Hardwick
Parish in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.207, 0.01 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 37 58 |
| Dialling code: | 01954 (Madingley) |
Hardwick is a small rural village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, set in an agricultural landscape of arable fields and hedgerowed lanes a short drive from Cambridge. The settlement has a compact historic core with traditional cottages and a parish church, and its quiet lanes, public footpaths and occasional remnants of old field boundaries give a strong sense of the area's long farming history.
Today the community mixes active local life with the pull of nearby towns: farming and small local businesses remain visible alongside residents who commute into Cambridge for work. Social and cultural life tends to centre on village gatherings, the church and the village hall, and the parish's conservation-minded feel and connectivity to countryside walks make it popular with people seeking a rural base within easy reach of city amenities.
Postcode districts covering Hardwick
Most populated places nearby
- Cambridge 5.3 miles
- Bedford 20.6 miles
- Stevenage 22.7 miles
- Bishop's Stortford 24.4 miles
- Hitchin 21.3 miles
- Haverhill 19.9 miles
- Huntingdon 12.2 miles
- March 23.8 miles
- Newmarket 17.1 miles
- Ampthill 24.9 miles
- Kempston Hardwick 22.9 miles
- Kempston 22.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Hardwick Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Caldecote Parish 1.3 miles
- Comberton Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Madingley Parish 1.6 miles
- Toft Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Highfields Caldecote Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Childerley Parish 1.8 miles
- Coton Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Dry Drayton Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Kingston Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Barton Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Harston & Comberton Ward 3 miles
Example postcodes in Hardwick
CB23 7WG, CB23 7XP, CB23 7QP, CB23 7QN, CB23 7XN, CB23 7QQ, CB23 7XX, CB23 7FP, CB23 7XG … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 24.2 miles
- Luton Airport 28 miles
- Cambridge Railway Station 5.5 miles
- Foxton Railway Station 6.4 miles
Hotels near Hardwick Ad
- Wilde Cambridge City Centre 4 4.6 miles
- The Regent Aparthotel 3 4.9 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Cambridge West Cambourne 3 3.5 miles
- West Court- Jesus College 4.8 miles
- Turing Locke Cambridge 4 3.4 miles
- Madingley Hall 5 1.7 miles
- Graduate by Hilton Cambridge 4 4.6 miles
- Hyatt Centric Cambridge 4 3.4 miles
- Hilton Cambridge City Centre 4 4.8 miles
- The Fellows House Cambridge 4 5 miles
Schools in Hardwick
- Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Trinity College College 4.6 miles
- University of Cambridge University 4.7 miles
- The Fitzwilliam Museum Museum 4.7 miles
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum 4.7 miles
- Grand Arcade Shopping centre 4.8 miles
- Bridge Road Stadium 5 miles
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden Gardens 5.1 miles
- Wimpole Estate Estate 5.2 miles
- Hayley Wood Forest 5.4 miles
- Abbey Stadium Stadium 6.1 miles
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 13.5 miles
- Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 13.9 miles