Godmanchester

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.

here · spans 5 counties

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

4.2 km E · Cambridgeshire

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

4.5 km E

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.

5.3 km E · Cambridgeshire

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

6.8 km E

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

9.8 km W