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Black Horse Drove is a linear hamlet that lies Шаблон:Convert north-north-east of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England in the civil parish of Littleport . Black Horse Drove is located off the Ten Mile Bank, a long road which runs alongside the north-western bank of the river Great Ouse between Littleport and Southery in Norfolk.

Black Horse Drove is in the Fens and much of the village is around Шаблон:Convert below sea level.

The estimated population of Black Horse Drove in 2010 was 220 in 93 dwellings.[1]

Facilities

A Wesleyan chapel was built in 1843[2] and rebuilt in 1897 but it has now been converted to a private residence.

A school was built in Black Horse Drove c.1874 but due to overcrowding and its dangerous condition, a new school called the Coronation County Primary Junior and Infants School was built in 1937.[2] The old school was used as a community centre until 2008 when it was acquired by Littleport Parish Council and then refurbished. The community centre re-opened on 15 October 2011.[3]

The Black Horse public house was built c.1912 but has closed and is now a private residence.

In Black Horse Drove there is also a children's play area and a playing field.

Transport

There is a weekly bus service on Thursday mornings which leaves at 09:30 to Littleport, Prickwillow and Ely and returns at around 13:30

The nearest railway station is Шаблон:Convert away at Littleport.

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