Bar Hill is a purpose-built village with a population of 4,000 about 4 miles (7 km) northwest of Cambridge, England on the A14 road, just east of the Prime Meridian.

A 350-acre parcel of land was purchased from Chivers Ltd. in the parish of Dry Drayton in 1959, and a village was planned of a self-contained community of approximately 1,200 residences, all leasehold, located in closes on the interior of an outer ring road.

[2] In the face of opposition from nearby Cambridge City Council, the plan was approved in 1964, building work started in 1965, and the first residents arrived in May 1967.

The village's original supermarket closed in 1976 but was replaced in 1977 by a very large branch of Tesco, accompanied by an extensive car park.

[5] The village has a shopping mall (with a large Tesco Extra supermarket as anchor store), library (in which a post office is also located), primary school, multi-denominational church (rebuilt in 1991[6]) and a pub called The Fox.

As of 2024, Bar Hill’s Hotel is currently being used to house a maximum of 272 people who have arrived in England after crossing the English Channel by boat.