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John's College

Cambridge (440 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (2.1 miles, 3.4 km, direction NE)

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

Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire

Fen Ditton (33 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cambridgeshire (4.2 miles, 6.7 km, direction NE)

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

St Ives, Cambridgeshire

St Ives (59 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cambridgeshire (12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction NW)

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...

Saffron Walden, Essex

Saffron Walden (198 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex (12.5 miles, 20.2 km, direction SE)

The outstanding feature of Saffron Walden is its rich variety of properties tangled around its web of ancient streets...

Village Cottages

Wendens Ambo (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Essex (13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction S)

This enchanting village with its unusual name lies at the western boundary of the county. Its quaint name comes from the joining of Great and Little Ambo in the 17th century...

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

Newmarket (93 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Suffolk (14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction E)

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

St Mary's Church in Ashwell

Ashwell (30 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (14.4 miles, 23.2 km, direction SW)

Ashwell embodies some of the finest domestic architecture in England, here in this well preserved village, at a glance you get a pleasurable insight as to what England was like in the 16th and 17th-centuries...

St Mary's Church, Great Bradley, Suffolk

Great Bradley (1 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction E)

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

Brent Pelham Village Green, Hertfordshire

Brent Pelham (5 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (15.6 miles, 25.2 km, direction S)

Brent Pelham can be found mid-way between the town of Buntingford and the village of Newport...

Ely

Ely (160 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction NE)

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...

Bedford Road roundabout, Sandy.

Sandy (6 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Bedfordshire (16.8 miles, 27.1 km, direction W)

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Brook Cottage, Kedington, Suffolk

Kedington (8 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (18.0 miles, 28.9 km, direction E)

The Stour Valley footpath leads into Kedington which has several eye catching focal points, including a pretty arched bridge spanning the river and a lovely 18th-century watermill...

St Marys Church, Baldock, Hertfordshire

Baldock (5 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (18.0 miles, 29.0 km, direction SW)

The town lies close to the River Beane, in a spot where the river flows through some lovely water meadows and tranquil English countryside...

Tudor Building, Thaxted

Thaxted (45 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (19.1 miles, 30.8 km, direction SE)

The village of Thaxted is stunningly beautiful with many reminders that it was once and perhaps always has been an extremely prosperous place...

Chocolate Box

Old Warden (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (19.8 miles, 31.9 km, direction SW)

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

The Church of St Lawrence at Willington, Bedfordshire - Taken on 27-12-05

Willington (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (20.3 miles, 32.7 km, direction W)

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.....

Village sign

Mildenhall (5 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (20.9 miles, 33.6 km, direction NE)

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The Park at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

Bishop's Stortford (5 Pictures)

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

There are many interesting places to visit including St.Michael's Church which is exceptionally spacious and has a spire that can been seen for miles around...

St Marys Church, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.  Late Evening

Hitchin (51 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Hertfordshire (22.8 miles, 36.7 km, direction SW)

Hitchin is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, characterized by its medieval and Georgian architecture. It has a vibrant market square, a variety of pubs, and the picturesque Hitchin Lavender fields in the surrounding countryside...

A picture of Stevenage

Stevenage (29 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (22.9 miles, 36.9 km, direction SW)

Its history began in Roman times when it grew as a small town beside the Great North Road and its heritage from those times is evidenced by the Six Hills, a 2,000 year old Roman burial site...

Recommended attractions near Grantchester

University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge

University Botanic Gardens (11 Pictures)

(1.6 miles, 2.5 km, direction NE)

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Old Postcard of The American Cemetary, Nr Cambridge

Cambridge American Military Cemetery & Memorial (30 Pictures)

(2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction NW)

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

Imperial War Museum Duxford

Imperial War Museum Duxford (125 Pictures)

(6.3 miles, 10.2 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.....

Wimpole Hall in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Wimpole Hall (44 Pictures)

(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction SW)

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

A man and his dogs

Anglesey Abbey (49 Pictures)

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction NE)

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

Newmarket Racecourse 2003

Newmarket Racecourse (4 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction E)

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Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex

Audley End (133 Pictures)

(12.5 miles, 20.0 km, direction SE)

Once, centuries ago in the days of Henry VIII a Benedictine Abbey stood here. A casualty of King's Dissolution caused by his.....

Gates at Bridge End Gardens

Bridge End Gardens (15 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.2 km, direction SE)

These perfectly laid out gardens were started in the mid 18th century by Atkinson Francis Gibson. They are particularly noted.....

Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (10 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction SE)

Very little remains of Saffron Walden Castle, but what is here is well worth seeing for it is a fine example of a Norman.....

Saffron Walden Museum, Saffron Walden, Essex

Saffron Walden Museum (6 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction SE)

This is the second oldest purpose-built museum in the country. It occupies a gracious russet brick building in an enclosed.....

Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire

Houghton Mill (18 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction NW)

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

Oliver Cromwell's house at Ely, Cambridgeshire

Oliver Cromwell's House (4 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.4 km, direction NE)

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)

(16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction NE)

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

DH 89A Dragon Rapide Old Warden (pleasure flights)

The Shuttleworth Collection (48 Pictures)

(18.9 miles, 30.4 km, direction W)

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)

(18.9 miles, 30.4 km, direction W)

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

Swiss Garden, Old Warden, Bedfordshire - October 2005

The Swiss Garden (29 Pictures)

(19.2 miles, 30.9 km, direction W)

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

Sunset in April at Rowney Warren, Nr Chicksands, Shefford, Beds

Rowney Warren (1 Pictures)

(21.8 miles, 35.0 km, direction SW)

Rowney Warren is a lively woodland managed jointly by the Southill Estate and the Forestry Commission. The wood is predominantly.....

This is a photo taken last summer of the side view of Benington Lordship house and its Rose Garden.

Benington Lordship (6 Pictures)

(21.9 miles, 35.2 km, direction SW)

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Fairlands Valley Park in Stevenage, Herts.

Fairlands Valley Park (9 Pictures)

(22.5 miles, 36.2 km, direction SW)

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Hatfield forest country park, near Bishops Stortford, Essex. The forest is over 1000 years old.

Hatfield Forest Country Park (6 Pictures)

(22.8 miles, 36.7 km, direction S)

An ancient royal hunting ground, designated Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve...


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