specifically Holme Posts, is believed to be the lowest land point in England at nearly 3 metres (9.8 ft) below sea level.[1] The location is marked by a cast-iron post, sunk into the peat in 1852 until it rested on the clay beneath. The drainage of the fens since then has resulted in the ground sinking by 4 metres since then leaving the post completely exposed.
The site is a 266-hectare (660-acre) National Nature Reserve (NNR) situated at the westernmost end of the East Anglian fens at the edge of the former Whittlesey Mere. It is home to a variety of birds, including the Eurasian siskin, Nightingale and Lesser redpoll, and around 450 species of fungi.[2]
[edit] Employment
- British Sugar Corporation
- The village school
- Agriculture and associated trades
However most of Holme's population work outside the village in Huntingdon or Peterborough.
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