ATTRACTIONS IN CB8 1EL
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18.6milesGainsborough House
46 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO102EU
The museum and art gallery at the birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough. Gainsborough's House, the only birthplace of the great British artist open to the public in Britain, opened as a museum in 1961.
10.2milesChilford Hall Vineyard
Chilford Hall, Balsham Road, Linton, CB16LE
Chilford Hall is home to the largest vineyard in East Anglia and is one of the region's most respected wine producers, earning numerous awards. Chilford Hall in Cambridgeshire is the perfect place to get away from it all.
1.1milesNational Horseracing Museum
99 High Street, Newmarket, CB88JL
The story of the people and horses involved in racing from its Royal origins to Lester Piggott, Frankie Dettori and other modern heroes. Learn about the horse and the jockey in our Practical Gallery.
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7.7milesAnglesey Abbey
Anglesey Abbey, Lode, CB59EJ
The 98 Acre grounds of the abbey provide a wide range of features throughout the year. The garden at Anglesey Abbey can be attributed to the vision of one man, Huttleston Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven.
10milesIckworth House Park and Gardens
The Rotunda, Horringer, IP295QE
Unusual Georgian house and landscape park. In 1795 the eccentric 4th Earl of Bristol created this equally eccentric house, with its central rotunda and curved corridors, to display his collections.
10.8milesWest Stow Anglo Saxon Village
West Stow Country Park, Icklingham Rd, Stowe, IP286HG
West Stow Country Park and Anglo-Saxon Village is a very special place. Within its 125 acres there are a host of different stories waiting to be revealed to the visitor - the history of the land in this part of the Lark Valley, how man has changed it since earliest times and the story of the wildlife that lives here.
11milesFarmland Museum and Denny Abbey
Denny Abbey, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambs, CB59PQ
A fascinating historical site for all the family to enjoy! At the farmland museum you can discover farming through the ages and learn about the rural history of Cambridgeshire with objects displays and interactives for all ages, visit a village shop and see a magnificent 17th Century stone barn and the workshops, which include a basket maker and a blacksmith, explore a traditional and a Fenman's Hut.At Dennyy Abbey you can explore this lovely abbey still featuring superb Norman interiors.
11.4milesLinton Zoo
Hadstock Road, Linton, CB16NT
This famous wildlife centre was opened in 1972, and the zoo is continuously expanding as more of the world's threatened species are taken on board their land - based Ark. Set in 16 acres of beautiful gardens with plenty of picnic areas and a children's play area.
12milesSue Ryder Care Visitor Centre
On A1092 Long Melford to Clare Rd, Cavendish, CO108RN
The Sue Ryder Car Visitor Centre was conceived by Sue Ryder as a tribute to those whose suffering and courage during World War II brought the charity into being. On site is a chapel open daily for private prayer, beautiful gardens over looking the lake, gift shop and coffee shop.
12.5milesMoyses Hall Museum
Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, IP331DX
For almost a thousand years Moyses Hall has looked out over the Market Place of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. It has seen many changes since it was built in 1180 and provides an excellent setting in which to trace the unfolding story of Bury St Edmunds through displays from mediaeval times through to the present.
12.6milesCambridge University Botanic Garden
Cory Lodge, Bateman Street, Cambridge, CB21JF
The Botanic Garden is situated less than a mile to the south of the City centre and only five minutes walk from the railway station. This tranquil 40 acre (16 hectares) garden offers year round interest to visitors.
12.6milesScott Polar Research Institute Museum
Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB21ER
The Scott Polar Research Institute's Museum holds a collection of artifacts, paintings, drawings, photographs (including cinematographic film, lantern slides, and Daguerreotypes), and other material. The focus of the exhibition is the life and expeditions of the Antarctic explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton.
12.8milesUniversity Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Downing Street, Cambridge, CB23DZ
Established in 1884, the Museum displays renowned archaeological and anthropological collections from around the world. The ground-floor gallery displays collections of world prehistory and local archaeology; the first-floor gallery offers an historical and geographical display of the social anthropology collection; while on the top floor, special exhibitions reflect current research interests in the Faculty.
