Your local site for information on the Cambridgeshire village of Isleham

Welcome to the Isleham Village web site

St Andrew's Church

The Village sign

Isleham is a rural fen land village lying in the south-east corner of Cambridgeshire in England. It is situated about 6 miles north east of Newmarket, and 8 miles from Ely, and is about 5 miles from Mildenhall.

Isleham has a population of about 2,200.

 

The village has 3 churches: High Street Baptist, Pound Lane Free Church and St. Andrews Church.

There are 6 shops in the village: a Co-op supermarket, a Chinese Takeaway , a general store, 2 hairdressers and a Post Office Stores.

There are 3 Public Houses The Rising Sun, The Griffin & The Merry Monk.

The Bowls club and Village Hall are available for private hire.

 

On the recreation ground are the cricket and football pitches, an all weather surface for tennis etc. and a childrens playground.

 

There is a pre-school playgroup and a primary school catering for four and a half to eleven year olds from Isleham & surrounding villages.

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Latest Council minutes added.................

Latest Nature Reserve minutes & action plan added, also a link to the Nature reserve Blog Spot for latest pictures, news & events .................

Many minor changes throughout the site. The events calendar is now also up & running & is available for all groups etc to have editing access, please contact the webmaster......

Organisations Clubs & Groups have now been all placed under one menu heading, As information grows each Group etc will be given their own page.....

Added the constitution for Friends of Isleham Nature Reserves.....

Details added above for the ICA / Galaday events & Isleham Society events updated.................

New photos added to the Gallery page.................

Gala Day 2010 photos & Social Centre afternoon tea photos added to the Gallery page.................

Latest Parish Council Agenda & minutes of previous meetings now available .................

The AWSA (All Weather Surface Area) [Multi-Use Games Area] will be closed from 31st August for approx 6-8 weeks due to being re-sited .................

A local couple Gill & Peter Pedersen have opened a new coffee bar  & chocolate shop in Cambridge ........