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Travel Guide A guide to Cambridge and Cambridgeshire, England, highlighting attractions, history, and visitor information. |
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Cambridge Travel Guide
ABOUT CAMBRIDGE The oldest colleges face away from the River Cam, but share an expanse of lawn running down to the river known as The Backs. The Backs provide an excellent space for strolling and relaxing, and walkers along the river can view the often comical efforts of neophytes attempting to pole a punt along the water. [Editor's note: it is much harder than it looks, and quite embarassing when your pole gets stuck in the river mud and your punt drifts away]. No one should visit Cambridge without trying their hand at punting - the boats can be rented for quite a reasonable price. Cambridge boasts superb museums and art galleries, and the University Botanical Gardens are world-reknown. Near the city are a whole range of attractions, from Duxford War Museum to the stately home of Wimpole Hall. Further afield the cathedral cities of Peterborough and Ely offer more architectural delights. You are never far from the fenland in Cambridgeshire; in bygone centuries much of the fens was underwater, and only small tufts of solid ground rose above the surface to provide space for settlement. Since the fens were drained in the 17th century the rich soil of the area has provided excellent agricultural opportunities, and even the outskirts of Cambridge back onto farmer's fields. The unique flora and fauna of the fens can be explored at the Wicken Fen Nature Reserve, the oldest such reserve in England.
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Elsworth | Elton
House Grantchester
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| Kimbolton
| Peterborough
| Ramsey | St.
Ives | St. Neots
| Thorney | Wicken
Fen | Wimpole
Hall | Wisbech
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HISTORY CORNERName the Historic attractionBritish Heritage AwardsCelebrate the best of British Heritage in our annual British History QuizThis battle outside York saw the triumph of Harold Hardrada of Norway over Edwin and Morcar, Earls of Mercia and Northumbria respectively This Day in British History13 February, 1689 William and Mary jointly crowned monarchs of England Only the previous day Parliament declared a Declaration of Rights, making James II's constitutional reforms illegal Monarch Mayhem
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