Northstowe
Northstowe is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, forecast to have 25,400 residents in 15,000 homes.
Northstowe is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, forecast to have 25,400 residents in 15,000 homes. On 1 April 2021 Northstowe became a civil parish formed from Longstanton and Oakington and Westwick, with the first town council elected on 6 May of that year.
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Worth seeing in and around Northstowe
6 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.
6 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.
5.6 km · football stadium in Cambridgeshire, England · Wikipedia - 03Rampton Castle
Rampton Castle, known locally as Giant's Hill, is the earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle in Rampton, Cambridgeshire. It is believed that the castle was constructed during The Anarchy by the forces of King Stephen to contain the revolt of Geoffrey de Mandeville.
2.7 km · site of medieval castle in Rampton, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church 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.
2.1 km · church in Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Mare Fen
Mare Fen is a 16.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, England. It is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council, and was formerly managed by the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Naturalists Trust, but as of December 2016 it is not listed on the Trust's web site.
5.1 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06St Michael's Church, Longstanton
St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, 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.
900 m · church in South Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Northstowe
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 46 km · London Luton (LTN), 54 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 97 km
- London, Essex → Northstowe87 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £10–13
- Luton, Luton → Northstowe56 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £7–9
- London → Northstowe87 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £10–13
- 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 Northstowe
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 Northstowe. 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 Northstowe
- Girtonvillage in Cambridgeshire, England5.5 km
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- Cottenhamvillage in Cambridgeshire, England4.4 km
- Lolworthvillage in Cambridgeshire, England, UK4.6 km
- Dry Draytonvillage in Cambridgeshire, England5.4 km
- Longstantonvillage in Cambridgeshire, England, UK900 m