Huntingdonshire
Properties and events in Huntingdonshire
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Alconbury Weald | Cold War Avionics Building Tour
Discover the history of the unique Cold-War-era military bunker at Alconbury Weald.
Huntingdon Town Hall Tours
Discover the beautifully restored Grade II* Listed Georgian Town Hall, situated in the heart of Huntingdon on the Market Square. As a former Court House, the Town Hall is full of character, history and unique original features.
Huntingdonshire Witch Trials - Heritage Talk
Join Stuart Orme, curator of the Cromwell Museum, at Huntingdon Town Hall for a talk on the Huntingdonshire Witch Trials.
Island Hall House & Garden Guided Tour (with Tea and Biscuits on Arrival)
Be enchanted by Island Hall - this lovingly restored Georgian grandeur of the 18th century mansion. Discover the family story behind the façade and explore the secluded privacy of the gardens and the Island, enfolded by The River Great Ouse.
Medieval Bridge and Chapel, St Ives Cambridgeshire
2026 marks the 600th year that the bridge with a Chapel has provided a dry crossing of the Great Ouse for travellers, pilgrims and traders. The Chapel of St Leger in the centre of the bridge is one of only four in England.
Needingworth Village Lock up
Needingworth village lock up.
Priory Road Cemetery Open Day
Explore Priory Road Cemetery and Chapel on Saturday 20 September, 10am–12pm. View historic cemetery records dating back to the 1850s, trace family interments, and join a free guided tour of notable graves at 10:30am.
Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse - open day
A rare opportunity to view the interior of the medieval gatehouse, one of the last remnants of the old Benedictine abbey of Ramsey. The rich panelling, blank tracery and ornamental cornices reveal how wealthy the abbey was in its heyday.
Ramsey Abbey Walled Kitchen Garden
Visit a restored Victorian Kitchen Garden planted with vegetables, trained fruit trees and flower borders. We also have a magnificent Victorian style greenhouse with a display of Cambridgeshire heritage apples and working in a Victorian Garden.
Ramsey Mortuary Chapels
Ramsey Mortuary Chapels were built in 1858 in the Gothic Revival style and comprise of two chapels, one Anglican and one Non-Conformist. Both contain contagion windows, which are the only two remaining in the country.
Ramsey Rural Museum
Two hundred years of rural and farming life. Many displays and artefacts. Old farming machinery
Sacred Heart Church
In the market town of St Ives Cambridgeshire, what links St. Stephen's Tower, home of BIG BEN, with Wilburton Manor, The Chapel at Jesus College, Cambridge, and Sacred Heart Church? The answer is 'Pugin's Little Gem' on Needingworth Road.
St Ives Masonic Hall
Freemasons are an international organisation that quietly supports numerous charities, locally, nationally, and around the world. Meeting in an old building on the bank of the river Great Ouse, in St Ives Cambridgeshire.
St Mary's Church, Buckden
Visit this superb Grade I listed church dating from the 15th century in a beautiful setting adjacent to the 15th century Buckden Palace in this historic village. There will be a unique church tour at 3.00pm on Sunday 20th September 2026.
St Neots Museum
St Neots Museum is a lively local Museum that tells the story of a busy market town on the River Great Ouse, from prehistoric times to the present day.
St Peter's Church, Offord Darcy, St Neots
St Peters Church offers much of interest to all visitors. This Grade I listed building boasts the four styles of medieval church architecture and is full of historical interest. It will be 900 years old in four years time.
St Thomas a Becket Church, Ramsey
Grade 1 listed church. Originally part of Ramsey Abbey. Exhibition for this year's festival showing photos of past family and church celebrations.
The Norris Museum is not large, but it is full of local history
Opened in 1933 to house the antiquarian collections of Herbert Norris who left them to the town of St Ives. His diverse collection of Huntingdonshire’s history, acquired over many years, tells the story from 160m years ago to the present day.