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Portholme

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Portholme is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire, covering 1.1 km². It is one of 89 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It is among the largest in the county.

For more of the same, Godmanchester Eastside Common and St. Neot's Common are close by. Huntingdon Station is under a kilometre away.

More places to visit near Portholme

Photo along the Ouse Valley Way, a 150-mile long-distance path running from Syresham to King's Lynn, England.

Ouse Valley Way

Long-distance path

The Great Ouse walked source to sea — from a pub garden at Syresham to the old quay at King's Lynn, 150 miles across five counties.

0.2 km SE · spans 5 counties

Photo of Houghton (Houghton), a village in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Houghton (Houghton)

Village

Picture-book Ouse-valley village of thatched cottages gathered around a green, with a National Trust watermill on the river.

5 km E · Cambridgeshire

Photo of The Manor Garden, Hemingford Grey, a garden in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.

The Manor Garden, Hemingford Grey

Garden near Hemingford Grey

Topiary, lawns and old roses around England's oldest inhabited house, the cottage garden created by Green Knowe author Lucy Boston.

5.4 km E

Photo of Hemingford Grey, a village in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Hemingford Grey

Village

Riverside village on the Great Ouse with a moated 12th-century manor, the oldest inhabited house in England, and a church that lost its spire to a storm.

6.2 km E · Cambridgeshire

Photo of St Ives Bridge Chapel, a landmark near St Ives (St Ives), Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

St Ives Bridge Chapel

Landmark near St Ives (St Ives)

A rare survival, one of only a handful of medieval bridges in England still carrying a stone chapel, spanning the Great Ouse.

7.6 km E

Photo of Grafham Water, a reservoir near Buckden, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.

Grafham Water

Reservoir near Buckden

Near Huntingdon, this large Cambridgeshire reservoir is encircled by a busy cycle and walking trail and popular for sailing and fly-fishing.

9.1 km W