Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of The Jockey's Trail
Mill Close, Burwell, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0HL, Tel: 01638 605544, (4 miles, 6kms)
A local rural history museum depicting life through the centuries on the edge of the Cambridgeshire fens. The site includes an early 19th century windmill.
Museum
99 High Street, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8JH, Tel: 01638 667333, (0.1 miles, 0.1kms)
Discover the stories of racing - the people, the horses and the history. From the early royal origins of the Sport of Kings at Newmarket to its modern-day heroes. Ride the racehorse simulator and experience the excitement of a race.
Chippenham Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7QJ, Tel: 01638 751918, Email, (4 miles, 7kms)
Offroad activity park. Military vehicles, 4x4 Range Rovers, quads, karts, clay shooting and motocross bikes. Battlefield live.
Children's Playground
Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0XE, Tel: 01638 663464, Email, (3 miles, 4kms)
Set it 512 acres the National Stud LTD is a Jockey Club Company. The beautiful grounds & facilities are a recognised tourist attraction in the eastern region & provide public access via daily tours, to the thoroughbred breeding industry.
Visitor Centre
The National Trust, Lode Lane, Wicken, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5XP, Tel: 01353 720274, Email, (7 miles, 11kms)
A window onto the lost landscape of the undrained Fens, Wicken Fen lets you get close to wildlife all year.
Nature Reserve
Quy Road, Lode, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9EJ, Tel: 01223 810080, Email, (7 miles, 11kms)
An elegant country house set in a magnificent landscape. Explore 114 acres of vibrant colour, delicious scent and the simple pleasures of nature all year round.
Historic House
63 The Guineas, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8HT, Tel: 01638 719749, Email, (0.1 miles, 0.1kms)
Information Centre
Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, CB5 0JZ, Tel: 01638 741009, Email, (4 miles, 7kms)
A working windmill, built in 1857 and worked commercially until 1946. Restored by the present owner and producing traditional stoneground flours and associated products.
Windmill
The Green, Moulton, Suffolk, CB8 8SQ, Tel: 01223 582700, (3 miles, 6kms)
A pretty four-arched 15th century bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.
Historic Site
23 High Street, Wicken, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5XR, Tel: 01664 822751, Email, (7 miles, 11kms)
Wicken Corn Mill is one of the finest surviving windmills, and probably the only working 12-sided smock (wooden tower) mill in the world.
Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7UU, Tel: 0870 050 2424, Email, (4 miles, 6kms)
The John MacDougall Visitor Centre gives an insight into the veterinary work of the Animal Health Trust charity. Coffee shop serves light refreshments.
Heritage Centre
Churches of St Cyriac and St Julitta, High Street, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, CB5 0LD, Tel: 020 7213 0660, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)
The view of Swaffham Prior’s two eccentric churches, sharing the same churchyard, and elevated above the village street, is memorable.
Church
The Guildhall, Lode, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9EW, Tel: 01223 813318, Email, (7 miles, 11kms)
15 minutes from Cambridge lies a beautiful Shangri-la stretching across 190 acres of lawn grass that holds summertime events and regular weekend camping and fabulous picnic areas promoting the countryside and health and fitness.
Park
Country Park
