Hinxton
Hinxton is a village in South Cambridgeshire, England.
| Hinxton | |
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Village centre: memorial cross, mini-library in a red telephone box, and the parish church | |
Hinxton Location within Cambridgeshire | |
| Population | 320 |
| OS grid reference | TL496450 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SAFFRON WALDEN |
| Postcode district | CB10 |
| Dialling code | 01799 |
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The River Cam runs through the village, as does the Cambridge to Liverpool Street railway, though the village has no station. Hinxton parish's southern boundaries form the border between Cambridgeshire and Essex. The village is five miles (8 km) north-west of Saffron Walden and nine miles (14 km) south of Cambridge. The 2001 population was 315.
Hinxton is the home of the Wellcome Genome Campus, which includes the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the European Bioinformatics Institute.
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