[1] Needingworth lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) east of Huntingdon and just west of the Prime Meridian.

For Needingworth the highest tier of local government is Cambridgeshire County Council which has administration buildings in Cambridge.

[5] Needingworth is part of the electoral division of Somersham and Earith[4] and is represented on the county council by one councillor.

[5] At Westminster Needingworth is in the parliamentary constituency of North West Cambridgeshire,[4] which is represented in the House of Commons by Shailesh Vara (Conservative).

There are also two pubs (not including the Ferry Boat Inn in Holywell) in Needingworth, The Pike and Eel and The Queen's Head.

There is a Church-of-England primary school, a village hall with bowls club and various good walks in the area.