Kimbolton

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Catherine of Aragon spent her last years confined at Kimbolton Castle and died there in 1536. The Georgian high street curves below the castle gates — the house is now a school — widening to a market square lined with timber-framed and brick fronts. The nearest station, St Neots, is a fair way off at about 12km.

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Kimbolton Castle

House near Kimbolton

Vanbrugh-remodelled mansion, now a school, where Catherine of Aragon spent her final captivity; open on selected days.

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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.

4.9 km E

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.

10.2 km SE · spans 5 counties

Hinchingbrooke Country Park

Country park near Godmanchester

A country park in Cambridgeshire.

12.1 km E

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River Nene

River navigation

Guillotine-gated locks and water meadows from Northampton to Peterborough, where the Nene slips out into the Fens.

13.7 km W · Northamptonshire & Cambridgeshire

Chichele College, Higham Ferrers

Landmark near Felmersham

Gatehouse, chapel and walls of a priests' college founded in the 1420s by Henry Chichele, the Higham Ferrers man who became Archbishop of Canterbury.

14.1 km W