Activity World in Peterborough has one of the largest and exciting play frames in the UK. The frame itself covers almost 5000sq ft of space and rises three floors. It has a huge range of equipment, with the double drop slide, giant spiral slide, spid...
Jacobean-style country house with collection of treasures, set in fine formal and informal gardens. The house, dating from 1600 and built on the site of a 12th-century Augustinian priory, houses a unique collection representing the tastes of one man,...
Babylon Gallery in Ely Cambridgeshire, has various acts and shows from the professional and amateur....
Big Sky in Peterborough Cambridgeshire is the Premier Adventure Play Center and is a great day out for the family....
The Blackout Britain War Museum in Huntingdon Cambridgeshire is filled with everyday items from 1939-45. From evacuation to rationing, bus tickets to bombs, you will find it all here....
Brampton Wood is the second largest ancient woodland in Cambridgeshire, and is at least 900 years old. The first records date back to the Doomsday Book, “woodland pasture - half a league long and 2 furlongs wide”, when animals such as pigs used t...
Fantastic Cambridge sightseeing opportunities with City Sightseeing. If you're looking for a unique way to see and explore Cambridge, sightseeing is the perfect way to reveal a city that is welcoming as it is delightful. Simply hop on an unmistak...
Cambridge Contemporary Art in Cambridgeshire,deal's in paintings, handmade prints, crafts and sculptures....
A 40 acre oasis just to the south of the City centre, the Cambridge University Botanic Garden is a haven of beautiful gardens & glasshouses, recommended by the RHS Garden Finder as an exceptionally attractive botanic garden and "essential visiting fo...
Chatteris Museum in Cambridgeshire is a small museum which displays the history of Chatteris with artefacts and photographs....
Chilford Hall Vineyard in Cambridgeshire, is the biggest events venue in Eastern England and holds a variety of events....
Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum in Cambridgeshire has a unique and fascinating history. Founded in 1159 as a Benedictine monastery, it then became a retirement home for elderly Knights Templars. After the Templars' suppression for alleged heresy ...
A modest but complete and attractive 14th-century chantry chapel, perhaps originally a hospital.
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Elgoods Brewey and Garden in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, see how they have maintained their traditional brewing methods....
Visitors at Elton Hall near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire can see the brilliant treasures, paintings and furniture from this magnificent gothic house....
Ely Cathedral in Ely Cambridgeshire attracts over 250,000 visitors every year. The Cathedral started as a monastery in AD 673 founded by St Etheldreda....
Ely Museum in Cambridgeshire tells the history of the local area. We have on display an original prison cell, fossils, Roman remains and more....
This complex of lakes and traditional riverside meadows next to the River Great Ouse used to be gravel workings. It is a fantastic place to explore and watch birds with huge numbers of ducks, swans and geese on the lakes in winter. In summer, terns, ...
Ferry Meadows Railway in Nene Park, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire is a small steam train that welcomes visitors. The train offers seating for 62 passengers, so we can carry you and all your friends, for a pleasant journey across the park....
Flag Fen is the location of a 3500 year old ritual causeway and ceremonial platform. It is made of wood and it contains 60,000 upright timbers and has produced one of the best collections of Bronze Age Celtic swords, tools and jewellery in the countr...
Fotheringhay Castle Site in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire is an impressive Norman stone motte and bailey fortress. The large motte is partly surrounded by a wide wet trench and holds the foundations for a D-shaped polygonal donjon. Inside are the hidd...
Gransden and Waresley Woods are adjoining ancient oak-ash woods. The Wildlife Trust has purchased the reserve in sections since 1976 and now owns all but one area in the north. The woods are home to many breeding birds. In summer the rides and ...
Hamerton Zoo Park in Hamerton
Cambridgeshire is set in 15 acres of parkland and has a variety of animals from around the world.
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Hinchingbrooke Country Park in Huntingdon Cambridgeshire Open grasslands, meadows, woodlands and lakes cover 170 acres with a wealth of wildlife everywhere. Whether you are walking the dog, exploring with your children or having a picnic we are sure ...
Large 18th-century timber-built watermill. The five-storey weatherboarded 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...
Island Hall in Huntingdon Cambridgeshire is an important mid-18th Century mansion. This charming family home has splendid Georgian rooms which visitors can enjoy....
The best example in England of a small Norman Benedictine priory church, surviving in a surprisingly unaltered state despite later conversion into a barn....
