Sawston

Worth seeing in and around Sawston

9 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
   Granta Park

   Granta Park is a science, technology and biopharmaceutical park based on the bank of the River Granta in Great Abington near Cambridge, England. The idea for the park came from the chief executive of The Welding Institute Bevan Braithwaite OBE. He started negotiations in 1992 for an option to buy the 87 acres of farm land, on which Granta Park is now built, and obtained the planning permission from South Cambridgeshire District Council, which laid down the basic concept for a high quality, low density, fully landscaped development.

   3.5 km · science, technology, and biomedical park near Cambridge, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Sawston Hall

   Sawston Hall is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house in Sawston, Cambridgeshire dating from the 16th century. It has many fine features, such as the magnificent Great Hall complete with Elizabethan panelling and a large Tudor fireplace with fireback dated 1571.

   500 m · Grade I listed building in South Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   3.6 km · church in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Dernford Fen

   Dernford Fen is a 10.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Sawston in Cambridgeshire. The site is a rare surviving example of rough fen and carr.

   1.8 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · 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.

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

   2.4 km · chapel in Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Middlefield

   Middlefield is a mansion in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, England, designed in 1908–9 by Edwin Lutyens. It is a grade II* listed building.

   3.4 km · mansion in Stapleford, Cambridge, designed by Lutyens · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Little Trees Hill

   Little Trees Hill is one of the highest points of the Gog Magog Hills, a ridge of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the south-east of Cambridge in England. Unusually for a Cambridgeshire hill, its summit is reachable on foot, thanks to permissive open access.

   3.3 km · hill in Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Wandlebury Hill

   Wandlebury Hill is a peak in the Gog Magog Hills, a ridge of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge, England. The underlying rock is present in a number of places on the hill.

   3.8 km · hill in Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Sawston

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 27 km · London Luton (LTN), 46 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 85 km

Stations

Shelford railway station, 3.5 km · Whittlesford Parkway railway station, 2.4 km · Pampisford railway station, 3 km

• Luton, Luton → Sawston

  48 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £5–7
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• London → Sawston

  71 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £7–10
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Sawston

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