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Cambridgeshire - Castles, Cathedrals,
Monuments,
Stately Homes & Palaces
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Since the stone age, man has been
creating majestic structures that we still marvel at
today.
Whether you are interested in ancient monuments,
battlefield sites, re-enactments,
Roman and Norman forts and castles, Stately Homes, Country Houses, Historic
Cathedrals, Ruined Abbeys etc, this is the page that
should give you the information you need.
Here we try to list properties in
private ownership but open to the public (even if only
occasionally) as well as those in the care of the
National Trust or English/Scottish Heritage.
We know that not all the
properties in Cambridgeshire are listed.
Please help us
make this guide comprehensive by giving details of
missing attractions
here.
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Houghton Mill
Houghton, nr Huntingdon, PE28 2AZ
Tel: 01480 301494 Fax: 01480
469641
E-mail:
houghtonmill@nationaltrust.org.uk
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Large 17th-century
timber-built watermill.
The five-storey weather boarded mill is set on
an island in the Great Ouse and has intact
machinery which is still operational.
Milling takes place on Sundays and Bank
Holiday Mondays, with the flour for sale.
An art gallery exhibits work by local artists
and photographers.
The riverside meadows offer marvellous walks. |
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Houghton Mill Houghton -
Photo:
Stuart Buchan
CCL |
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Longthorpe Tower
Thorpe Road, Longthorpe, Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire, PE1 1HA
Tel: 01733 268482
E-mail:
customers@english-heritage.org.uk
Web:
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Opens on a Saturday between 1 Jul - 31 Aug, from
12pm - 5pm.
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ELY CATHEDRAL
Chapter House, The College, Ely, Cambs, CB7 4DL
Tel: 01353 667735 Fax:
01353 665658
E-mail:
receptionist@cathedral.ely.anglican.org
Web:
www.cathedral.ely.anglican.org
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Visit one of
Britain’s most enchanting Cathedrals which was
recently acknowledged as one of the top 20 must
see buildings in the UK by international travel
publishers Dorling Kindersley.
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Historically referred to as ‘The Ship of the
Fens’, this beautiful medieval building featured
as one of the key film locations for Elizabeth:
The Golden Age and The Other Boleyn Girl. Daily
tours around the Cathedral feature an insight
into some of the oldest inhabited monastic
buildings in the UK. Other tours include the
world famous Octagon tower and the 66m high West
Tower. Additional attractions include the
Stained Glass Museum, Brass Rubbing, Children’s
Trail, Gift Shop, The Refectory and The Almonry
Restaurant with garden seating.
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PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL
Little Prior's Gate, Minster Precincts,
Peterborough, PE1 1XS
Tel: 01733 355300
E-mail:
andrew@peterborough-cathedral.org.uk
Web:
www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk
The Abbey church of Peterborough was founded in
655, and was destroyed by the Danes in 870.
Reconstructed in 972, it was then burnt down by
accident in 1116. The present magnificent
building was started in 1118 and took more than
120 years to build. It was made a Cathedral by
Henry VIII in 1541 and suffered badly at the
hands of Oliver Cromwell, but many of its unique
features remain to be admired today.
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Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse
Abbey School, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE17 1DH
Tel: 01480 301494
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Remains of a former
Benedictine abbey.
Fragments of the abbey, built on an island in
the Fens, include the richly carved late
15th-century gatehouse with its ornate oriel
window. |
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Ramsey Abbey School -
Photo:
Chris Stafford
CCL |
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St. Mary's Church
Buckden, Cambridgeshire
E-mail:
enquiries@stmarysbuckden.org.uk
Web:
www.ely.anglican.org
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St. Mary's Church & Buckden Towers |
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Buckden Towers is famous as a residence of the
Bishops of Lincoln from the middle of the 13th
century to the 19th century.
The nearby parish church of St. Mary's is well
worth a visit.
The first Vicar was William de Bugden in 1217. |
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Enjoy the fine monuments to four Bishops of
Lincoln - the early 15th century Tower - the
wonderful carved angels in wood and stone -
16th century wood carvings on the desks - the
carvings of animals around the porch. Open
every day.
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The Churches Conservation
Trust
E-mail:
central@tcct.org.uk
Web:
www.visitchurches.org.uk
Organisation dedicated to the preservation of
England's Churches. Here you will find a handy
search facility to locate Churches in the area
you plan to visit.
