There are two distinct parts to Huntingdonshire, one part with hills and valleys that are the quintessential image of English countryside (the southern and western areas) and the other part being the flat countryside of The Fens (the northern and eastern areas) which has many picturesque villages. Huntingdonshire is a very small county, with only Rutland being smaller, and is now administered by Cambridgeshire County Council.

Huntingdonshire was also the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell