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Lake at Hampton Hargate

Peterborough

(0.2 miles, 0.4 km)

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...

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Flag Fen Bronze and Iron Age Centre at Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire

Whittlesey

(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction E)

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

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Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay

(9.0 miles, 14.4 km, direction SW)

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...

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Apethorpe

Apethorpe

(10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction W)

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.....

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Stamford

Stamford

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction NW)

Of the 17 churches, only 6 now remain in Stamford, which is without doubt, one of the finest medieval towns in the British Isles, if not in Europe...

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Duddington

Duddington

(13.0 miles, 20.8 km, direction W)

This is a gem of a village that is all gracious houses and cottages of stone, roofed with stone slates, that are spaciously interspersed around enchanting country lanes backed by mile after mile of glorious rich pasture and meadowland...

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March, Cambridgeshire. Town Hall.

March

(13.9 miles, 22.4 km, direction E)

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!..

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Spalding

Spalding

(15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction N)

In springtime, the town of Spalding, in it's favoured position on the banks of the River Welland becomes a riot of blazing colour as tulips, daffodils and other glorious spring flowers come into bloom...

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Duck pond & village green

Barrowden

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction W)

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St Peter's Church

Deene

(15.8 miles, 25.5 km, direction W)

Captivatingly beautiful in the quiet Northamptonshire countryside is the delightful village of Deene...

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Flag Fen Bronze and Iron Age Centre at Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire

Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre

(2.1 miles, 3.4 km, direction E)

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

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

Ferry Meadows Country Park

(3.2 miles, 5.2 km, direction W)

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Castor Hanglands

Castor Hanglands NNR

(5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction W)

Castor Hanglands NNR is a composite site where four distinct habitats - woodland, grassland, scrub and wetland - are made more.....

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Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire

Crowland Abbey

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction NE)

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.....

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Barnack Hills and Holes NNR

Barnack Hills & Holes NNR

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction NW)

Arising from the rubble of a mediaeval quarry, Barnack Hills and Holes is one of Britain’s most important wildlife sites, its.....

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Burghley House

Burghley House

(10.3 miles, 16.6 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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Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse

(10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction SE)

Remains of a former Benedictine abbey and site of one of the oldest English monasteries, as early as the 7th century...

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Southwick Hall, South Front, Northamptonshire

Southwick Hall

(11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction W)

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Peaceful Reflection at Barnwell Country Park, Oundle, Northamptonshire

Barnwell Country Park

(12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction SW)

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Ashline Lock, Whittlesey, Middle Level Navigations

Middle Level Navigations

(12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction E)

The Middle Level Navigations are a network of waterways which are primarily used for land drainage, and which lie in The Fens.....

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