Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of The Fenland Gite

Welches Dam, Manea, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0NF, Tel: 01354 680212, (5 miles, 9kms)

RSPB nature reserve in the heart of the fens, with 10 bird-watching hides and a visitor centre.

29 St Mary's Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4HF, Tel: 01353 662062, (0.6 miles, 1kms)

Visit the former Lord Protector’s family home. Experience what domestic life would have been like in the 17th Century in a variety of re-created period rooms as well an exhibition detailing the Civil War.

Oliver Cromwell's House, 29 St. Mary's Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4HF, Tel: 01353 662062, Email, (0.6 miles, 1kms)

Winner of the Regional Enjoy England Award for Excellence 2010 - Tourist Information Service.

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.

Chapter House, The College, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4DL, Tel: 01353 667735, Email, (0.5 miles, 0.8kms)

One of England's finest cathedrals with guided tours & tours of the Octagon and West Tower, monastic precincts Also a brass rubbing centre and The Stained Glass Museum.

Stretham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7, Tel: 01353 648578, Email, (0.3 miles, 0.6kms)

The Stretham Old Engine Museum houses a fine example of a land drainage steam engine in a restored, tall-chimneyed brick engine house.

The South Triforium, Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4DL, Tel: 01353 660347, Email, (0.5 miles, 0.8kms)

A museum housing examples of stained glass from the 13C to the present day in specially lighted display boxes with models of a modern workshop.

23 High Street, Wicken, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5XR, Tel: 01664 822751, Email, (6 miles, 10kms)

Wicken Corn Mill is one of the finest surviving windmills, and probably the only working 12-sided smock (wooden tower) mill in the world.

Grovemere Building Foyer, Lancaster Way Business Park, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3NW, Tel: 01353 666666, (2 miles, 4kms)

A display of memorabilia to honour the Men & Women who served at RAF Witchford & Mepal Airfields during World War II.

Waterside, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4AU, Tel: 01353 616993, Email, (0.6 miles, 1kms)

The Babylon Gallery on Ely's waterside is situated in a converted 18th Century brewery warehouse next to award winning Peacock's Tearooms.

Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4BJ, (0.7 miles, 1kms)

Jubilee Gardens

Recital Hall, Hayward Theatre, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4JU, Tel: 01353 660349, Email, (0.4 miles, 0.7kms)

Hayward Theatre

20 High Street, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3XA, Tel: 01353 749188, Email, (6 miles, 10kms)

An innovative creative art gallery & exotic ethnic gallery. Ten changing exhibitions each year by regionally and nationally known makers. Also natural meadow sculpture garden, working artist's studios and tea shop.

Nigel House, 67 High Street, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3RA, Tel: 01353 740824, (5 miles, 9kms)

A herb garden laid out in collections: culinary, aromatic, medical, biblical, Shakespearean, dye bed and astrological.