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St Ives, Cambridgeshire. The famous chapel on the bridge

St Ives (59 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cambridgeshire (4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction SW)

This attractive market town has one of the most highly picturesque river bridges in the country. The bridge dates to the 15th century and is famous for the chapel in its centre bay, it is one of only four medieval bridge chapel's surviving in England...

Ely Cathedral Lantern Tower

Ely (160 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction E)

The early life of Ely began with a monastry and town situated on an island in the midst of a vast expanse of marshland in the middle of the Fens...

Cambridge

Cambridge (440 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction SE)

Cambridge has an abundance of magnificent buildings, and these together with riverside walks, wonderful museums and quaint old streets...

Ditton Hall, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire

Fen Ditton (33 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cambridgeshire (12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction SE)

This pleasant village can be found in the spacious countryside within easy driving distance from Cambridge...

Kayaker on River Granta

Grantchester (9 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cambridgeshire (12.9 miles, 20.8 km, direction S)

The village of Grantchester, is a picturesque village along the river Cam, often enjoyed by tourists and students who travel to the village by punt from nearby Cambridge, to.....

March, Cambridgeshire. Town Hall.

March (7 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cambridgeshire (13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction N)

A curiosity of the town is the tradition of the March, March march. This is when a group of Cambridge students gather in the town to walk back to Cambridge stopping at all convenient inns to quench their thirst!..

Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival

Whittlesey (17 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cambridgeshire (14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction NW)

Whittlesey is an old area of Cambridge, it is mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086...

Peterborough

Peterborough (143 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (17.8 miles, 28.6 km, direction NW)

The magic of Peterborough lies in the richness of its beautiful Cathedral. It is a glorious historical treasure house, it is unique and quite beyond compare...

The Centre of Newmarket, Suffolk, with clock tower visible in the distance.

Newmarket (93 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Suffolk (18.8 miles, 30.3 km, direction SE)

You can hardly drive through this handsome town without seeing some reminder that the history of the town..

Bedford Road roundabout, Sandy.

Sandy (6 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Bedfordshire (20.6 miles, 33.1 km, direction SW)

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Village sign

Mildenhall (5 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (21.2 miles, 34.1 km, direction E)

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Reflections in River Nene Wisbech

Wisbech (23 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cambridgeshire (21.9 miles, 35.2 km, direction N)

Wisbech stands on the River Nene, almost 12 miles from the sea, at one time it was closer but changing river patterns over the passing years have altered its position in relation.....

Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay (27 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (22.1 miles, 35.5 km, direction NW)

The lantern tower of the Church of St. Mary and All Saints at Fotheringhay shines through the deepening shadows of the great trees that frame it, shadows matched in darkness by those less visible that haunt the village where the final tragedy of Mary, Queen of Scots was enacted...

A picture of Willington

Willington (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (22.6 miles, 36.4 km, direction SW)

Willington lies on the south east outskirts of Bedford, it is most notable for its Dovecote, an oblong structure with nesting chambers and several stepped gables. Its stables are.....

Denver Mill near Downham Market

Downham Market (13 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Norfolk (23.1 miles, 37.2 km, direction NE)

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St Mary's Church, Great Bradley, Suffolk

Great Bradley (1 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (23.5 miles, 37.8 km, direction SE)

This is a spacious, well spread out village occupying a rural landscape between the Suffolk town's of Newmarket and Haverhill...

Old Warden, Bedfordshire

Old Warden (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (24.7 miles, 39.8 km, direction SW)

Old Warden is a sleepy Bedfordshire village with pretty honey-coloured thatched cottages and a wealth of other interesting buildings...

St Leonard's, Apethorpe

Apethorpe (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Northamptonshire (24.9 miles, 40.0 km, direction NW)

Apethorpe is a small, picturesque, East Northamptonshire village, a mile and a half from Kings Cliffe. St Leonard is an attractive looking church in a nice setting. Trees.....

Bedford River Scene

Bedford (71 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Bedfordshire (25.6 miles, 41.2 km, direction SW)

Bedford is the historic County town of Bedfordshire with a beautiful riverside setting on the great River Ouse. John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's has strong associations with this town...

