North Cambridgeshire
North Cambridgeshire is a loosely defined area within eastern England. It serves as the area between The East Midlands and East Anglia, the northern area of the East Of England region, and often refers to the areas within Cambridgeshire which are north of Cambridge such as Huntingdonshire, The Fenland District, East Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.{{cn|date=April 2025}} It is considered to have a separate identity to South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge and even the rest of East Anglia.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Geography
North Cambridgeshire is placed geographically between The East Midlands and The East Of England, specifically the East Anglia area. Because of this, it is sometimes considered a transitional area due to its geographical location.{{Cite web |title=Proposals |url=https://cambridgenorth.co.uk/proposals |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=Cambridge North |language=en}} Unlike South Cambridgeshire, its geographical location aligns more with areas of The East Midlands, in contrast to South Cambridgeshire which aligns more with southern areas of The East Of England and even South East England.{{cn|date=April 2025}}
North Cambridgeshire is largely surrounded by The Fens, an area of low-lying marshland, to an even higher extent than some areas of East Anglia.{{Cite web |title=Fens {{!}} England, Map, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Fens |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}
Differences between North and South Cambridgeshire
There are few differences between North and South Cambridgeshire, ranging from relatively minor to extremely significant. For example, North Cambridgeshire is typically considered more deprived than South Cambridgeshire due to a variety of reasons including lower income, higher unemployment rate, lower levels of education and a greater concentration of lower-skilled jobs, with Peterborough particularly suffering from these issues and The Fenland District being seen as the most deprived area in Cambridgeshire.{{Cite news |date=2023-07-04 |title=Unemployment shows Cambridgeshire's 'north-south divide' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66096601 |access-date=2025-04-13 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Insight |first=Cambridgeshire |date=2025-04-02 |title=Indices of Deprivation |url=https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/173f128d-c36f-4c70-90cc-6c5aef4926ce/indices-of-deprivation2#:~:text=Four%20Fenland%20LSOAs%20are%20in,Cambridgeshire,%20Huntingdonshire%20then%20South%20Cambridgeshire. |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.data.gov.uk |language=en}} South Cambridgeshire, on the other hand, benefits from its proximity to Cambridge and has a more skilled workforce and higher earning potential.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} North Cambridgeshire is also more likely to be overlooked than South Cambridgeshire, again due to South Cambridgeshire’s proximity to Cambridge, and some people have argued this has resulted in a lot of problems such as a lack of improvement for issues facing North Cambridgeshire.{{Cite web |title=Greater Cambridge Shared Planning - Question 8 |url=https://cambridge.oc2.uk/document/forms/38242/3 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=cambridge.oc2.uk}} There are currently no plans to fix some issues between North Cambridgeshire and South Cambridgeshire.
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