Great Shelford
| Great Shelford | |
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 Village centre and post office |
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 Great Shelford
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| Great Shelford shown within Cambridgeshire | |
| Population | 4,233 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TL464521 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Cambridge |
| Postcode district | CB22 |
| Dialling code | 01223 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Great Shelford is a village located approximately four miles (6 km) to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. In 1850 Great Shelford parish contained 1,900 acres (7.7 km2) intersected by the river Cam. The population in 1841 was 803 people. By 2001, this had grown to 3,949 and by the Census 2011 to 4,233. The suburb was deemed Britain's twenty-second richest suburb by The Daily Telegraph in 2011.
Great Shelford is twinned with Verneuil-en-Halatte, in the Oise département of France. Trips to Verneuil-en-Halatte are run by the Shelford Twinning association President of the United States Barack Obama traced his ancestry to the village in 2009, bringing the village into the national media.
Great Shelford has a range of shops and services, including two public houses, two restaurants, a library, several estate agents, a barber, two banks, a building society, a chemist, a dentist, a solicitor, an accountant, a shoe shop, a delicatessen, a bakery and a garden centre. There is a monthly Farmers' Market. The villages of Great and Little Shelford are served by Shelford railway station on the line from Cambridge to London Liverpool Street. The old Great Shelford library was demolished and replaced by a new building which incorporates affordable housing by Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association.
A large country house in the village was used for a concert named 'The Tea Set' in October 1965, which featured performances from Pink Floyd, Jokers Wild and Paul Simon. The same house was also used as the location for the cover art of Pink Floyd's album Ummagumma.
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