Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, in the East of England, covering an area of river valley and fenland. It includes the market towns of Huntingdon, St Neots, St Ives and Ramsey, plus smaller parishes such as Godmanchester and Brampton. The River Great Ouse runs through the district, carving channels and forming gravel terraces that shape land use and settlement. To the north the landscape opens into fen country around Ramsey and the district contains stretches of arable farmland and pasture.

Huntingdonshire retains a long history of market trade and transport. Huntingdon is the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell and the town contains a museum with local archival material. St Neots sits on the East Coast Main Line, providing direct rail services to Peterborough and London, and St Ives fronts the Great Ouse with several river crossings and waterside streets. The local economy combines farming, small manufacturing and commuter housing; parish councils and the district authority manage planning, flood defences and conservation of the river corridors.