Alwalton

Alwalton

Infobox UK place
official_name= Alwalton
country= England
region= East of England
os_grid_reference= TL141960
latitude= 52.55
longitude= -0.32
post_town=
postcode_area=
postcode_district=
dial_code=
shire_county= Cambridgeshire
shire_district= Huntingdonshire
hide_services= Yes

Alwalton in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England is a village five miles to the west of Peterborough.

The village lies north west of Yaxley, overlooking the southern bank of the River Nene and close to the line of Ermine Street or the A1 road. Alwalton is a conservation area with a number of listed buildings, the most important of which are the Norman Church of St Andrew's and the Elizabethan Manor House.

The East of England showground lies to the south. The 240 acre site is used each June for the East of England Show and at other times for commercial exhibitions.

Sir Henry Royce (March 27 1863April 22 1933), co founder of Rolls-Royce, was born in the village and is buried in the churchyard.


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