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Visitors crossing Norman's Bridge at Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
Visitors crossing Norman's Bridge at Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire | © National Trust Images/Arnhel de Serra

Walking in Cambridgeshire

There are lots of things to discover on a walk in Cambridgeshire, including Anglesey Abbey’s iconic tree avenues, Wicken Fen’s winding reedbed routes, and paths through the two-acre Victorian garden at Peckover House.

Top walks in Cambridgeshire

Sunrise with a cloudy sky behind the wind pump, a conical wooden building with four wooden sails, at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire. In the foreground are reeds and trees
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Four Lodes Trail at Wicken Fen 

Explore Wicken Fen and the four Lodes that border Adventurers' Fen. This trail is great for a walk to catch glimpses of our grazing herds of Konik ponies and Highland cattle.

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Walking
DistanceMiles: 4.0 (km: 6.4)
Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire
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Trail

St Ives and the Hemingfords walk 

Discover unspoiled villages and an old market town, alongside water meadows and the delightful Ouse valley landscape, on the St Ives and The Hemingfords walk.

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Walking
DistanceMiles: 5 (km: 8)
Wicken Fen Nature Reserve near Wicken Rose Cottage, Cambridgeshire
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Trail

Wicken Fen Adventurers' Trail 

A 3-mile walk, exploring new areas of wetland habitat, reed beds and the mere.

Activities
Walking
DistanceMiles: 2.75 (km: 4.4)
A family takes part in an insect hunt in front of a windmill at Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire
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Trail

Wicken Fen boardwalk trail 

A short walk around Wicken's ancient Sedge Fen, a unique remnant of undrained fenland.

Activities
Walking
DistanceMiles: 0.7 (km: 1.12)
View across river and meadows
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Trail

Houghton Mill and Houghton Meadows walk 

Follow this circular walk across the water meadows and over the Ouse valley landscape as you discover the history of the local area.

Activities
Walking
DistanceMiles: 1.8 (km: 2.88)
18th-century watermill at Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire in spring
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Trail

Huntingdon and Godmanchester walk 

Head off through a watery landscape in search of lost mills on this 8-mile walk through the delightful landscape of the Ouse valley.

Activities
Walking
DistanceMiles: 8 (km: 12.8)

Accessible walks

Silver birch trees in the Winter Walk at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
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Anglesey Abbey 

Today visitors can enjoy the hard gravel paths around the garden. There's also single-seater mobility vehicles available to hire in advance and wheelchairs on request.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Fully open today
Sunset over the windpump at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire
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Wicken Fen 

The ¾ mile raised boardwalk allows easy access into this fenland landscape of flowering meadows, sedge and reedbeds, where you can encounter rarities such as hen harriers, water voles and bitterns. Mobility parking is available just outside the visitor centre, where wheelchairs can be hired.

Ely, Cambridgeshire

Partially open today
The multi-use trail in woodland at Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire
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Wimpole Estate 

Enjoy the colourful parterre garden, pleasure grounds and walled garden, via the gravel and concrete pathways that lead to Home Farm. There are also three wheelchairs, five single-seater mobility vehicles and a volunteer-driven multi-seater vehicle available.

Royston, Cambridgeshire

Fully open today

All walking in Cambridgeshire

    The South Front of Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire

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    Fenland landscapes, grand houses, lush farmland and a myriad of waterways can all be found in Cambridgeshire.