This intact 14th-century chapel stands by a Cambridgeshire railway station, possibly once part of a medieval hospital
Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time
Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground
If you’re waiting for a train at Whittlesford Parkway Station, the building beside the car park is Duxford Chapel, a plain flint structure with limestone door and window surrounds dating from the 1300s. It may first have been part of a hospital here in the 13th century, and by 1337 had become a chantry, a chapel paid for so a priest would pray for its founder’s soul. Edward VI’s government shut down chantries like this one in 1548, and the empty chapel later did duty as a barn for the inn next door before falling into disrepair. Look for the piscina in the south wall, where a priest once rinsed the communion vessels, and the arched recess opposite, believed to be an Easter sepulchre, used to display sacred objects during Easter week.
