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Kayaker on River Granta

Grantchester (9 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cambridgeshire (3.6 miles, 5.7 km, direction SE)

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.....

St Bene't's Church, Cambridge

Cambridge (440 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (3.6 miles, 5.8 km, direction E)

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 (5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction E)

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

The Chapel on the Bridge - St Ives, Cambridgeshire

St Ives (59 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cambridgeshire (8.5 miles, 13.7 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...

Exterior of Ely Cathedral

Ely (160 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (14.9 miles, 24.0 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...

St Mary's Church in Ashwell

Ashwell (30 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (15.2 miles, 24.5 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...

Bedford Road roundabout, Sandy.

Sandy (6 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Bedfordshire (15.7 miles, 25.2 km, direction SW)

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Newmarket, Suffolk. High Street 2003

Newmarket (93 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Suffolk (15.7 miles, 25.3 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

Saffron Walden (198 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Essex (16.1 miles, 25.9 km, direction SE)

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

Wendens Ambo, a picturesque village in Essex

Wendens Ambo (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Essex (16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction SE)

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...

St Mary's Church, Great Bradley, Suffolk

Great Bradley (1 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction E)

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

C.of E Church, Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire

Brent Pelham (5 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (18.6 miles, 29.9 km, direction S)

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

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

Willington (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (18.8 miles, 30.3 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.....

Baldock High St, Hertfordshire

Baldock (5 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (19.0 miles, 30.6 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...

Old Warden, Bedfordshire

Old Warden (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (19.2 miles, 30.9 km, direction SW)

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

Brook Cottage, Kedington, Suffolk

Kedington (8 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (21.1 miles, 33.9 km, direction SE)

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...

Mildenhall, Suffolk

Mildenhall (5 Pictures)

in the county of Suffolk (21.5 miles, 34.5 km, direction NE)

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The great Ouse in Bedford, July 2003

Bedford (71 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Bedfordshire (22.4 miles, 36.0 km, direction W)

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...

Almshouse and Windmill Thaxted

Thaxted (45 Pictures)

in the county of Essex (22.7 miles, 36.5 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...

Elstow Abbey Church. Elstow, Bedfordshire

Elstow (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (23.0 miles, 37.0 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...

Recommended attractions near Madingley

Old Postcard of The American Cemetary, Nr Cambridge

Cambridge American Military Cemetery & Memorial (30 Pictures)

(0.7 miles, 1.1 km)

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

University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge

University Botanic Gardens (11 Pictures)

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction SE)

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Wimpole Hall in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Wimpole Hall (44 Pictures)

(6.9 miles, 11.2 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)

(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction E)

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

Imperial War Museum Duxford

Imperial War Museum Duxford (125 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction SE)

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

Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire

Houghton Mill (18 Pictures)

(10.2 miles, 16.3 km, direction NW)

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

Newmarket Racecourse 2003

Newmarket Racecourse (4 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction E)

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Oliver Cromwell's house at Ely, Cambridgeshire

Oliver Cromwell's House (4 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 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)

(15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction NE)

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

Audley End House, Saffron Walden, Essex

Audley End (133 Pictures)

(16.0 miles, 25.7 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)

(16.1 miles, 25.9 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)

(16.2 miles, 26.0 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)

(16.2 miles, 26.0 km, direction SE)

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

DH 89A Dragon Rapide Old Warden (pleasure flights)

The Shuttleworth Collection (48 Pictures)

(18.2 miles, 29.2 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)

(18.2 miles, 29.2 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)

(18.5 miles, 29.8 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.....

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

Rowney Warren (1 Pictures)

(21.3 miles, 34.3 km, direction SW)

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

Cainhoe Castle, Clophill, Bedfordshire.

Cainhoe Castle (2 Pictures)

(23.5 miles, 37.7 km, direction SW)

The remains of a late 11th or early 12th century motte and bailey castle with three baileys. Cainhoe castle was probably occupied.....

Wrest House, Silsoe, Bedfordshire

Wrest Park House and Gardens (70 Pictures)

(24.5 miles, 39.4 km, direction SW)

Wrest Park House was once the home of the de Grey family whose Mausoleum is at nearby Flitton. The gardens form a charming.....


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