Alconbury is a village in the English county of Cambridgeshire. Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ...

A Weeping Willow in Alconbury, taken from across Alconbury Brook

It is in the district of Huntingdonshire and gives its name to RAF Alconbury. It is near to the point where a major north/south road, the A1, crosses a (rare) major east/west road, the A14. As of 2005 there are proposals to convert the airfield (now redundant) into a freight-only commercial airport to benefit from these surface links. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (578x770, 574 KB) Summary A Weeping Willow tree in Alconbury, UK. Taken by User:Lan3y. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (578x770, 574 KB) Summary A Weeping Willow tree in Alconbury, UK. Taken by User:Lan3y. ... Species About 350, including: Salix acutifolia - Violet Willow Salix alaxensis - Alaska Willow Salix alba - White Willow Salix alpina - Alpine Willow Salix amygdaloides - Peachleaf Willow Salix arbuscula - Mountain Willow Salix arbusculoides - Littletree Willow Salix arctica - Arctic Willow Salix atrocinerea Salix aurita - Eared Willow Salix babylonica - Peking Willow Salix bakko Salix barrattiana... Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a part of England around Huntingdon, which is currently administered as a local government district of Cambridgeshire. ... RAF Alconbury is a USAF installation near Alconbury and Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire in the UK. It is home to a small support squadron. ... Sign at Junction 1 of the A1(M) at South Mimms in Hertfordshire The A1 is the longest numbered road in the UK at 409 miles (658 km) long. ... The A14 is a major road in England, running from the Port of Felixstowe to the junction of the M1 and M6 motorways near Rugby. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Airport (disambiguation). ...

The village has its own parish council of 11 members, neighbourhood watch group, cricket club, football teams, several pubs, doctor's surgery, post office and houses the local MP.

There are several annual events held including The Midsummer Fun Fair, The NHW Summer Fête and The Dame Norma Major charity cricket match.

Alconbury is also home to the controversial research laboratory, Huntingdon Life Sciences. Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) is a contract animal-testing company founded in 1952 in England, now with facilities in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire and Eye, Suffolk in the UK; New Jersey in the U.S.; and in Japan. ...

Alconbury also has its own group on social networking site Facebook. Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto Facebook is a social networking website which was launched on February 4, 2004. ...

External links

• Alconbury Parish Council
• Cricket Club
• Manor House Hotel
• Alconbury Bed and Breakfast
• The significance of its location
• 1831 description
• grid reference TL188760

Coordinates: 52.36918° N 0.25651° W The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...