Histon
Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.
Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge, and is separated from the city by the A14 road which runs east–west. In 2011, the parish had a population of 4,655. Histon forms part of the Cambridge built-up area.
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Worth seeing in and around Histon
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.
- 01Girton College
Girton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college at Cambridge.
3.1 km · college of the University of Cambridge · Wikipedia - 02Bridge Road
Bridge Road, also known as the Glassworld Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Impington, a small village connected to Histon in Cambridgeshire. The ground is owned by a trust called Histon Football Club Holdings, who guarantee the use of the facility for sports purposes.
1.4 km · football stadium in Cambridgeshire, England · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Andrew
St Andrew's Church is a parish church in Oakington, England. Parts of the thick walls of the nave above the arcading, and the base of the tower in the church are the earliest surviving parts of it, likely from the 12th century.
2.5 km · church in Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Histon Road SSSI
Histon Road is a 0.6-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridge. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
2.8 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to Histon
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 42 km · London Luton (LTN), 53 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 95 km
- London, Essex → Histon84 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £9–12
- Luton, Luton → Histon55 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £6–8
- London → Histon84 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £9–12
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Histon
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 Histon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextMap of places with Wikivoyage articles nearby Grantchester: Take a day trip to enjoy the countryside and have scones and tea at The Orchard.
From Wikivoyage: Cambridge, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Histon – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Histon
- Girtonvillage in Cambridgeshire, England2.7 km
- Cottenhamvillage in Cambridgeshire, England3.9 km
- Orchard Parksuburb and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, UK2.5 km
- Oakingtonvillage in Cambridgeshire, England, UK2.6 km
- Westwickvillage in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom2.2 km
- Arburysuburb and ward of Cambridge in the United Kingdom3.5 km