Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a quiet and fairly prosperous region presenting relatively few hazards to the traveller. See the England section for more general safety tips.

villages

Duxford - location of the aircraft collection of the Imperial War Museum and much more besides... Air Shows!

Fordham

Fowlmere

Grantchester - the English village south of Cambridge made famous by war poet Rupert Brooke

Little Gidding Tiny village between Cambridge and Peterborough, made famous by TS Eliot and Nicholas Ferrar

Shingay-cum-Wendy

talk

Cambridgeshire residents speak in the standard form of English common across South East England, and there should be little difficulty for English speakers in understanding them. Contrary to popular belief, most locals do not speak in the distinctive upper-class accents common amongst Cambridge University students.

towns

Huntingdon - home of Oliver Cromwell

March

Ramsey

St Ives

St Neots

Wisbech

cities

Cambridge - picturesque University city and Cambridgeshire's traditional county town

Ely - the cathedral city in the Fens

Peterborough - growing industrial centre and cathedral city