Between 1958 and 1973 Kettle's Yard in Cambridgeshire was the home of Jim and Helen Ede. In the 1920s and 30s Jim had been a curator at the Tate Gallery in London. Thanks to his friendships with artists and other like-minded people, over the years he...
Kimbolton Castle in Huntingdon Cambridgeshire was Katherine of Aragon's last home. The Castle is now home of Kimbolton School. There are still outstanding Pellegrini murals and a fine collection of portraits....
There is a wealth of rare and exotic creatures to see including Grevy's Zebra, Snow Leopards, Tigers, Lions, Tapirs, Lemurs, Binturongs, Owls, Parrots, Giant Tortoises, Tarantula Spiders and more....
Little Paxton Pits Nature Reserve in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire is a great day out for the whole family. It has three areas: a nature reserve, a watersports zone and an active quarry.
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Longthorpe displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th-century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe . This varied 'spiritual encyclopaedia' of worldly and religious subjects includes the Wheel of Life, the Nativity and King Dav...
The March and District Museum Society was established, initially as an Historical Society, by a group of prominent March people in 1972. The Museum building was erected in 1851 by March Consolidated Charities as a girls' grammar school to be known as...
Milton Country Park in Cambridgeshire,has a play area for children and a sensory garden for people who are partially sighted or blind....
Museum of Technology in Cambridgeshire has exhibits and history about Cambridgeshire....
Welcome to Nene Valley Railway. Based close to the A1 near Peterborough and within easy reach of the midlands, Nene Valley Railway is a heritage railway that offers a family day out. We run a regular steam train service but Railway enthusiasts ...
The Nene Washes Nature Reserve is one of the finest areas of floodplain meadows in the UK with large numbers of breeding wading birds, including snipe and black-tailed godwits....
The Norris Museum is the museum of Huntingdonshire. It tells the story of this historic county from the earliest times to the present day. THE OLDEST OBJECTS IN THE MUSEUM are the remains of animals that lived here 160 million years ago, in th...
Octavia Hill's Birthplace House in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, tells the story of Octavia herself (1838-1912). An artist and a radical, she was a pioneer of affordable housing and can be seen as the founder of modern social work....
Oliver Cromwell`s House is also the Ely Tourist Information Centre in Cambridgeshire. This is the only house remaining other than Hampton Court where Oliver Cromwell and his family are known to have lived....
In the Cambridgeshire Fens, once part of one of Europe's great wetland wildernesses, an ambitious scheme is underway to restore a working sand and gravel quarry to a vast nature reserve with extensive reedbeds, open water and grassland. Hanson Aggreg...
In the heart of The Fens, the Ouse Washes forms the largest area of washland (grazing pasture that floods in the winter) in the UK. The reserve attracts thousands of ducks and swans in winter, and in spring, hundreds of snipe, lapwings and redshanks ...
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....
Visitors are welcome to visit Peterborough Cathedral in Cambridgeshire and see the history and behind the scenes, also you enjoy the views of Peterborough and afar from the highest point in the City....
Did you know there are over 200,000 objects in Peterborough Museum's collection? They range from the most amazing Napoleonic bone palace to the largest fossil fish. The collection covers a great range of objects of national and international importan...
Welcome to Poshboatz Boat Trips in Peterborough Cambridgeshire, Ferry Meadows is a truly beautiful Country Park. You could visit her 500 acres five hundred times, walk a thousand miles by her lakes and river, yet never tire of her.But, as Ratty would...
At Prebendal Manor House you can discover the history of the manor and find out about the prebendaries; you can learn about our recreated medieval gardens and see some photographs of both the manor and the gardens. You can also read the archeological...
Prickwillow Engine Museum in Ely Cambridgeshire, displays a collection of six large diesel pumping engines, all British built and rescued from Fenland pumping stations....
Railworld in Peterborough Cambridgeshire Railworld is a fun and informative visitor attraction for the whole family. Our theme of sustainable transport spells out the need to cut global emissions of CO2 and how this is being achieved today. See how m...
Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse are now the remains of a former Benedictine abbey. Fragments of Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse, built on an island in the Fens, include the richly carved late 15th-century gatehouse with its ornate oriel window....
Ramsey Rural Museum in Huntingdon Cambridgeshire is set in a various 18th Century farm buildings. The collections are varied selection of agricultural implements and tools that were once used by local craftsmen. There are a lot of examples of restore...
An open exhibition of findings dating back to Roman times. The items were uncovered during excavations close to the town. Other findings are displayed in the British and Bedford Museums including coins, pottery, stone sculptures and religious figurin...
