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There are many places to walk in Cambridgeshire.  Whether you want to walk for pleasure,  walk around some attraction, or are a more serious walker, there are many routes along the rivers, through the fens and around the picturesque villages.


Take a look at the list below and mix your walk with some interesting places and things to see.

If you have a favourite that is not listed, let us know and we will add it. 

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Althorp House
Althorp House
Explore Althorp House  and stroll through the park and relax in the beautiful gardens, open during July and August .   Start with a relaxing walk down a tree lined avenue to the...
Anglesey Abbey Gardens & Lode Mill
Anglesey Abbey Gardens & Lode Mill
Anglesey Abbey Gardens and Lode Mill is a Jacobean-style country house with a collection of treasures, set in fine formal and informal gardens with a working water mill.   Lord...
Audley End House & Gardens
Audley End House & Gardens
Sir Thomas Audley was given the lands of Walden Abbey by Henry VIII, and adapted the abbey buildings as his mansion. His grandson Thomas, Suffolk's first Earl , rebuilt this mansion between 1610 and...
Aversley Wood
Aversley Wood
Aversley Wood lies on a prominent flat topped ridge at the western edge of the Cambridgeshire fens, south-west of Sawtry and the A1(M). The wood is one of the largest Ancient Semi-Natural woodlands...
Barnsdale Gardens
Barnsdale Gardens
Barnsdale Gardens is familiar to millions of BBC 2 viewers as the home of Gardener's World.  Barnsdale comprises 37 individual gardens and features incorporated into one eight acre garden. ...
Barnwell Country Park
Barnwell Country Park
Nestling in a backwater of the River Nene, close to the historic market town of Oundle , Barnwell Country Park , is a peaceful mixture of lakes, riverside, grassy meadow and marsh.  Barnwell...
Brampton Wood
Brampton Wood
Brampton Wood is the second largest ancient woodland in Cambridgeshire and is estimated to be at least 900 years old. Records can be found in the Doomsday Book when pigs used to feed on the...
Buckden Towers
Buckden Towers
Buckden Towers (formerly Buckden Palace) was a resting place and/or home to successive Bishops of Lincoln from the 12th century to 1842.  The location was important as many were involved in...
Burghley House & Gardens
Burghley House & Gardens
Burghley House & Gardens gives a glimpse of the way great houses have been furnished and inhabited from the days of Queen Elizabeth 1 through the 17th and 18th centuries, to the present...
Bury St Edmunds Abbey & Gardens
Bury St Edmunds Abbey & Gardens
Bury St Edmunds' has a strong religous history due mainly to its association with the murdered christian martyr king of East Anglia, St Edmund.  After his death it become a main stopping point...
Byron's Pool Local Nature Reserve
Byron's Pool Local Nature Reserve
Byron's Pool Local Nature Reserve in Trumpington Cambridgeshire was named after Lord Byron who used to swim at the weir pool. This pleasant woodland site offers a lovely circular walk, or...
Cambridge Uncovered
Cambridge Uncovered
The Cambridge Uncovered experience combines a fascinating self guided tour with brain teasing treasure hunt clues to keep everyone entertained.   Complete the experience with...
Cambridge University Botanic Gardens
Cambridge University Botanic Gardens
Cambridge University Botanic Garden opened to the public in 1846, and develops and displays over 8,000 different plant species in 40 beautiful landscaped acres.   Professor John Stevens...
Christ's Pieces
Christ's Pieces
Christ's Pieces is situated in the centre of Cambridge City, and is of typical Victorian Park design with tree lined avenues. Christ's Pieces formal seasonal bedding displays planted in the 'petal...
Clopton Way
Clopton Way
The Clopton Way in Cambridgeshire is approximately 11 miles long and connects the Wimpole Way with the Greensand Ridge Walk.  T he route follows the top of an escarpment through South...
Coton Countryside Reserve
Coton Countryside Reserve
Coton Countryside Reserve Project is a new and innovative wildlife and farm reserve.   Coton Countryside Reserve is currently being created and covers over 300 hectares of pasture and...
Devil's Dyke
Devil's Dyke
The Devil's Dyke is the finest Anglo-Saxon earthwork of its kind in the country and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM). It also contains chalk grassland of international...
Dunhams Wood
Dunhams Wood
Dunhams Wood is a small woodland outside of March, offering a variety of trees, flora and fauna.  A great place to relax and unwind, there are guided walks and childrens projects on open days...
Fairlands Valley Park
Fairlands Valley Park
Fairlands Valley Park in Stevenage is a beautiful 120 acre park with an 11 acre lake used for a range of watersport - dinghy, kayak, windsurfing,  The lake is also kept well stocked for the...
Fen Rivers Way
Fen Rivers Way
The Fen Rivers Way is a long distrance path running for  50 miles between the historic settlements of Cambridge, Ely and Kings Lynn.   Following the River Cam and the Great...
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