Hinxton

Worth seeing in and around Hinxton

8 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
   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.

   3.8 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.

   700 m · 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.

   1.1 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.

   2.2 km · church in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   1.9 km · church in Duxford, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   3.7 km · military museum in the East of England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

   200 m · church in South Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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.

   2.6 km · chapel in Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hinxton

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 22 km · London Luton (LTN), 44 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 81 km

Stations

Whittlesford Parkway railway station, 2.6 km · Great Chesterford railway station, 2.7 km

• Luton, Luton → Hinxton

  47 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £5–7
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• London → Hinxton

  67 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £7–9
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Hinxton

  132 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £14–19
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