- Category: Cafés & Tearooms, Culture, Arts, Heritage, Great Outdoors, Family Fun, Attractions
- Location: Lode
This welcoming and elegant house and its gardens have something new to offer each season.
Walk in the footsteps of Hereward the Wake, Oliver Cromwell and Anglo-Saxon Princess Etheldreda, explore some of the 900 Listed Buildings (buildings designated as being of special architectural or historic interest) throughout East Cambs and visit the towns and villages where the greatest quantities of bronze objects found anywhere in England were discovered.
For those who love arts and culture, the local arts scene will excite, inspire and delight with regular events, exhibitions, galleries and individual curators and artists blossoming with creativity and showcasing their talents.
Here are just a few highlights of places to visit when you’re taking an enriching trip to East Cambs.
This welcoming and elegant house and its gardens have something new to offer each season.
Babylon Gallery based on Ely's riverside presents up to 12 different exhibitions each year.
Explore the windmill, follow the trails, enjoy the rare vintage vehicles, old school room and village shop.
Chippenham Park, located close to Newmarket, is a thriving family estate.
Dojima Sake Brewery is the first of its kind to be built in the UK and is set in the stunning grounds of the historic Fordham Abbey estate.
Ely Cathedral is widely acknowledged as one of the wonders of the medieval world and one of the region’s most popular tourist destinations.
Ely Museum tells the story of the fens and the people who lived here.
Tucked just off Haddenham High Street, Haddenham Arts Centre has plenty to offer.
The former home of the Lord Protector and Ely's most famous resident now boasts a completely re-vamped Civil War Exhibition.
Prickwillow Museum, a registered educational charity, tells the story of the drainage of the Fens.
RAF Witchford is a former Royal Air Force station about two miles southwest of Ely.
Visit the only museum of stained glass in the UK – with a national collection of stained glass from across Britain and Europe.
Ancient Monument and has been restored by the Stretham Engine Trust.
A pop-up art gallery in Ely set in a 300-year-old cottage in Ely.
A family-friendly museum located in a beautiful, rural setting just off the A10 between Cambridge and Ely.
The National Horseracing Museum at Palace House comprises of three complementary and closely linked attractions.
Traditional English restaurant and art gallery since 1968. Set in a Georgian house with beautiful walled gardens overlooking Ely Cathedral.