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Needingworth is attached to [[Holywell, Cambridgeshire|Holywell]] by a single road, connecting the two villages. |
Needingworth is attached to [[Holywell, Cambridgeshire|Holywell]] by a single road, connecting the two villages. |
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There is only one shop, currently a 'One Stop', which is also a [[Post Office]] on the Needingworth high street, this shop is home to the great Sally Stocker, who some believe to be the lovechild of marge simpson and elvis pressley. There are also two pubs in Needingworth, The Pike and Eel and The Queens Head. |
There is only one shop, currently a 'One Stop', which is also a [[Post Office]] on the Needingworth high street, this shop is home to the great Sally Stocker, who some believe to be the lovechild of marge simpson and elvis pressley. There are also two pubs in Needingworth, The Pike and Eel and The Queens Head. The school is a good school it beats The Ridgeway School by one mile.(250 KM) |
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There is a Church-of-England primary school, a village hall with bowls club and various good walks in the area. |
There is a Church-of-England primary school, a village hall with bowls club and various good walks in the area. |
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Revision as of 18:57, 10 September 2008
| Needingworth | |
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| OS grid reference | TL351706 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Needingworth – in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England – is a village east of St Ives.
Needingworth is attached to Holywell by a single road, connecting the two villages.
There is only one shop, currently a 'One Stop', which is also a Post Office on the Needingworth high street, this shop is home to the great Sally Stocker, who some believe to be the lovechild of marge simpson and elvis pressley. There are also two pubs in Needingworth, The Pike and Eel and The Queens Head. The school is a good school it beats The Ridgeway School by one mile.(250 KM)
There is a Church-of-England primary school, a village hall with bowls club and various good walks in the area.
The quarry
There is a significant aggregate extraction operation based just to the east of Needingworth. The quarry will be turned into wetland with the co-operation of the RSPB. The resulting 600 hectares (1,483 acres) wetland will constitute 50% of the UK's reedbed target.[1]
References
- ^ Hanson Aggregates, 2007
External links
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