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Eaton Socon

Eaton Socon is a district of St Neots, in the civil parish of St Neots, in the Huntingdonshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England, 1.4 miles south-west of St Neots town centre.

Eaton Socon
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The place

Eaton Socon is a district of St Neots, in the civil parish of St Neots, in the Huntingdonshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England, 1.4 miles south-west of St Neots town centre. Eaton Socon is a component of the town of St Neots, located on its south-west margin. Eaton Socon lies on the west side of the River Great Ouse, and is bounded on the west by the A1 road and on the south by the A428 road. On the north side Duloe Brook delineates the boundary with Eaton Ford, which is also part of St Neots.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Eaton Socon

4 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.

  1. 01
    Eaton Socon Castle

    Eaton Socon Castle was a Norman fortification. It was constructed next to the River Great Ouse in what is now Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire, England.

    600 m · castle in Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Neots Common

    St Neots Common is a 33.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in St Neots in Cambridgeshire. This site on the east bank of the River Great Ouse has grassland, willow carr, ditches and ponds, which support diverse wildlife species.

    2.2 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Riverside Miniature Railway

    The Riverside Miniature Railway is a miniature railway in Riverside Park, Eaton Ford, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Founded by Ivan Hewlett, the railway is run on a not-for-profit, community basis.

    1.2 km · UK amusement park · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St Denys' Church, Little Barford

    St Denys' Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Little Barford, Bedfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    2.5 km · redundant Anglican church in the village of Little Barford, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Eaton Socon

Airports
London Luton (LTN), 39 km · London Stansted (STN), 52 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 84 km
Stations
St. Neots railway station, 3.2 km
  • London, Essex → Eaton Socon
    80 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £8–11
  • London → Eaton Socon
    80 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £8–11
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Eaton Socon
    100 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £11–15
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Eaton Socon

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 Eaton Socon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundA cycle route runs north–south through the town, mostly off-road, following the railway line.

From Wikivoyage: Biggleswade, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    184 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    323 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    373 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    490 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    525 km

If you know how people move in Eaton Socon – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

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