Flatford, made famous by painter John Constable. © Snowshill
Visit the university city of Cambridge to see the historic Colleges and watch the students punt along the 'Backs' on the River Cam, enjoy the amazing art collection at the Fitzwilliam museum and browse the many antiquarian bookshops. (Who knows, you might find a volume that once belonged to a famous student like Ernest Rutherford, Charles Darwin, John Cleese or even Lord Byron!)
Discover one of Europe's most important Bronze Age sites at Flag Fen, or take the the kids to meet Thomas the Tank Engine at the Nene Valley Railway. See remarkable Roman remains at St Albans (Verulanium) and roam Britain's oldest recorded town – Colchester, the capital of Roman Britain. Explore one of our finest river settings on Bedford Embankment, one of our most unspoilt Georgian towns in Woburn, and our best-preserved mediaeval town at Lavenham. Prepare to be awed by the wondrous cathedrals of Ely and Norwich, and to be charmed by lovely historic towns like Woodbridge and Southwold.
Enjoy enchanting Jacobean Hatfield House (where Elizabeth I spent much of her childhood), whose extraordinary gardens were originially created by John Tradescant, and magnificent Woburn Abbey, seat of the Dukes of Bedford, complete with safari park and the biggest antiques centre outside London... You could also take time for rest and relaxation at some of our most popular beaches and holiday resorts, or on the waterways of the Norfolk Broads.
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The 'Mathematical Bridge' between parts of Queens' College, Cambridge, is a remarkable achievement and many legends have grown up around it. Let us separate the fact from the fiction for you.