South Cambridgeshire

Worth seeing in and around South Cambridgeshire

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.

1. 01
   Rowley's Hill

   Rowley's Hill is a hill in Cambridgeshire, near the villages of Harston and Newton. Although of only moderate height ), it has a relatively large prominence of 31 m due to it being surrounded on all sides by a 'moat' of much lower land.

   1.7 km · hill in Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Church of All Saints, Little Shelford

   The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire. The church is a Grade II* listed building, and dates from the 12th century.

   1.8 km · church in Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   3 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Whittlesford - Thriplow Hummocky Fields

   Whittlesford - Thriplow Hummocky Fields is a 55.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Whittlesford and Thriplow in Cambridgeshire, England. This site has two unusual species: the nationally rare grass-poly, which is only found in south Cambridgeshire on the British mainland, and the nationally uncommon fairy shrimp Chirocephalus diaphanus.

   2 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Thriplow Meadows

   Thriplow Meadows is a 3.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Thriplow in Cambridgeshire. The site has two fields with neutral pastures which range from dry to marshy.

   3.4 km · UK site of special scientific interest for its ecological value · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Thriplow Peat Holes

   Thriplow Peat Holes is a 12.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Thriplow in Cambridgeshire. The site has rare alder carr and fen habitats which have a wide variety of invertebrates, which is enhanced by ditches and ponds.

   2.9 km · UL site of special scientific interest for its ecology · Wikipedia

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Getting to South Cambridgeshire

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 29 km · London Luton (LTN), 43 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 83 km

Stations

Shelford railway station, 3 km · Foxton railway station, 3.6 km

• Luton, Luton → South Cambridgeshire

  44 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £5–7
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• London → South Cambridgeshire

  75 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £9–12
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → South Cambridgeshire

  116 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £13–18
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