Fenland District

Fenland District Council
Fenland District Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district
Leadership
Chair	Nick Meekins, ; Conservative ; since 22 May 2023
Leader	Chris Boden, ; Conservative ; since 23 May 2019
Chief Executive	Paul Medd ; since October 2011
Structure
Seats	43 councillors
Political groups	Administration Conservative (35) Other parties Independent (6) Liberal Democrats (2)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	2027
Meeting place
	Fenland Hall, County Road, March, PE15 8NQ
Website
	www.fenland.gov.uk

Fenland District
Fenland District
Non-metropolitan district
	March town centre
	Fenland shown within Cambridgeshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Cambridgeshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	March
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Fenland District Council
Area
• Total	210.99 sq mi (546.45 km2)
• Rank	72nd (of 296)
Population (2021)
• Total	102,742
• Rank	233rd (of 296)
• Density	490/sq mi (190/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 95.9% White ; 1.4% Mixed ; 1.2% Asian ; 0.8% Black ; 0.7% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 52.1% Christianity ; 39.9% no religion ; 7.3% other ; 0.7% Islam ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	12UD (ONS); E07000010 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TL417969

Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. It was historically part of the Isle of Ely. The district covers around 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) of mostly agricultural land in the extremely flat Fens. The council is based in March. Other towns include Chatteris, Whittlesey and Wisbech.

Since 2017 the district has been a constituent member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, led by the directly-elected Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

The neighbouring districts are East Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough, South Holland and King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

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