• Toft; Village Sign / Parish Church of St Andrew
    Toft; Old well next to the church - originally for the cottages oppositeToft; Millenium Beacon on footpath to CombertonComberton; Village Sign / Parish Church of St MaryComberton; War Memorial - a resting head sculptureHardwick; Village Sign / St Mary's ChurchHardwick; Original Water Pumps - one near the church, the other off Pump LaneHardwick; The Blue LionEn route back to Toft; View of Caldecote Church / Strip Lynchets, a feature of ancient field systems

    Toft, Comberton and Hardwick

    15. maj 2024, England ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    These three villages were visited during a 12 mile walk with the Cambridge Rambling Club.

    Toft is a small village 6 miles west of Cambridge.  We walk east across part of the Cambridge Meridian Golf Club, which has the Prime Meridian running through the 14th fairway, and reach the southern part of Comberton.  This is a much larger community than Toft, having the local village college and various other amenities.  Our route is through part of the village northwards before we cut across to Hardwick.

    Hardwick is historically very old and is now another large village approx. 6 miles west of Cambridge and 4 miles east of Cambourne (see previous post in Cambridgeshire; South District); it has a large housing estate area north of the centre, but the older area is attractive and interesting.  From Hardwick, we walk west and then south along the edge of Hardwick Wood (rather wet and muddy) before crossing back to Toft.

    A good day out (despite some rai) and some interesting views (details are on pictures).
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