Cambridgeshire Days Out Guide (2026)

Animals & Nature in Cambridgeshire

Hamerton Zoo Park - Hamerton, Nr Sawtry
Hamerton Zoo Park is a 25 acre walk-through animal attraction between Peterborough and Huntingdon... read more
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Linton Zoo - Linton
Linton Zoological gardens is a walk-through 18 acre outdoor zoo in Linton. Set amongst beautiful gardens, this outdoor attraction features nationalistically landscaped enclosures... read more
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Sacrewell Farm and Country Centre - Thornhaugh, Peterborough
Sacrewell Farm and Country Centre is a petting farm with children's play activities near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire... read more
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Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve - Ely
Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve is the National Trust's oldest nature reserve and is one of Europe's most important wetland habitats... read more
Animals & Nature

Arts & Crafts in Cambridgeshire

Crafty Monkey - St Neots
Crafty Monkey in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Find the latest opening hours, map and contact details... read more
Arts and crafts activities

Gardens in Cambridgeshire

Cambridge University Botanic Garden - Cambridge
Cambridge University Botanic Garden in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Find the latest opening hours, map and contact details... read more
Gardens

Historical & Heritage in Cambridgeshire

Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill - Lode
Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill is a Jacobean style house, a working water mill and 114 acres of gardens and park near Cambridge... read more
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Duxford Chapel
Station Road, Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4NL
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Ely Cathedral
The Chapter House, The College, Ely, Cambs, CB7 4DL
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Flag Fen - Peterborough
Flag Fen is a bronze age archaeological dig site near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire... read more
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Houghton Mill and Waterclose Meadows - Houghton, near Huntingdon
Houghton Mill and Waterclose Meadows is a working watermill dating from the mid 1700's in a picturesque village location on an island on the Great Ouse River... read more
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King's College Chapel
King's Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1ST
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Longthorpe Tower
Thorpe Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE3 6LU
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Oliver Cromwell’s House - Ely
Oliver Cromwell’s House is a historical house that was once the home of Oliver Cromwell in Ely town centre in Cambridgeshire... read more
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Peckover House and Garden - Wisbech
Peckover House and Garden is an 18th Century Georgian town house in Wisbech with two-acres of walled gardens including an orangery... read more
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Peterborough Cathedral
Minster Precincts, Peterborough, PE1 1XS
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Wimpole Estate - Arrington, Royston
Wimpole Estate is a mansion with gardens, a working farm and parkland and is located South West of Cambridge... read more
Historical tourist attractions

Family & Kids Activities in Cambridgeshire

Activity World - Peterborough
Activity World's main attraction is a gigantic indoor play frame, for kids 12 and under, covering 10,000sq ft over three levels... read more
Kids days out • Indoor

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Big Sky Adventure Play - Peterborough
Big Sky Adventure Play is an indoor children's play centre for children up to the age of 11 in Peterborough... read more
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Whale of a Time - Cambridge
Whale of a Time is a children's soft play centre with both indoor and outdoor play areas near Cambridge... read more
Kids days out

Museums & Galleries in Cambridgeshire

Cambridge Museum Of Technology - Cambridge
Cambridge Museum Of Technology is a museum to maintain the machinery of a historic sewage pumping station located in Cambridge city centre... read more
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Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum
Denny Abbey, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PQ
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Imperial War Museum Duxford - Duxford, Cambridge
Imperial War Museum Duxford is set in the grounds of the best-preserved Second World War airfield in Europe with a collection of over 200 aircraft... read more
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Kettle's Yard
University of Cambridge, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ
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Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum
7 South Brink, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1JB
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Primavera Gallery
10 Kings Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1SJ
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The Centre for Computing History - Cambridge
The Centre for Computing History is a museum about the history of computing and computer gaming located in Cambridge... read more
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The Fitzwilliam Museum - Cambridge
The Fitzwilliam Museum is an art and antiquities museum, belonging to Cambridge University, located in Cambridge in Cambridgeshire... read more
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The Polar Museum - Cambridge
The Polar Museum is an museum displaying artefacts and information relating to the Arctic and the Antarctic in the city of Cambridge... read more
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The Stained Glass Museum - Ely
The Stained Glass Museum is a museum about the history of stained glass, located in Ely Cathedral in the city of Ely... read more
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Whipple Museum of the History of Science - Cambridge
Whipple Museum of the History of Science is a museum displaying scientific instruments and models in Cambridge city centre... read more
Museums & Galleries • Indoor

Other Places to Visit in Cambridgeshire

Skylark Maize Maze and Funyard - Wimblington, March
Skylark Maize Maze and Funyard is a seasonal maize maze near March in Cambridgeshire... read more
Other places to visit

Transport & Railways in Cambridgeshire

Nene Valley Railway - Stibbington, Peterborough
Nene Valley Railway in Stibbington, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Find the latest opening hours, map and contact details... read more
Transport days out

Cambridgeshire Gift Experiences

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