Glatton

Coordinates: 52°27′36″N 0°18′07″W / 52.460°N 0.302°W / 52.460; -0.302

Glatton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Glatton lies approximately 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Peterborough, near to the villages of Conington, Yaxley and Stilton. Glatton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. A World War II airfield known as RAF Glatton was built nearby and is now known as Peterborough's Conington Airport. In 1881 Glatton had a male population of 126 and a female population of 123, making for a total population of 249.

In the 1870s, John Marius Wilson described Glatton as:

Government

As a civil parish, Glatton has a parish council. The parish council is elected by the residents of the parish who have registered on the electoral roll; the parish council is the lowest tier of government in England. A parish council is responsible for providing and maintaining a variety of local services including allotments and a cemetery; grass cutting and tree planting within public open spaces such as a village green or playing fields . The parish council reviews all planning applications that might affect the parish and makes recommendations to Huntingdonshire District Council, which is the local planning authority for the parish. The parish council also represents the views of the parish on issues such as local transport, policing and the environment. The parish council raises its own tax to pay for these services, known as the parish precept, which is collected as part of the Council Tax. The parish council consists of five councillors and it has a parish clerk. The parish council normally meets on a Wednesday, approximately 4–6 times a year.