First… coronavirus

Government advice

Featured places to go

• Hemingford Grey (above) – The Manor, made famous by the Green Knowe books.
• Northamptonshire – Coton Manor Gardens.
• Northamptonshire – Lamport Hall.

Local places to go

• Bedford – Arts and culture / Bedford Borough Council.
• Bedford and beyond – Visit Bedford.
• Bedfordshire – The Best of Bedford.

• Cambridge – Cambridge events / Google search.
• Cambridge – Cambridge events / Skiddle.
• Cambridge – Cambridge Live.
• Cambridge – Events in Cambridge / The List.
• Cambridge – Things to do in Cambridge / Eventbrite.
• Cambridge – University of Cambridge / public events.
• Cambridge – Visit Cambridge.
• Cambridgeshire – Best things to do / Day Out With The Kids.
• Cambridgeshire – Best places to go / Let’s Go With The Children.
• Cambridgeshire and further afield – Friends of Friendless Churches.

• Anglesey Abbey.
• Duxford Imperial War Museum.
• Britain Express – places in East Anglia.
• English Heritage – places near Hatley.
• Historic Houses – places near Hatley.
• National Trust – other places near Hatley.
• RSPB, Sandy Lodge
• Shuttleworth Collection – the old planes at Old Warden and…
• … the Swiss Garden.
• South Cambs.
• Wimpole Hall.

National places to go

• Antique fairs – International Antiques & Collectors Fairs.
• Antique fairs – Antiques Atlas.
• Gardens – British Red Cross.
• Gardens – National Gardens Scheme.
• Gardens – Open Gardens directory.

• Britain Express.
• English Heritage.
• Friends of Friendless Churches.
• Historic Buildings and Places.
• Historic Houses.
• National Trust.
• National Trust for Scotland (less expensive to join than the NT – includes free entry into NT properties + excellent talks in Cambridge).
• RSPB – find a nature reserve.
• Where can we go? – you can search for events in each county as well as by village, town or post code.
• Wildlife Trust – find a nature reserve.

Getting there

• Traffic England – up-to-date traffic information.

Worth supporting

• Friends of Friendless Churches.
• Historic Buildings and Places – previously the Ancient Monuments Society.

And… finally

If you spot any broken links or have suggestions for links we should add, please do say by e-mailing Peter Mann, this site’s webmaster, and letting himr know.

• ‘This sceptred isle’?  It’s from Shakespeare’s Richard II – here’s the whole speech.

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