Benwick

Also known as Benwick, Cambridgeshire

Benwick is a village and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England in the historic Isle of Ely. It is approximately from Peterborough and from Cambridge. The population of Benwick was recorded as 1137 in the United Kingdom Census 2011 with 452 households. The River Nene (Old Course) (part of the Middle Level Navigations) passes through the village, which is thus accessible by boat from the inland waterways network in England. ==History==

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Place details

Locality: Fenland
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.static_image_name: Benwick2.jpg
UK place.official_name: Benwick
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.os_grid_reference: TL341909
UK place.post_town: March
UK place.postcode_district: PE15
UK place.postcode_area: PE
UK place.dial_code: 01354
UK place.shire_county: Cambridgeshire
UK place.shire_district: Fenland
UK place.civil_parish: Benwick
UK place.population: 1137
UK place.population_ref: (2011 Census)

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Wikidata facts

Population: 638
Official website: www.benwickparishcouncil.btck.co.uk
Image: Benwick2.jpg
Dialing code: 01354

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Commons category: Benwick
postal code: PE15
OS grid reference: TL341909
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History
Listed buildings in Benwick
1989 A-10 Thunderbolt crash
Governance
Religion
Demography
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The settlement's name is derived from the Old English bean or beam, and wic, meaning "farm where beans are grown" or "farm by a tree-trunk." Benwick's High Street is built on a roddon; the silt banks of the old West Water river.