Huntingdonshire
Properties and events in Huntingdonshire
Before heading out for your Heritage Open Days visit, please check entries for last-minute changes.
Alconbury Weald | Cold War Avionics Building Tour
Discover the history of the unique Cold-War-era military bunker at Alconbury Weald.
Buckden Towers
Buckden Towers Open Day with plenty to enjoy, including... Tours, craft fair, refreshments, Knot garden & open grounds
Faizane E Madina Jamia Masjid St Ives Mosque
The Faizane E Madina Jamia Masjid St Ives Mosque welcomes you to explore and discover more about the Islamic faith and culture.
Holt Island Nature Reserve
Open from 10-1600 At 1100 & 1400, Keith Grimwade will lead guided tours (about 45 minutes) of the Island, to point out its flora, fauna and history. Meet by The island Holt (the hut). 1030-1530 traditional basket weaving demonstrations.
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
Rothschild Bungalow
Celebrate Woodwalton Fen NNR, birthplace of modern wildlife conservation. Step inside and look around the historic Rothschild Bungalow, and explore this beautiful reserve of rare ancient fenland.
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.
Self-Guided Tour of St Ives. From The Waits to Ramsey Road
On this tour, we focus on just four from the 18th and 20th centuries – also the 21st!
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 Ives Methodist Church
The Church has recently been refurbished. There is a textile hanging in the Church completed during Covid, designed and executed by the textile artist Gail Lawther.
St Ives Town Hall
On the first floor of the Town Hall the Council Chamber will be open, where you can hear the history and see the Civic Regalia.