Great Gidding
Parish in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.434, -0.348 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 12 83 |
| Population: | 363 |
| Dialling code: | 01832 (Clopton) |
Great Gidding is a small rural village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, set among rolling arable fields and lanes. It forms one of the three Giddings alongside Little Gidding and Steeple Gidding, and sits within easy reach of larger centres such as Huntingdon and Peterborough. The area’s quiet lanes and historic buildings reflect a long agricultural past, while the nearby religious foundation at Little Gidding, associated with Nicholas Ferrar and later celebrated by T. S. Eliot, gives the parish wider cultural resonance.
Today the village remains largely farming‑oriented but also functions as a commuter community for nearby towns, with a close‑knit social life centred on the parish church, village hall and occasional local events. A number of listed houses and traditional cottages survive, and residents generally point to the strong sense of local history and countryside character as what makes Great Gidding distinctive.
Postcode districts covering Great Gidding
Most populated places nearby
- Peterborough 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Bedford 21 miles33.8 km
- Kettering 15.4 miles24.8 km
- Kettering Town 15.5 miles25 km
- Corby 14.8 miles23.7 km
- Wellingborough 17.4 miles28 km
- Rushden 14.7 miles23.6 km
- Huntingdon 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Market Harborough 24.4 miles39.2 km
- March 20 miles32.2 km
- Stamford 16.5 miles26.5 km
- Kempston Hardwick 24.8 miles39.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Great Gidding Built-up area 0.3 miles0.6 km
- Little Gidding Parish 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Luddington Parish 1.2 miles2 km
- Winwick Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Hamerton and Steeple Gidding Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Hemington Parish 2 miles3.3 km
- Thurning Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Glatton Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Sawtry Built-up area 2.8 miles4.4 km
- Lutton Parish 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Old Weston Parish 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Denton and Caldecote Parish 3.6 miles5.8 km
Example postcodes in Great Gidding
PE28 5NT, PE28 5NW, PE28 5NP, PE28 5PE, PE28 5PD, PE28 5NS, PE28 5PA, PE28 5NL, PE28 5NU … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 38.7 miles62.2 km
- Stansted Airport 45.3 miles72.8 km
- Huntingdon Railway Station 9.8 miles15.7 km
- Peterborough Railway Station 10.6 miles17 km
Hotels near Great Gidding Ad
- The Bell Inn Hotel, Stilton, Cambridgeshire 4 4.6 miles7.4 km
- The Talbot Hotel, Oundle , Near Peterborough 4 6.1 miles9.7 km
- Holiday Inn Huntingdon - Racecourse 3 8.7 miles13.9 km
- Holiday Inn Express Peterborough 3 7.9 miles12.8 km
- Delta Hotels by Marriott Huntingdon 4 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Delta Hotels by Marriott Peterborough 4 8.1 miles13.1 km
- Milestone Peterborough Hotel A1m, Sure Hotel Collection 4 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Days Inn Peterborough 3 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Holiday Inn Peterborough West 4 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Orton Hall Hotel & Spa 4 8.8 miles14.1 km
Local points of interest
- Walcot Hall Estate 2.5 miles4 km
- Sawtry Abbey Historic site 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Lyveden New Bield Historic site 8.8 miles14.1 km
- London Road Stadium Stadium 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery Museum 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Must Farm Pile-dwelling Site Archaeological site 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Fengate Archaeological site 11.7 miles18.8 km
- Nene Park Stadium 12.9 miles20.8 km
- Spanhoe Wood Forest 13.9 miles22.3 km
- Burghley House Historic site 15.1 miles24.3 km