Great Gidding

Coordinates: 52°26′02″N 0°21′29″W / 52.434°N 0.358°W / 52.434; -0.358

Great Gidding is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Great Gidding lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Huntingdon. Great Gidding is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. The village has a Church of England primary school, playing field, corner shop, village hall and several local businesses. There is one public house in the village, The Fox and Hounds. Surrounding towns and cities are Huntingdon, Oundle and Peterborough. It is a small village in the East of England, very rural and close to the A1 road.

In 1870 Great Gidding was described as

It had a population of 363 according to the 2011 census.

Government

Great and Little Gidding 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 six councillors. Council meetings are normally held on the third Tuesday of the month at the village hall.