Thorney, Cambridgeshire

Thorney
Old Post Office, Thorney
Thorney Location within Cambridgeshire
Population	2,401 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TF342039
Unitary authority	Peterborough
Ceremonial county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PETERBOROUGH
Postcode district	PE6
Dialling code	01733
UK Parliament	Peterborough
List of places UK England Cambridgeshire 52°37′18″N 0°06′21″W / 52.62179°N 0.10595°W / 52.62179; -0.10595

Thorney is a village in the Peterborough unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Located around eight miles (13 km) east of Peterborough city centre, on the A47.

Historically in the Isle of Ely, Thorney was transferred to the short-lived county of Huntingdon and Peterborough in 1965 and became part of the Peterborough district in 1974, on the merger into Cambridgeshire; the city became a unitary authority area in 1998.