Fenland District

Fenland District
Non-metropolitan district
March town centre
Fenland shown within Cambridgeshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Cambridgeshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	March
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Fenland District Council
Area
• Total	210.99 sq mi (546.45 km2)
• Rank	72nd (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	103,035
• Rank	234th (of 296)
• Density	490/sq mi (190/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 95.9% White 1.4% Mixed 1.2% Asian 0.8% Black 0.7% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 52.1% Christianity 39.9% no religion 7.3% other 0.7% Islam
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	12UD (ONS) E07000010 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TL417969

Fenland District Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district
Leadership
Chair	Nick Meekins, Conservative since 22 May 2023[2]
Leader	Chris Boden, Conservative since 23 May 2019
Chief Executive	Paul Medd since October 2011
Structure
Seats	43 councillors[3]
Political groups	Administration (35)   Conservative (35) Other parties (8)   Independent (6)   Liberal Democrats (2)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	2027
Meeting place
Fenland Hall, County Road, March, PE15 8NQ
Website
www.fenland.gov.uk

Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. It was historically part of the Isle of Ely. The district covers around 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) of mostly agricultural land in the extremely flat Fens. The council is based in March. Other towns include Chatteris, Whittlesey and Wisbech.

Since 2017 the district has been a constituent member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, led by the directly-elected Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.^[4]

The neighbouring districts are East Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough, South Holland and King's Lynn and West Norfolk.