Ailsworth
Ailsworth or Ailesworth is a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of the city centre.

Ailsworth or Ailesworth is a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of the city centre. The parish is part of the former Soke of Peterborough, which was considered geographically part of Northamptonshire until in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, it became part of Cambridgeshire.
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Worth seeing in and around Ailsworth
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Milton Hall
Milton Hall near Peterborough, is the largest private house in Cambridgeshire, England. As part of the Soke of Peterborough, it was formerly in Northamptonshire.
2.9 km · country house in Castor, Cambridgeshire, England, the historical home of the Fitzwilliam family · Wikipedia - 02Nene Valley Railway
The Nene Valley Railway is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The line is 7+1⁄2 miles in length.
1.6 km · heritage railway in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Sutton Heath and Bog
Sutton Heath and Bog is an 18.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wansford in Cambridgeshire. This site has two types of grassland, both of which are rare in Cambridgeshire.
3 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wansford in Cambridgeshire, England · Wikipedia - 04Pearl Assurance War Memorial
The Pearl Assurance War Memorial, also known as the Pearl Centre War Memorial, is a First World War memorial, designed by George Frampton for the Pearl Assurance Company. Erected in London in 1921, it was moved to Peterborough in 1991.
3.3 km · war memorial in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Stibbington Hall
Stibbington Hall is a Jacobean country house in Sibson-cum-Stibbington, Huntingdonshire, England. The house and its gateway are Grade I-listed with English Heritage, and additional structures on the 19-acre property are also listed.
2.8 km · Grade I listed building in Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ailsworth
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 72 km · London Luton (LTN), 78 km · London Stansted (STN), 87 km
- Stations
- Peterborough/Sibson Airport, 3.2 km · Castor railway station, 1.2 km · Ferry Meadows railway station, 3.9 km · Wansford railway station, 2.6 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Ailsworth68 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £8–10
- Luton, Luton → Ailsworth78 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £9–12
- London, Essex → Ailsworth120 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ailsworth
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ailsworth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Ailsworth
Ailsworth is 53 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Castorvillage and civil parish in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England800 m
- Alwaltonvillage in Cambridgeshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Water Newtonvillage in Cambridgeshire, England, UK2.1 km
- Uptonvillage and civil parish in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England2 km
- Suttonvillage and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK2.2 km
- Sibson-cum-Stibbingtoncivil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, UK2.8 km