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Welcome to Buckdenand the hamlets of Stirtloe and Hardwick
The Gatehouse of the former Bishop's Palace known as Buckden Towers
The village of Buckden is a pleasant village and much quieter since it has been by-passed from the main A1, the Great North Road, to which the village probably owes its existence. The Bishop of Lincoln's former palace, known as Buckden Towers, has bee restored and is now in use by a Roman Catholic community who have built a church in modern style in the grounds which matches remarkably well with the medieval brick tower and gatehouse. There are two historic coaching inns, a fine Manor House and an interesting parish church in the village and a number of shops serving the local community. Buckden is one of the parishes of the District of Huntingdonshire, whose administrative centre is Huntingdon, the other principle towns being St Ives home of the Chapel on the Bridge, St Neots the largest town in the County of Cambridgeshire, the Roman town of Godmanchester and Ramsey site of the former Abbey. THINK BUCKDEN!Use your local shops or you'll lose your local shops!Now, more than ever, YOU need to support your local shops and where possible buy locally made or locally grown products. If you don't you'll loose the opportunity for a very long time and the town will loose lots of jobs. If you manage a local business or other local organisation, then see what we can do to help: Commercial site membership from £25 per yearAllows you to manage on-line your business and contact details, trading times, pictures, news, events and some of your products... Non-profit organisations - membership is FREEMore informationLatest Local NewsThe news items in the green boxes below have been recently entered by site members
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News Date: 01/09/2010 11:03
Are you organising an event in Buckden?If you are, then you may use the link just below and add the details directly into the Huntingdonshire Event Diary. Forthcoming Events in or around BuckdenHow to add a new eventOut of the Parish Event DRAMA WORKSHOPSEvent venue - Black Theatre @ St Ivo Leisure Centre From 06/09/2010 19:30 until 06/10/2010 21:30 Out of the Parish Event Huntingdon Farmers MarketEvent venue - Huntingdon Market Place From 10/09/2010 08:00 until 10/09/2010 16:00 Out of the Parish Event St Neots Farmers MarketEvent venue - St Neots Market Place From 11/09/2010 08:00 until 11/09/2010 13:00 Out of the Parish Event Fen Time TravellersEvent venue - Ramsey Heights Nature Reserve From 12/09/2010 11:00 until 12/09/2010 16:00 Heritage Day 2010Event venue - Buckden TowersFrom 12/09/2010 13:00 until 12/09/2010 17:00 More forthcoming events in Buckdenv
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