Cottenham

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Cottenham
All Saints' Church, Cottenham
Cottenham Location within Cambridgeshire
Population	6,095 (2011)
OS grid reference	TL450675
District	South Cambridgeshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CAMBRIDGE
Postcode district	CB24, CB25
Dialling code	01954
Police	Cambridgeshire
Fire	Cambridgeshire
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	South Cambridgeshire
List of places UK England Cambridgeshire 52°17′11″N 0°07′28″E / 52.2865°N 0.1244°E / 52.2865; 0.1244

Cottenham is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. Cottenham is one of the larger villages surrounding the city of Cambridge, located around five miles north of the city. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 6,095.^[1] Cottenham is one of a number of villages that make up the historical Fen Edge region in between Cambridge and Ely, which were originally settlements on the shore of the marshes close to the city of Cambridge, then an inland port.