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Baptist Chapel is on Fisher's Lane, and was created by a baptist community starting in 1843. They built an initial small chapel in 1870 which was then rebuilt into the current chapel in 1883. The Pastor is Nic Boyns, who took over from Rev. Paul Goddard in a multi-year handover period. The church
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Cherry Hinton C of E Primary School is situated on the High Street just next to the level crossing and near to St Andrew's church. In
September 2011, the school changed from an Infant School for children aged between 3 and 7 years to a Primary School for 3- to 11-year-old children. It is a Church
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County Council for Local Government Services although the easternmost parts are managed by South Cambs District Council. Recent parliamentary boundary changes place most of the village in South Cambs parliamentary constituency, changing a decades-long association with the city.
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charity shop, a barber, a hairdresser, Dorrington's Bakery, two pharmacies, a craft shop, two Indian restaurants, a dry cleaners, two Indian market/food shops, two turf accountants and a post office.
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