Haslingfield is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, about four and a half miles south-west of Cambridge city centre as the crow flies. The parish borders Barton to the north, Grantchester and Hauxton to the north-east, Harston to the south-east, Barrington to the south and Harlton to the west.
The 2021 Census recorded about 1,550 people living in the parish. The village sits on the spring line at the foot of a chalk ridge that separates it from Barrington. The old village forms a rough oblong of lanes around High Street, which runs east from the parish church.
South of the village the ground climbs sharply to a hilltop at about 215 feet. The road running south over the ridge towards Barrington is called Chapel Hill. In the Middle Ages a chapel of St Mary stood on the summit by the Barrington road. It is first recorded in 1432, and until the Reformation pilgrimages were made to the image of the Virgin there at Easter. No remains of it survived by 1969.
Money Hill forms the eastern end of the ridge. Its barrow cemetery of about 11 ring ditches, representing burial mounds probably of Bronze Age date, was scheduled as an ancient monument in October 2025. The village lies at the eastern end of the ancient Mare Way, a trackway thought to run along the chalk ridge, which descends the hill past Money Hill.
In 1541 Dr Thomas Wendy, physician to Henry VIII, bought the manor of Scales in Haslingfield and set about acquiring the parish's other manors. Historic England records that the hall was built for him soon after. Queen Elizabeth I spent a night at Haslingfield Hall on her way to Cambridge in 1564.
The house was uninhabited after 1714 and most of it was demolished in the early 19th century. A chimney-piece dated 1555 and an ornate staircase from the house were later re-erected at Bourn Hall. The surviving part, now called Haslingfield Manor, is listed Grade II*. Historic England describes it as two bays of an H-plan mansion built in the mid 16th century. The moated site, with the remains of its formal garden, a bridge, the park wall and a gateway, is a scheduled monument.
Haslingfield has always been one of the most populous parishes in its hundred, the old local division of the county. Before the Norman Conquest the king held an estate of seven hides here, and the Domesday Book of 1086 records 81 inhabitants. In 1377, 271 people paid the poll tax. The parish was farmed in three open fields until it was inclosed under an Act of 1810, with the award made in 1815.
Coprolites (fossil phosphate used as fertiliser) were dug in the parish between the 1860s and 1880s. The village suffered severe distress after the 1870s, and wages fell further after the coprolite market collapsed around 1884. In 1900 the estate was sold to John Chivers, the jam manufacturer, who split it up, and by the 1930s much of the hilltop was covered with orchards.
The population rose from 387 in 1801 to 871 in 1871, fell to 520 by 1901, and had recovered to 855 by 1961. The Bedford to Cambridge railway, opened in 1862, crossed the north of the parish, with Lord's Bridge station in its north-western corner. By 1969 the track had been removed, and in 1971 the old line was being converted to carry mobile telescope aerials for the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, which had stood across the parish boundary with Harlton since 1957. In 1934 the parish gained 375 acres of Trumpington lying east of the river.
The centre of the village was designated a conservation area in January 1975. The parish has 52 listed buildings on Historic England's list: one at Grade I, one at Grade II* and 50 at Grade II.
All Saints' Church is listed Grade I. Historic England dates its chancel to 12th-century origins, altered in the 14th century, which is also the date of the nave and the north and south aisles. The west tower dates from about 1400, and the architect William Fawcett carried out a major restoration between 1875 and 1879. The chancel contains 17th-century monuments to the Wendy family, including one put up in 1619 by Sir William Wendy to his father Thomas, and one to Sir Thomas Wendy, whose statue stands in a classical niche.
Haslingfield Manor, the surviving part of Haslingfield Hall, is listed Grade II*.
The Dovecote at 29 High Street is listed Grade II. Historic England dates it to about 1650; it is now a house.
Haslingfield Parish Council began work on a Neighbourhood Plan for the parish in June 2023.
Haslingfield Endowed Primary School on High Street is a voluntary controlled school for children from Reception to Year 6. Ofsted last inspected the school in March 2023, and the full report is available on the Ofsted website. A schoolmaster is recorded in the village from 1601, and Simon Ertman, by his will dated 1658, left £400 for the maintenance of a schoolmaster.
Haslingfield has no secondary school of its own. Its catchment secondary school has been Comberton Village College. Catchment areas can change, so families should confirm current arrangements with Cambridgeshire County Council admissions.
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Haslingfield's older homes include several houses from the 17th century, a time of much new building in the village. The village grew substantially in the 1960s with bungalows, other private housing and a council estate.
HM Land Registry recorded 36 standard residential sales in Haslingfield between October 2024 and August 2026. The median price was £541,000. Of those sales, 15 were detached houses, 14 semi-detached and 7 terraced, with prices ranging from £248,500 to £1,850,000. Because the mix of homes sold varies from year to year, these figures give a general picture rather than a precise valuation.
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Haslingfield is about four and a half miles south-west of Cambridge city centre in a straight line.
No. The nearest station in a straight line is Foxton, just over two miles to the south, with Great Northern trains to Cambridge and London King's Cross. Cambridge South, which opened in June 2026, is about three and a half miles to the north-east.
The centre of the village has been a conservation area since January 1975. The parish has 52 listed buildings on Historic England's list, including All Saints' Church at Grade I and Haslingfield Manor at Grade II*.
Haslingfield Endowed Primary School takes children from Reception to Year 6. The catchment secondary school has been Comberton Village College; please confirm current catchment with Cambridgeshire County Council.