Elstow Abbey Church. Elstow, Bedfordshire

Elstow (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (26.9 miles, 43.3 km, direction SW)

Elstow's fine Moot Hall is a building of 1500, this is a medieval market hall which is open to the public, it houses a collection illustrating John Bunyan's life and times...

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Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire

Houghton Mill (18 Pictures)

(5.9 miles, 9.6 km, direction SW)

Houghton is a beautifully restored water mill from the 17th century. It can be found in the delightful village of Houghton,.....

Old Postcard of The American Cemetary, Nr Cambridge

Cambridge American Military Cemetery & Memorial (30 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction S)

Watched over by a fluttering Stars and Stripes the American Military Cemetery at Madingley in Cambridge is the only one of its.....

Oliver Cromwell's house at Ely, Cambridgeshire

Oliver Cromwell's House (4 Pictures)

(10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction E)

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) was Lord Protector of England from 1653 until 1658. For the years spanning 1636 to 1647 Cromwell and.....

Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Ely Cathedral (142 Pictures)

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction E)

Sitting majestically above the River Ouse, Ely cathedral presents an awesome sight with its towers sweeping 217 feet towards an.....

University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge

University Botanic Gardens (11 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction SE)

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A man and his dogs

Anglesey Abbey (49 Pictures)

(13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction SE)

This attractive house was formerly a priory of Augustinian canons, founded around 1135. It's name does not relate to the island.....

Wimpole Hall in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Wimpole Hall (44 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 25.0 km, direction S)

Cambridgeshire's largest and grandest Georgian mansion, set in a fine wooded park, complete with folly, Chinese bridge and lake..

Flag Fen Bronze and Iron Age Centre at Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire

Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre (8 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.2 km, direction NW)

This is a wonderful heritage museum which began when the site was uncovered during excavations of 1982. It focus's on the.....

Newmarket Racecourse 2003

Newmarket Racecourse (4 Pictures)

(17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction SE)

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Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Peterborough Cathedral (68 Pictures)

(18.0 miles, 28.9 km, direction NW)

The magnificent cathedral church in Peterborough was given cathedral status by Henry VIII in 1541. Formerly it had been one of.....

Imperial War Museum Duxford

Imperial War Museum Duxford (125 Pictures)

(19.2 miles, 30.9 km, direction S)

Duxford retains its wartime atmosphere and, as many of its aeroplanes still fly, you might even see one take to the air during a.....

Nene Park (Ferry Meadows Country Park) Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

Ferry Meadows Country Park (47 Pictures)

(19.6 miles, 31.6 km, direction NW)

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Peckover House - A town house built in 1722

Peckover House & Garden (7 Pictures)

(21.7 miles, 35.0 km, direction N)

Elegant Georgian town house with wonderful walled garden...

Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire

Crowland Abbey (18 Pictures)

(22.7 miles, 36.5 km, direction N)

Crowland Abbey was founded in 716 by King Ethelbald, in memory of St.Guthlac who had built a cell on the Fen island. It has a.....

DH 89A Dragon Rapide Old Warden (pleasure flights)

The Shuttleworth Collection (48 Pictures)

(23.7 miles, 38.1 km, direction SW)

The Shuttleworth Collection - a unique flying collection showcasing the first one hundred years of flight. This unique collection.....

A sunny winter December 17th 2006 at Shuttleworth House, Bedfordshire

Shuttleworth House (3 Pictures)

(23.7 miles, 38.1 km, direction SW)

coming soon email: collection@shuttleworth.org http://www.shuttleworthcollection.co.uk/..

Swiss Garden, Old Warden, Bedfordshire - October 2005

The Swiss Garden (29 Pictures)

(24.1 miles, 38.7 km, direction SW)

These glorious gardens, laid out in the early part of the 19th century, fully embrace the romanticism of the era. The fashion at.....

Burghley House

Burghley House (72 Pictures)

(27.7 miles, 44.6 km, direction NW)

This is a graceful house which perfectly epitomises the wealth of the prosperous Elizabethan period. Burghley was completed in.....


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