Duxford

Worth seeing in and around Duxford

10 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.

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   Imperial War Museum Duxford

   Imperial War Museum Duxford, also known as IWM Duxford or simply Duxford, is a branch of the Imperial War Museum near Duxford in Cambridgeshire, England. Duxford, Britain's largest aviation museum, houses exhibits, including nearly 200 aircraft, military vehicles, artillery and small naval vessels in seven main exhibition buildings.

   2 km · Britain's largest aviation museum · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Wellcome Sanger Institute

   The Wellcome Sanger Institute, previously known as The Sanger Centre and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, is a non-profit British genomics and genetics research institute, primarily funded by the Wellcome Trust. It is located on the Wellcome Genome Campus by the village of Hinxton, outside Cambridge.

   2.6 km · British genomics research institute · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen

   St Mary Magdalene Church is the Church of England parish church in the village of Ickleton in Cambridgeshire. The church is a Grade I listed building.

   2.6 km · church in South Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St John's Church, Duxford

   St John's Church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England. In 1967 it was recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now vested in The Churches Conservation Trust.

   200 m · church in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Sawston Hall

   Sawston Hall is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house in Sawston, Cambridgeshire dating from the 16th century. It has many fine features, such as the magnificent Great Hall complete with Elizabethan panelling and a large Tudor fireplace with fireback dated 1571.

   3.2 km · Grade I listed building in South Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Thriplow Peat Holes

   Thriplow Peat Holes is a 12.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Thriplow in Cambridgeshire. The site has rare alder carr and fen habitats which have a wide variety of invertebrates, which is enhanced by ditches and ponds.

   3.3 km · UL site of special scientific interest for its ecology · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Parish Church of St Peter

   St Peter's is an Anglican church in the village of Duxford, Cambridgeshire. From the early 12th century until the mid-19th century it was one of two active parish churches in the village, but their merger in 1874 saw St Peter's chosen as the sole parish church for the village.

   100 m · church in Duxford, England · Wikipedia
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   Parish Church of St Mary and St John the Evangelist

   St Mary and St John Church is a Church of England parish church in the village of Hinxton in Cambridgeshire. It is a medieval flint and rubble church in the early-English style.

   1.9 km · church in South Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Duxford Chapel

   Duxford Chapel is a chapel that was once part of the Hospital of St. John, founded by William de Colville at Duxford, in Cambridgeshire, England.

   1.3 km · chapel in Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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    Airborne Assault

    Airborne Assault – The Museum of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces is based at Duxford in Cambridgeshire and tells the story of the Parachute Regiment and other airborne forces.

    1.8 km · military museum in the East of England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Imperial War Museum Duxford
2. 02
   American Air Museum in Britain
3. 03
   Royal Anglian Regiment Museum

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Things to do

Attend one of the several air shows staged each year at Duxford.

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Where to eat

The Imperial War Museum Duxford has a number of refreshment options, including the Runway Restaurant, a café and coffee shop/kiosk.

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   Provenance

   Hill Farm Rd, Whittlesford, CB22 4AN, ask@provenancekitchen.com.

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Getting to Duxford

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 24 km · London Luton (LTN), 44 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 81 km

Stations

Whittlesford Parkway railway station, 1.3 km

• Luton, Luton → Duxford

  46 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £5–7
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• London → Duxford

  68 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £7–10
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Duxford

  130 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £14–19
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