Welcome to Fen Drayton
CLICK FOR 2021 CENSUS DATAIntroduction
Fen Drayton is a small village between Cambridge and St. Ives in Cambridgeshire, England, and between the villages of Fenstanton and Swavesey. The village has a primary school, village hall, tennis courts and football fields, where Drayton Lions Football Club play their home matches, and a pub (The Three Tuns). The church (a Church of England) is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. The village is close to the A14 and the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, and is on National Cycle Route 51. According to the 2001 census, it is home to 827 people, living in some 329 dwellings. The population was nearly entirely white (99.3%), with 0.4% Asian/Asian British, and 0.4% of mixed ethnicity. 71.5% of the population were Christian, compared to 1.1% listed under 'other religion' (27.4% claimed 'no religion' or did not state a religion). The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census is 856Much of the working population commutes to work in one of the larger towns or cities nearby; however, there are also a number of farms in the village, some still active. The village was one of 20 Land Settlement Association sites established in the 1930s to provide small holdings (around 5 acres of land each) for the growing of salad crops. When the scheme was wound up in 1983, Fen Drayton Growers was established as a cooperative to manage sales from the remaining growers. This was wound up in the 1990s, and most former holdings in the village are no longer productive sites.
Parish Information
Parish statistics
Area |
603 hectares |
|---|---|
Population |
884 (2021) |
Density |
147 people/km2 |
Mean age |
40.0 |
Ward |
Swavesey |
District |
South Cambridgeshire |
Postcodes |
CB24 |
ONS ID |
E04001783 |
Council
Contact details for Fen Drayton Parish Council, including current councillors, precept data and election results.
Education
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Business
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Planning
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Property
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Heritage
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