Isleham is a rural fen land village lying in the south-east corner of Cambridgeshire in England. It is situated about 6 miles north east of Newmarket, and 8 miles from Ely, and is about 5 miles from Mildenhall. Isleham has a population of about 2,200.
The village has 3 churches: High Street Baptist, Pound Lane Free Church and St. Andrews Church.
There are 5 shops in the village: a Co-op supermarket, a Chinese Takeaway, 2 hairdressers and a Post Office Stores.
There are 3 Public Houses The Rising Sun, The Griffin & The Merry Monk.
The Bowls club and Village Hall are available for private hire.
On the recreation ground are the cricket and football pitches, an all weather surface for tennis etc. and a
childrens playground. There is a pre-school playgroup and a primary school catering for four and a half
to eleven year olds from Isleham & surrounding villages.
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17/05/12 Isleham Society events programme now updated
13/05/12 Becken Family Farm Funday & Craft Fair details added
09/05/12 New look website uploaded
23/04/12 Parish council minutes updated
03/04/12 Parish Council & minutes updated
01/04/12 Added Panto Cast 2012 Gallery
21/03/12 Added a link to AskSARA on the Help pages
10/03/12 Vernon Place book signing & Becken Yard / Table top sale added
05/03/12 Events updated with Panto details& latest Isleham Society event
29/02/12 Gala Festival dates on the calender. Elgar’s 'The Dream of Gerontius' Saturday 31st March 2012, 7.30pm
Ely Cathedral added to non village events
07/02/12 Parish Council “Parish Meeting” date set for 30th April 2012 7.30pm at the Village Hall added.
Gala Day Committee details added to the Organisations page
Isleham society meeting 16th Feb added to the events page
02/02/12 Isleham Twinning a social evening at the Griffin on 7th Feb & Fun Lotto at the Social centre on
28th March added. ICS news added to the events page.
20/01/12 Public meeting notice for the New Community Centre on 30th Jan 7.30pm
13/01/12 Isleham Gardeners 2012 Events now published
08/01/12 Added Isleham Society event .....................
06/01/12 Added new Links & also a Football page .....................
16/12/11 Parish Council Agendas & Minutes updated .....................
03/12/11 Added Becken Christmas Fayre & Festival of Light on the events page .....................
15/11/11 Added a link for “Walk 4 Life” .....................
15/11/11 For all local non emergency calls to the police ring 101 .....................
05/11/11 New events added & Parish Council minutes updated.....................
04/11/11 New Parish Council Web Blog now up & running, follow the link
For a full page version go to www.isleham-village.co.uk/blog1
04/11/11 New Gardeners Web Blog now up & running, follow the link .........
For a full page version go to www.isleham-village.co.uk/blog2
24/10/11 New Recycling centre to open at Witchford.........
24/10/11 Vacancies at the “Lady Frances Peyton Almshouse charity” applications sought from qualifying people .
18/10/11 Quality copies of the “Isleham Angel” are now available to purchase direct from this website via Pay Pal
18/10/11 'WRECKERS' ANNOUNCES UK PREMIERE AT THE LONDON FILM FESTIVAL!!
05/10/11 Becken charity events for 26th November & 9th December added to the events page & the calender............
21/09/11 Cambridge Clarinet Choir in concert Wednesday 15th October at St Andrews church details on the events page ............
12/09/11 Murder at the Lark. 8th October. An evening of fine dining, mystery & murder put on by the PTA
12/09/11 Busy Bees advert updated & BECKen charity car treasure Hunt on the 25th September.
24/08/11 Bank Holiday open weekend at the Church Social Centre with refreshments, tombola, grand draw on Saturday then on Sunday a FUNDAY with cream teas, game stalls, crafts, treasure Hunt results, pimms and beer, hot dogs. 1 - 4pm Something for the whole family!