page_title: Coton, Cambridgeshire
section_title: The village today
hierarchical_section_title: Coton, Cambridgeshire / The village today
caption_attribution_description: English: Coton Countryside Reserve pond in September 2017.
context_page_description: Coton is a small village and civil parish about three miles west of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England and about the same distance east of the Prime Meridian. It is in the district of South Cambridgeshire. The parish covers an area of 392 hectares. In the 2001 census it had a population of 773, with approximately 336 dwellings and 322 households. The population at the 2011 census was 910.
context_section_description: In addition to its church, Coton has a primary school, a restaurant-pub (The Plough), a garden centre containing a post office, farm shop and cafe, football, cricket and bowls clubs, and a British Women's Institute group as well as other local clubs. The well-known Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial is situated on the Coton stretch of Madingley Road. In recent years the Village Hall of Coton has been extended and refurbished, thanks to fundraising activities by local residents and the management of the village hall committee. It is now active, hosting computer workshops, produce sales and local clubs, and becomes the village local cinema on Wednesdays each month. Coton Orchard, planted in 1922, produces mainly apple juice, supplying a number of Cambridge colleges.
  The Coton Footpath is a recreational cycle or walk from Cambridge to Coton. It begins in the city centre, crossing the River Cam, passing alongside the University's West Cambridge site south of Madingley Road, then crossing the M11 motorway, bypassing Coton Orchard and terminating at the village recreation ground. On the roads and gardens around Coton it is often possible to see muntjac deer. The current concern in the village is the siting of a new proposed busway, and Park and Ride facility, and meetings are underway with the Cambridgeshire planners.
caption: Coton Countryside Reserve pond
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