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The bridge across the Cam retains the original World War II pillbox. The site is also home to the Saffron Walden & District Society of Model Engineers who run short circular 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm), 5 in (127 mm) and 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (190.5 mm) tracks at both raised and ground levels on Saturdays and Sundays during the summer months. [2]
The River Cam runs through the village, as does the Cambridge to Liverpool Street railway, though the village has no station. Hinxton parish's southern boundaries form the border between Cambridgeshire and Essex. The village is five miles (8 km) north-west of Saffron Walden and nine miles (14 km) south of Cambridge. The 2001 population was 315. [1]
Saffron Walden is a market town and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, 12 miles (19 km) north of Bishop's Stortford, 15 miles (24 km) ...
The village is beside the River Cam, close to where a southern branch of the Icknield Way crossed the river. The eastern and southern boundaries of the parish form part of the county boundary with Essex, and the Essex town of Saffron Walden is only about 4.5 miles (7 km) southeast of the village.
In November 2016, the Ministry of Defence announced that the site would close in 2031 as part of the Better Defence Estate plan. [6] In November 2021, it was announced that Carver Barracks would be retained and remain open to support the delivery of Future Soldier.
Little Chesterford is a small village and civil parish in Uttlesford, Essex, in the East of England.Close to the Cambridgeshire border, it is built principally along a single sunken lane to the east of a chalk stream tributary of the River Cam or Granta and is located 1 km southeast of Great Chesterford and some 5 km northwest of Saffron Walden.
The village prospered until around 1300, after which it declined and its market ceased; it was overtaken in importance by the neighbouring town of Chipping Walden (known today as Saffron Walden). Newport used to contain a very large royal fish pond and hence was known as Newport Pond, but the pond had dried up by the 16th century and that name ...
Saffron Walden Museum is a local museum in Saffron Walden, Essex, east England. [1]The museum is one of the oldest purpose-built museums in the United Kingdom. [2] It is located in Museum Street within the town of Saffron Walden, set in an enclosed grass meadow near the ruins of the 12-century Walden Castle.