Welcome to Visit Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire is centred around the beautiful River Great Ouse and its fascinating market towns of Huntingdon and Godmanchester, Ramsey, St Ives and St Neots, which have long and interesting histories for you to discover. There are over eighty villages tucked away down country lanes. In the Nene Valley, there are charming stone villages, along the Ouse Valley, tranquil waterside villages and in the west of the District, those with magnificent church spires. Retrace the steps of famous people.

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, was born and educated in Huntingdon. His former grammar school is now a museum recording his life. The Falcon Inn in Huntingdon was his father's headquarters. He was a tenant farmer in St Ives where his statue still stands.

Samuel Pepys lived at Brampton, close to Huntingdon, and was educated in Huntingdon. Queen Katherine of Aragon, wife of King Henry VIII, was sent to Buckden Towers before being imprisoned at Kimbolton Castle. Visit the wealth of other heritage attractions. Elton Hall with its lovely rose garden, Island Hall in Godmanchester, with its serene riverside setting and The Manor in Hemingford Grey, on which the Green Knowe children's books were based.

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