Bar Hill
Parish in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.253, 0.021 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 38 63 |
| Population: | 4,032 |
| Dialling code: | 01954 (Madingley) |
Bar Hill is a small, modern village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, sitting on the fen-edge about six miles north‑west of Cambridge. It was largely developed in the mid‑20th century on former agricultural land, so the settlement has a deliberate, planned feel rather than a medieval core, and the surrounding landscape is relatively flat with easy access to local footpaths and open countryside.
The village has a compact centre of shops and community facilities, a primary school, sports amenities and a business/industrial estate that supplies local employment; many residents commute into Cambridge and along the A14 corridor. Socially it tends to be a mix of families and commuters with active local clubs and events that reflect its post‑war origins and community spirit.
Postcode districts covering Bar Hill
Most populated places nearby
- Cambridge 6 miles
- Bedford 22 miles
- Hitchin 24.3 miles
- Haverhill 21 miles
- Huntingdon 10.5 miles
- March 20.7 miles
- Newmarket 16.3 miles
- Kempston Hardwick 24.6 miles
- Kempston 23.9 miles
- Ely 14.5 miles
- Biggleswade 16.3 miles
- Royston 14 miles
Neighbouring places
- Bar Hill Built-up area 0 miles
- Dry Drayton Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Lolworth Parish 0.9 miles
- Boxworth Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Oakington and Westwick Parish 1.7 miles
- Oakington Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Madingley Parish 2.2 miles
- Longstanton Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Childerley Parish 2.4 miles
- Northstowe Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Hardwick Built-up area 3 miles
- Girton Built-up area 3.1 miles
Example postcodes in Bar Hill
CB23 8SW, CB23 8TQ, CB23 8BH, CB23 8SR, CB23 8TL, CB23 8SG, CB23 8ST, CB23 8ER, CB23 8EU … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 27 miles
- Luton Airport 30.9 miles
- Cambridge Railway Station 6.4 miles
- Waterbeach Railway Station 7.5 miles
Hotels near Bar Hill Ad
- Wilde Cambridge City Centre 4 5.1 miles
- The Regent Aparthotel 3 5.7 miles
- West Court- Jesus College 5.3 miles
- Turing Locke Cambridge 4 3.7 miles
- Cambridge Bar Hill Hotel 3.5 0.2 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Cambridge West Cambourne 3 4.4 miles
- Madingley Hall 5 2.2 miles
- Hyatt Centric Cambridge 4 3.7 miles
- The Fellows House Cambridge 4 5.1 miles
- Graduate by Hilton Cambridge 4 5.4 miles
Schools in Bar Hill
- Bar Hill Community Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Bridge Road Stadium 4 miles
- Trinity College College 5.2 miles
- University of Cambridge University 5.4 miles
- Grand Arcade Shopping centre 5.4 miles
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum 5.5 miles
- The Fitzwilliam Museum Museum 5.6 miles
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden Gardens 6.1 miles
- Abbey Stadium Stadium 6.3 miles
- Hayley Wood Forest 7.9 miles
- Wimpole Estate Estate 8.3 miles
- Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 12.1 miles
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 12.2 miles