In 1999 the small Rupert Brooke Museum opened its door to the public. The museum sits on the left hand side of the car park to the Orchard Tea Garden. The museum houses photographs and text of a brief biography on Rupert Brooke. There are also some a...
Sacrewell Farm and Country Centre in Peterborough Cambridgeshire is a farm great for all the family. Come and meet Bonnie at the Shire Horse Centre, or take a tractor and enjoy a trip around the farm. We have so much for you to do and see your sure t...
Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridgeshire has a rare collection of paintings, photographs, journals, equipment, maps, and other items showing the polar exploration and polar science.
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Skylark Studios in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Welcome to Skylark Studios! Louise Stebbing opened Skylark Studios in 1993. Set in the beautiful Fenland countryside it is an ideal place for a day's visit. The Studio houses Louise's printmaking workshop a...
Southwick Hall in Peterborough
Cambridgeshire has architecture of many centuries after being altered on numerous occasions, but the house has still kept many of its original medieval layout....
St Neots Museum in Cambridgeshire also shares the buliding with the St Neots Tourist Information Centre. The museum tells the story of St Neots town and people, you can also find out about St. Neots himself and about the town's vanished Priory....
St Neots Picture Gallery in Cambridgeshire displays picture's and painting's by local artists....
The Taggart Tile Museum and Gallery in Huntingdon Cambridgeshire is NOW CLOSED....
The Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon Cambridgeshire tells the history of the significance of Oliver Cromwell....
Few museums in the world contain on a single site collections of such variety and depth as the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridgeshire. Writing in his Foreword to the catalogue of the exhibition for Treasures from the Fitzwilliam which toured the United...
The Lodge Nature Reserve opened in 1961. The woodland, heath and acid grassland here cover 180 hectares, and are being restored to form the largest stretch of heathland in Bedfordshire....
The Norman Cross Gallery is on the same site as an old Napoleonic prisoner of war camp. The Gallery displays fine pictures of art....
The Raptor Foundation is permanent home to over 200 birds, comprising over 40 different species of raptor. The full list of species with information and galleries is available for viewing here. We also offer educational services to schools & other gr...
The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences in Cambridgeshire was built as a memorial to Adam Sedgwick and has examples given by high figures such as Charles Darwin and Mary Anning.
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The Stained Glass Museum in Ely Cambridgeshire, the Stained Glass Museum offers a unique insight into the fascinating story of stained glass, an art-form that has been practised in Britain for at least thirteen hundred years. The Museum Trust was set...
Thorney Heritage Museum in Thorney, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire main aim is the preservation of the heritage of Thorney, and to be a point of contact for education, research and general interest....
The Museum of Zoology is home to a huge variety of recent and fossil animals.
Our collections rival those of the major university museums world-wide, and are used for academic study by researchers within and beyond the University....
Walpole Water Gardens in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire is the perfect place for a fun packed day out. You can also relax in the gardens and enjoy refreshments from our tea room serving hot and cold drinks and snacks. We have an vast range of exotic plants ...
Wandlebury Country Park in Stapleford Cambridgeshire is set in 110 acre of natural woodland with pathways and a nature trail....
The dramatic wetlands at Welney, on the Ouse Washes, are home to some of the most spectacular winter gatherings of wild swans. The Photograph remains the copyright of WWT.
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Whipple Museum of the History of Science in Cambridgeshire has on display important collections of scientific models and instruments, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
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Whittlesey Museum Peterborough Cambridgeshire is on the ground floor of the 19th Century Town Hall in Market Street and was opened in 1976. The Costumes Room was once used to stable the town's horse drawn fire engine. Other rooms in the museum are fo...
Britain's oldest nature reserve. A unique fragment of the wilderness that once covered East Anglia, the Fen is a haven for birds, plants, insects and mammals alike. It can be explored by the traditional wide droves and lush green paths, including a b...
18th-century model farm and farm park. Built by Sir John Soane in 1794 for the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, who was passionately interested in farming and agricultural improvement, the farm is now home to a fascinating range of rare animal breeds, includin...
Wisbech and Fenland Museum in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, is one of the oldest museums in the Britain. The Museum also houses two historic libraries and a vast range of archives, holding diocesean and borough items....
Wysing Arts Centre in Cambridgeshire Wysing Arts Centre is set in eleven acres. It has various exhibitions, classes and short courses for adults and children all year round....
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