Welcome to Huntingdon

The birth place of Oliver Cromwell

 

A fabulous photograph of Huntingdon Market Place by Geoff Soden of Paramotors UK

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Huntingdon is an important bridge-head where the A1, the Great North Road, crosses the River Great Ouse near to Hinchingbrooke House once home to both the Cromwell's and then the Montagu's, The Earls of Sandwich, where in 1660 Samuel Pepys was secretary to Edward Montagu, so Huntingdon was no stranger to politics when John Major became the youngest Prime Minister of the 20th Century.

Huntingdon is one of the five principle towns in the District of Huntingdonshire, the others being St Ives, St Neots (the largest town in the County of Cambridgeshire), Ramsey site of the former Abbey and the Roman town of Godmanchester located just across the River Great Ouse from Huntingdon. We are also constructing Huntingdonshire Parish websites for Oldhurst and Woodhurst villages

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Are you running an event in Huntingdon in 2009?

If you are, then you may use the link just below and add the details directly into the Huntingdon Event Diary.