Glatton, Cambridgeshire: Village Life beside a Wartime Airfield

Glatton is a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire, with roots reaching back before the Norman Conquest and a manor recorded in Domesday Book. In the 20th century the area gained wider significance through RAF Glatton, the wartime airfield whose site is now associated with Conington Airfield.
Population: 272 inhabitants (2021 census).
Distance: about 8 miles south-west of Peterborough.
Highlights: St Nicholas Church, village walks, the historic core with thatched cottages and the nearby aviation heritage of RAF Glatton.