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Monday 22nd March 2010

Places to go in Cambridgeshire

Enjoy a lazy afternoon sipping champagne in a chauffeured punt, take a stroll around Cambridge's historic colleges or spend an erudite day exploring the county's many museums. If none of the above floats your boat, you can get away from it all in Cambridgeshire's rolling countryside or go wild at Wicken Fen Nature Reserve.

Local attractions

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Image for Ferry Meadows Country Park

The huge Nene Park in Peterborough - of which Ferry Meadows is the focal point - occupies in all some 500 acres of …

  • Leisure attraction
Image for The Backs

'Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is there honey still for tea?' The famous lines from Rupert Brooke's …

  • Leisure attraction
Image for Cromwell Museum

Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon in 1599. After being educated at Hutingdon grammar school, now the site of …

  • Museum
Grafham Water Centre. © Bob Jones - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

This lovely waterside park offers things to do for all the family with cycle tracks and cycle hire, walking, …

  • Nature reserve
  • Visitor centre
Bird hide at Hinchingbrooke Country Park. © Gordon Brown - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Hinchingbroke Country Park consists of 170 acres of woodland, meadows and wetlands and is free of charge to …

  • Country park
Image for Houghton Mill

Houghton Mill lies midway between Huntingdon and St Ives in Cambridgeshire. It is owned by The National Trust and is …

  • Historic building
  • Leisure attraction

Enjoy a fifteen mile round trip through Nene Park. The Nene Valley Railway has all the sights and sounds of the …

  • Leisure attraction
Image for Paxton Pits Nature Reserve

Designated a Local Nature Reserve and a Site of Special Interest, Paxton Nature Reserve has around 4 miles of walks …

  • Nature reserve
St Ives bridge, © Adrian Perkins - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

The name St Ives is taken from the Persian bishop Ivo, who originally came to preach in East Anglia.It is believed …

  • Historic structure

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