Huntingdon
Located between Cambridge and Peterborough, Huntingdon is one of the UK’s best kept secrets.
With is peaceful location and excellent rail and road links to Cambridge and London, Huntingdon is the ideal choice for those wanting to strike the perfect work/life balance.
Whether it’s a relaxing day fishing, bird watching, horse riding or walking through the peaceful country parks or enjoying the town’s vibrant cafe society and shops, Huntingdon offers something for everyone.
Huntingdon is a town that appeals to lovers of the great outdoors. Cruise the gentle waterways of the beautiful River Great Ouse or enjoy sailing, wind surfing or water skiing. For something a little different try rally karting, gliding, ten-pin bowling, and afternoon at the races at Huntingdon Steeplechases.
The town is steeped in history. Oliver Cromwell, the diarist Samuel Pepys, William Cowper, the poet, and Queen Katherine of Aragon all have connections with the picturesque market town.
There is plenty to do and see in the vicinity. Check out Huntingdonshire’s wilder side at The Raptor Foundation, home to over 300 birds of prey.
Lovers of antiquity will enjoy a stroll round Hinchingbrooke House, a Tudor country house built on the site of a former Benedictine nunnery. The Manor at Hemingford Grey is the second oldest inhabited house in England. Built in 1130, it is also the house in which the Green Knowe children’s books were based.
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