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St John's Church
Little Gidding, Cambridgeshire
E-mail:
info@littlegiddingchurch.org.uk
Web:
www.littlegiddingchurch.org.uk
Little Gidding Church. Historic site of
seventeenth century family community founded by
Nicholas Ferrar and visited thee times by
Charles 1st. It was celebrated in T. Eliot's
poem called Little Gidding, the last of the Four
Quartets. Now a house for hospitality.
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THE MANOR
Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire,
PE28 9BN
Tel: 01480 463134
Fax: 01480 465026
E-mail:
diana_boston@hotmail.com
Web site:
www.greenknowe.co.uk
Admission: House;
Adults £6, OAP £4.50, Children £2.
Garden: Open daily from 11am to 5pm (dusk
in winter).
No appointment is needed. £2 adults, children
free.
(Garden entrance is free with tour of House).
Built in the 1130s The
Manor is one of the oldest continuously
inhabited houses in Britain and much of the
original house remains virtually intact in spite
of various changes over nine hundred years. The
upstairs hall is a room full of atmosphere and
the echoes of nearly nine centuries of family
conversations. It was used during World War II
by Lucy Boston to give gramophone record
recitals twice a week to the RAF. The 1929 EMG
gramophone is still in use in this room..
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Peckover House & Garden
North Brink, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1JR
Tel: 01945 583463
E-mail:
peckover@nationaltrust.org.uk
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Georgian brick town house
with walled garden.
The town house, built c.1722, is renowned for
its very fine plaster and wood rococo
decoration and includes displays on the Quaker
banking family who owned it and the Peckover
Bank.
The outstanding 0.8ha (2 acre) Victorian
garden includes an orangery, summer houses,
roses, herbaceous borders, fernery, croquet
lawn and 17th-century thatched barn, which is
available for weddings and functions. |
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Peckover House Wisbech -
Photo:
Kokai
CCL |
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Wimpole Hall
Arrington, Royston, SG8 0BW
Tel: 01223 207257 Fax:
01223 207838
E-mail:
wimpolehall@nationaltrust.org.uk
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Wimpole Hall Royston -
Photo:
Chris Cole
CCL |
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Magnificent 18th-century house.
Set in grand style in an extensive wooded
park, the Hall has fine interiors designed by
Gibbs, Flitcroft and Soane, and fascinating
servants’ quarters.
The garden has thousands of daffodils in April
and colourful parterres in July and August.
The walled garden, restored to a working
vegetable garden, is best seen from June to
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The park, landscaped by
Bridgeman, Brown and Repton, has spectacular
vistas, a Gothic folly and serpentine lakes, and
offers delightful walks.
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Lyveden New Bield
Harley Way, Oundle, Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire, PE8 5AT
Tel: 01832 205358
E-mail:
lyvedennewbield@nationaltrust.org.uk
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Intriguing Elizabethan lodge and moated garden.
Begun in 1595 by Sir Thomas Tresham to symbolise
his Catholic faith, Lyveden remains incomplete
and virtually unaltered since work stopped on
his death in 1605.
The building has fascinating architectural
detail and the water garden, with its terraces
and spiral mounds, remains one of the oldest
surviving layouts in Britain. |
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Lyveden New Bield Snail Mount & Moat -
Photo:
Nigel Stickells
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There are miles of
footpaths through the surrounding open
countryside and nearby Rockingham Forest.
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Audley End House and
Gardens
The General Manager, Audley End House & Park,
Saffron Walden, CB11 4JF
Tel: 01799 522842 Fax:
01799 521276
E-mail:
customers@english-heritage.org.uk
Web:
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Location: 1 mile west of Saffron Walden
on B1383 (M11 exit 8, 9 northbound lane only).
A country house set in a landscape park with
richly decorated interiors and notable
collections of furniture and pictures. Audley
End is displayed to show the house as it was in
the 18th and 19th centuries. The house retains a
magnificent Jacobean style great hall and many
fine 17th century plaster ceilings. Other
treasures include the Braybrooke silver
collection in the Butler's Pantry, a very fine
Dolls House and Robert Adam interiors. The house
is set in grounds designed by "Capability"
Brown.
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Hitchingbrooke House
Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE18 6BN
Tel: 01480 52119
E-mail:
dsg@post.com
Web:
http://www.hinchhouse.org.uk/
Country House, originally medieval nunnery
converted by Cromwell family in the 16th
century, later extended by Earls of Sandwich.
Medieval remains of nunnery once concealed
within walls of later house can be seen. Links
with Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Pepys and the
inventor of the commonplace 'sandwich'.
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