Holme
Parish in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.482, -0.214 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 21 88 |
| Population: | 636 |
| Dialling code: | 01733 (Peterborough) |
The village and civil parish of Holme sits in the historic district of Huntingdonshire within Cambridgeshire, in eastern England, a low-lying fenland community a few miles west of Peterborough. It is best known for Holme Fen National Nature Reserve, a surviving remnant of the old peat bogs with the famous carved marker, the Holme Post, and an area that includes the lowest land point in Great Britain, which draws birdwatchers and naturalists.
The landscape and local economy have been shaped by 19th-century drainage and peat extraction, leaving fertile arable fields criss-crossed by ditches and drains; today agriculture, a handful of small businesses and commuting to nearby towns predominate. The parish retains a quiet, close-knit rural character with lanes and a few historic buildings that reflect its fenland past.
Postcode districts covering Holme
Most populated places nearby
- Peterborough 7 miles
- Cambridge 24.4 miles
- Kettering 21.6 miles
- Kettering Town 21.8 miles
- Corby 19.9 miles
- Wellingborough 24 miles
- Rushden 21.1 miles
- Wisbech 20.4 miles
- Spalding 21 miles
- Huntingdon 10 miles
- March 13.5 miles
- Stamford 16.6 miles
Neighbouring places
- Holme Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Conington Parish 2.3 miles
- Ramsey St. Mary's Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Yaxley Built-up area 3 miles
- Wood Walton Parish 3.1 miles
- Stilton Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Stilton, Folksworth & Washingley Ward 3.6 miles
- Denton and Caldecote Parish 3.8 miles
- Farcet Built-up area 3.9 miles
- Hampton Vale Ward 4 miles
- Glatton Built-up area 4.1 miles
- Folksworth Built-up area 4.2 miles
Example postcodes in Holme
PE7 3PT, PE7 3PQ, PE7 3XZ, PE7 3PH, PE7 3RL, PE7 3PJ, PE26 2SX, PE26 2SU, PE7 3QX … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 42.5 miles
- Stansted Airport 45.4 miles
- Whittlesea Railway Station 6.2 miles
- Peterborough Railway Station 6.6 miles
Hotels near Holme Ad
- The Bell Inn, Stilton, Cambridgeshire 4 3.2 miles
- Milestone Hotel Peterborough, A1M, Norman Cross 4 3.5 miles
- Park Inn by Radisson Peterborough Hotel 3 6.2 miles
- Dragonfly Hotel Peterborough 3 6.5 miles
- The Mileston Hotel by Best Western 3 3.5 miles
- Dog and castle 4.9 miles
- Days Inn by Wyndham Peterborough 2.5 5.2 miles
- Florence Coach-House Retreat Parking Wifi 4 4.1 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Peterborough 3 6.5 miles
- Premier Inn Peterborough - Hampton 3 4.6 miles
Schools in Holme
- Holme C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Sawtry Abbey Historic site 3.9 miles
- Must Farm Pile-dwelling Site Archaeological site 5.3 miles
- London Road Stadium Stadium 5.8 miles
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 5.9 miles
- Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery Museum 6.3 miles
- Fengate Archaeological site 7 miles
- Walcot Hall Estate 8.2 miles
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 10.3 miles
- Lyveden New Bield Historic site 14.4 miles
- Burghley House Historic site 14.9 miles
- Ouse Washes Nature reserve 16.5 miles
- Spanhoe Wood Forest 17.6 miles