Alwalton

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Coordinates: 52°33′N 0°19′W / 52.55°N 0.32°W / 52.55; -0.32

Alwalton
Alwalton weir on the Nene
Alwalton  Alwalton shown within Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference	TL141960
District	Huntingdonshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Peterborough
Police	Cambridgeshire
Fire	Cambridgeshire
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire

Alwalton is a village in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire) in the United Kingdom, five miles (8 km) to the west of the city of Peterborough.

The village lies north west of Yaxley, overlooking the southern bank of the River Nene and close to the line of Ermine Street or the A1 road. Alwalton is a conservation area with a number of listed buildings, the most important of which are the Norman Church of St Andrew's and the Elizabethan Manor House.

The East of England Showground lies to the south of the village. The 240-acre (0.97 km²) site is used each June for the East of England Show and at other times for commercial exhibitions.

Sir Henry Royce (March 27, 1863–April 22, 1933), co founder of Rolls-Royce, was born in the village and his ashes is buried in St. Andrews Church where a plaque can be seen on the wall as well on a spot on the floor where beneath his ashes were buried in an urn. Interesting to know is, that his urn was originally buried in 1933 beneath a statue of him at the Rolls-Royce works in Derby but in 1937 his urn was removed from there and was brought to Alwalton.

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