Heathrow Airport 2 hr 1
Sacrewell (22 min) John Clare Cottage & Garden (13 min) Ferry Meadows in Nene Park (27 min) Destination for walks, fishing, horseback riding & other activities amid meadows, woodlands & lakes. Aqua Park Rutland (29 min) Water park Peterborough Museum (22 min) Georgian townhouse with a Victorian operating theatre as well as fossil and civic art collections. Rutland Water (40 min) Man-made lake providing a serene retreat for boating, fishing, hiking/biking & birdwatching. Brownes Hospital (17 min) Charitable housing founded in 1485, now containing private flats & a public museum with site tours. Crowland Abbey (20 min) Historic church & former monastery, offering services, ruins, relics & tours by appointment. Burghley House Gardens & Deer Park (27 min) Flag Fen Archaeology Park (24 min) 3,500 year-old archaeological site with Bronze age causeway remains and reconstructed round houses. Burghley House (27 min) Italian-influenced tudor-era mansion in Capability Brown-designed gardens. Closed in winter. Longthorpe Tower (22 min) Historic 3-tiered tower known for its detailed 14th-century wall paintings, with costumed docents. Barnack Hills and Holes National Nature Reserve (15 min) Nature reserve and nature Peterborough Cathedral (23 min) Medieval church with tours, a grand Gothic facade, tower visits in summer and choral recitals. Grimsthorpe Castle Park & Gardens (15 min) Estate with oak forest, gardens and quadrangular historic house with central courtyard. Shut winter. |