Welcome to Visit Huntingdonshire
Official tourist information website for Huntingdonshire, near Cambridge. Covering Huntingdon, St Neots, St Ives and Ramsey
Huntingdonshire, near to the historic city of Cambridge, 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. 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.
Visit the wealth of other heritage attractions. Queen Katherine of Aragon, wife of King Henry VIII, was sent to Buckden Towers before being imprisoned at Kimbolton Castle. Island Hall in Godmanchester, with its serene riverside setting. The Manor in Hemingford Grey, one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in the country, on which the Green Knowe children's books were based and Houghton Mill, the last working water mill on the River Great Ouse
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