Cambridgeshire

Join us this summer for a day of relaxation, exploration and discovery. We'll be celebrating our summer blooms all the way through June and July, when the gardens are at their best.

Summer is a great time for a visit to Wimpole. Enjoy exploring the hall, gardens and parkland, with its folly, lake and spectacular views, and don't forget to visit the farm to meet some of the new arrivals.

At Wicken Fen summer is the time to listen for warblers and cuckoos, insects' wings beating and the wind in the reeds. Look on the ground for early marsh orchids, purple loosestrife and meadowsweet, and watch the sky for marsh harriers, hobbies, swifts and swallows.

Look out for colourful flowers around the mill and a selection of fruit trees across the site. Enjoy the many routes along the river and through meadows from Houghton Mill to St. Ives, Huntingdon and Godmanchester.

Bring the family for some wildlife spotting at Wicken Fen this summer, which is also where the kids can boost their energy levels with a Sport England funded work-out in our 'natural gym'. Walk to the Gothic folly and imagine you're in a fairytale at Wimpole or play hide and seek in the gardens at Anglesey Abbey.

Enjoy a walk through the relatively flat landscape of Cambridgeshire, where the big skies give a feeling of wide open space. Whether you're looking to escape the city of Cambridge or want to explore the countryside surrounding Ely, come and discover the beauty of the Cambridgeshire fens and the wildlife that call them home.

Enjoy the scent of the formal Rose Garden, listen to the buzz of insects in the Wildflower Meadows and make colourful memories in our Herbaceous Garden. Every Saturday relax to the sound of summer with live music on the South Lawn programmed by the Cambridge Folk Festival and the Cambridge Jazz Festival.

Stroll through a riot of colour in the herbaceous borders in the walled garden, buzzing with bees, and visit the striking parterre, planted with salvia and pelargoniums in geometric shapes.

Highland cattle and Konik ponies are helping to create new habitats for rare wetland plants and wildlife at Wicken Fen. We need your help to look after this grazing herd, that will in turn ensure these rare species thrive.

For centuries they have tirelessly worked the land, but Shire horses are a breed under threat. At Wimpole Home Farm in Cambridgeshire we need your help to look after these magnificent beasts and secure their future.