Longstowe
Longstowe is a civil parish and small rural village of nearly 200 residents in South Cambridgeshire, England, 12 miles (19 km) west of Cambridge.
Longstowe is a civil parish and small rural village of nearly 200 residents in South Cambridgeshire, England, 12 miles (19 km) west of Cambridge. The population was measured at 205 at the 2011 census. It is situated on the western side of the A1198 road, running for about a mile along the B1046.
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Worth seeing in and around Longstowe
2 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.
- 01Bourn Castle
Bourn Castle was in the village of Bourn in Cambridgeshire, 10 miles to the west of Cambridge. It originally consisted of wooden buildings on an earthwork enclosure which was erected by Picot of Cambridge around 1080, which was towards the end of the reign of William the Conqueror.
1.2 km · castle in Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Wysing Arts Centre
Wysing Arts Centre is a contemporary arts residency centre and campus for artistic production, experimentation and learning in South Cambridgeshire, England. The centre was established in 1989 and completed a £1.7 million capital development project in 2008.
900 m · Visual arts centre, gallery and artists studios · Wikipedia
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Getting to Longstowe
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 39 km · London Stansted (STN), 40 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 83 km
- Stations
- Gransden Lodge Airfield, 2.1 km
- London → Longstowe75 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £8–11
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Longstowe112 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £13–17
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Longstowe128 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £14–19
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Longstowe
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 Longstowe. 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.
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Next door to Longstowe
- Kingstona village located in South Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom3.6 km
- Little Gransdenvillage and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, UK3.9 km
- Caxtonvillage in Cambridgeshire, England, UK2.9 km
- Bournvillage and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, UK1.7 km