This new book adds Cambridgeshire and the Fens to Bradt's award-winning Slow Travel series the biggest series of UK regional travel guides, now over 20 titles strong. No other title offers the range and depth of information on this varied, beautiful and surprisingly undiscovered region. Cambridge itself attracts visitors, students, professionals and academics from around the world, but beyond the University City lie towns and villages, wide open spaces, gentle waterways and wonderful cycling and walking country that comparatively few take time to discover. Engaging and unexpected, this is an informative guide that captures both the stand-out highlights and lesser-known attractions of this unique part of East Anglia. Key information on where to go and stay, and what to eat, see and do is complemented by local expertise, with inclusion of interviews and insider tips from Cambridgeshire locals and area specialists. Active and slow exploration is included, with a range of walks, cycle routes and watersports kayaking and paddle-boarding, and not just punting! Historic towns, striking estates and monastic sites are featured, with places such as Ely, St Ives, Ramsey, Wimpole Hall, and Denny and Anglesey abbeys all coming under the spotlight. Then there's the quintessential English villages like the Hemingfords and the Shelfords and the ancient earthworks of Fleam Dyke and Wandlebury Ring. Rounding off the picture, to the north and east of Cambridge are the intriguing, pancake-flat Fens, home to Britain's lowest point, and Fenland towns such as Wisbech, Chatteris and March which were once islands. In contrast, to the south, the landscape changes to rolling chalk uplands, with the alluring Gog Magog Hills and the county's highest point in Great Chishill. Given its only city is known worldwide, Cambridgeshire and the Fens remain a surprising mystery to many who visit, but this new title from Bradt, with its relaxed, informal style, wide range of maps, and mix of practical and descriptive information, is the perfect way to lift the lid on one of the country's most distinctive and attractive areas.

Vorwort
. Sales of the Slow Travel series grew by over 80% in 2021 vs 2019 - the largest sales increase of any UK Travel series . A unique title, offering coverage found in no other guide . Cambridge consistently ranks as one of the top 10 most visited cities in the UK (VisitBritain) About Bradt Travel Guides . Founded in 1974, Bradt is now the largest independent guidebook publisher in the UK with over 200 titles in print . WINNER of the Gold award for Best Guidebook Series in the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards 2018 and 2019 . Bradt guides are written by authors who really know their destinations. Many are resident there, or have been visiting regularly over a number of years . Each new Bradt guide is backed by a dedicated press and social media campaign

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By Lucy Grewcock

Zusammenfassung
Slow Cambridgeshire and the Fens travel guide - Holiday advice and tourist information covering walking, wildlife, accommodation, restaurants, towns, stately homes and more. Includes Cambridge, Ely, St Ives, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Wisbech and St Neots, plus Grantchester, Wicken Fen and Duxford Imperial War Museum and narrowboat cruising.

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CONTENTS

GOING SLOW IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE & THE FENS

A taste of Cambridgeshire, How this book is arranged, Practical information & getting around, Slow days out in Cambridgeshire

1 CAMBRIDGE & AROUND

Getting around, Cambridge, Stourbridge Common to Fleam Dyke, South of the city, Grantchester & the west

2 THE HEART OF HUNTINGDONSHIRE

Getting around, Along the Great Ouse, Woodhurst to Keyston, Grafham Water & the west

3 THE UPPER NENE VALLEY & GREAT NORTH ROAD

Getting around, Peterborough & Clare country, The Great North Road & around

4 FENLAND & GREAT FEN

Getting around, Wisbech & the Far North, Great Fen & Ramsey Abbey, March & the Ouse Washes

5 THE ISLE OF ELY & SOUTHERN FEN EDGE

Getting around, Ely & around, The southwest fen edge & Ouse Washes, The Cambridgeshire lodes

6 THE SOUTHERN HILLS

Getting around, Along the River Cam, The southeast, Wimpole & the west

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