Hamerton

Coordinates: 52°24′00″N 0°19′01″W / 52.4°N 0.317°W / 52.4; -0.317

Hamerton is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. Hamerton lies approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Huntingdon. Hamerton is in the civil parish of Hamerton and Steeple Gidding. Hamerton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. Hamerton Zoo is on the north side of the village. The village has a church dedicated to All Saints.

The civil parish of Hamerton and Steeple Gidding incorporates the nearby hamlet of Steeple Gidding, which has a 14th-century church St Andrew's, which is now redundant and preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust. Along with its nearby neighbour Great Gidding, Steeple Gidding forms part of a cluster of villages known as The Giddings.

Government

Hamerton is part of the civil parish of Hamerton and Steeple Gidding; it does not have a parish council but just holds an annual parish meeting.

Hamerton (surname)

Hamerton is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: