Great Gransden was first mentioned in AD 973 when the land of Grantedene was endowed to Thorney Abbey by Aethelwold, Bishop of Winchester.  It is now a residential village set in a wooded hollow in the south-east corner of the District with social and recreational amenities that include a village hall, thriving school, children's play area, Post Office store, recreation ground, floodlit synthetic multi-activity sports area and facilities for cricket, football, tennis and bowls.  Its older centre is quite charming with period cottages grouped around the church which is dated from the 15th Century although its tower dates from about 1390.  Features of note include a pulpit of 1600 and a rare clock whose chiming mechanism is said to date from 1683.  In addition there is a windmill, said to be the oldest post mill in England.  The village has one pub - The Crown and Cushion.  The well-known Gransden Show is held on the last Saturday of September.