Cambridge Outdoor Club

Local Places of Interest

Cambridge Outdoor Club is the ideal venue for exploring the many beautiful and historic places of East Anglia. The coast swings round like half the circumference of a wheel so that to the north Hunstanton is 42 miles and to the east Yarmouth is 66 miles as the crow flies. Briefly starting in the east and moving round to the west, the following places are but a few to give some idea of the variation that this area offers to the visitor.

Newmarket

The home of British Horse Racing where more than 2500 horses are in training. Early each day many can be seen exercising on the gallops. There are conducted tours around many of the prime racing facilities and the home of the National Stud.

Cambridge

A beautiful university town with outstanding architecture that incorporates the famous Kings College Chapel. A trip on the Cam by punt to view some of the colleges is a memorable experience.

Bury St. Edmunds

A lively market town with the ruins of one of the greatest Benedicitine Abbeys with the great Northern Gateway still intact. The cathedral and adjacent church are well worth visiting.

Lavenham

An outstanding example of a medieval town with wood framed and white washed houses dating from the 15th Century.

Sandringham

The country retreat of HM the Queen situated in 60 acres of parkland and gardens. There is a museum that includes vintage royal motor cars, carriages and coaches, restaurant and shop.

Ely

The town has one of the finest Gothic cathedrals in the country with its famous octagon and lantern.

Duxford

The museum of aircraft dating from the first world war to the present day and this includes the famous Concord.

Peterborough

The town has one of the finest cathedrals in the country. Guided tours are available. Peterborough also hosts the Queens Gate Centre the largest indoor shopping center in Cambridgeshire where you will find a whole range of shops cafe's to suit everyone's taste

There are the seaside resorts of Hunstanton , Wells Next the Sea, Cromer and Great Yarmouth with sandy beaches in easy motoring distance. East Anglia has a rich collection of country houses and estates open the the public and run by the National Trust and English Heritage, Near to Cambridge Outdoor is Anglesey Abbey renowned for its Landscaped garden and Arboretum, Wicken Fen - the very first National Trust property, Oxburgh Hall with its moated manor house, Kentwell Hall a moated Tudor house, Blicking Hall one of England's finest Jacobean houses to name but a few. It is with out doubt an area with something for everybody and Cambridge Outdoor Club is the ideal base to explore it.