12.8milesMuseum of Zoology
Downing Street, CB2 3EJ
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.
12.9milesFitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambs, CB21RB
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art museum of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1816 by the bequest of the VIIth Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion and contains magnificent collections of works of art and antiquities of national importance.
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13milesCambridge and County Folk Museum
2/3 Castle Street, Cambridge, CB30AQ
Welcome to this warm-hearted museum displaying the everyday life of Cambridge people since 1700. The Cambridge & County Folk Museum has been open to the public for over 60 years, providing a fascinating insight into the history of Cambridge for local people and tourists alike.
13.3milesStained Glass Museum
The Cathedral, Ely, CB74DN
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's exhibits include an early 19th century stained-glass copy of a work by Raphael and an 18th century panel copied from a portrait by the artist Sir Joshua Reynolds.
13.3milesEly Cathedral
Ely, CB74DL
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely is the Mother Church of the Diocese of Ely, which covers some 1,500 square miles of East Anglia. The story of Ely Cathedral begins in Saxon Times with the life of its founder, St.
13.5milesOliver Cromwell House
29 St Mary´s Street, Ely, CB74HF
Oliver Cromwell and his family lived in this fascinating house from 1636 for about ten years, after Oliver inherited the lease from his uncle, Sir Thomas Steward. The house was known as 'The Rectory and Parsonage of the Holy Trinity and St.
15.5milesImperial War Museum Duxford
Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambs, CB24QR
Duxford is Europe's premier aviation museum - as well as having one of the finest collections of tanks, military vehicles and naval exhibits in the country. This famous heritage site began as an airfield in the First World War and also played a vital role in the Second World War, firstly as an RAF fighter station and later as an American fighter base.
15.7milesKentwell Hall
Long Melford, CO109BA
We welcome you to visit our fascinating house. Take a glimpse into both the past and present of this unique family home.
16.1milesSaffron Walden Museum
Museum Street, Saffron Walden, CB101JL
This award-winning 'friendly family-size museum' welcomes over 20,000 visitors a year, including families, groups, researchers and over 5,000 school children. It stands in an enclosed grass meadow, suitable for picnics, with the ruins of the 12th century Walden Castle in the grounds.
16.8milesAudley End House and Gardens
1m West of Saffron Walden on the B1383, CB114JF
One of the most significant Jacobean houses in England with 31 opulent rooms on view. Set in 'Capability' Brown landscaped park, with walled Victorian kitchen garden.
17.6milesColne Valley Railway
4m North West of Halstead on the A1017, CO93DZ
Sample the atmosphere and take a ride on an award winning period country railway. A pretty line, relocated station buildings, signal boxes and bridges all lovingly restored and rebuilt.
18milesAudley End Steam Railway
Bruncketts, Wendens Ambo, Saffron Walden, CB114JL
The Audley End Miniature Railway is a delightful 1.5 mile ride on Lord Braybrooke's private 10 ' gauge railway through Estate woodland.
18milesLavenham Guildhall
Market Place, Lavenham, CO109QZ
Tudor building in the heart of a remarkably preserved small medieval town. This early 16th-century timber-framed building overlooks and dominates the town's market place.
18.3milesShepreth Wildlife Park
Station Road, Shepreth Royston, Herts, SG86PZ
Situated near the River Shep, the park originally began as a wildlife sanctuary in 1979 for injured birds or mammals. Now wildlife to see includes wolves, fallow deer, red deer, sika deer, red foxes, arctic foxes, wallabies, vervet monkeys, raccoons, prairie dogs, capybara, ponies, parrots, cockatiels, owls, chipmunks, otters and more.
18.5milesWeeting Castle
2m North of Brandon, Weeting, IP270RQ
Ruins of an early C12th defended manor house, built by Hugh de Plais in the 1130's on the site of a C10th settlement. Weeting is one of the earliest inhabited parts of Norfolk, the flint mines at Grimes Graves confirm this.
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