Thorney, Cambridgeshire
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Thorney is a village in the Peterborough unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Located around eight miles (13 km) east of Peterborough city centre, on the A47.
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Old Post Office, Thorney | |
Location within Cambridgeshire | |
Population | 2,401 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TF342039 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PETERBOROUGH |
Postcode district | PE6 |
Dialling code | 01733 |
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Historically in the Isle of Ely, Thorney was transferred to the short-lived county of Huntingdon and Peterborough in 1965 and became part of the Peterborough district in 1974, on the merger into Cambridgeshire; the city became a unitary authority area in 1998.