Local walk 2 - Ickleton

After leaving the permissive footpath of the Hinxton Hall grounds, we cross back over the railway line (Cambridge to Liverpool Street) and enter Ickleton.
We walk up Mill Lane past the Social Centre and on to the large St Mary Magdalene Church which is opposite a small village green with a war memorial; the church has a Tudor Sanctus bell near the top of the spire . There are several attractive old manor houses in the village, for example Brays (now Norman Hall) and Hovells, as well as a nice pub (the Ickleton Lion); there is also a lovely view across a paddock.

At the junction with Butcher's Hill - just next to Caldree's Manor (a Grade II listed building with fine gardens) - we walk up the hill and turn on the footpath back to Duxford through more paddocks, enjoy a good view of the church from behind and pass its Cemetery Chapel. We see the former Ickleton tower mill, converted to a private house in 1925, and cross the fields back to Duxford.Read more