• Andrew's TravelsCambridgeshire; Hunts DistrictTraveler
    Hemingford Meadow from the Houghton Mill Bridge
    Hemingford Meadow from the Houghton Mill BridgeCrossing the Black Bridge into Hemingford AbbotsHemingford Abbots; The Axe and CompassThe River Great OuseHemingford Grey Manor HouseView of the River close to the Manor HouseHemingford Grey; St James's ChurchInside the ChurchView across Hemingford Meadow towards St IvesSt Ives; Quayside, the old riverportSt Ives; a 15th-century stone arch bridge with a chapel on its structureSt Ives; The Oliver Cromwell

    The Hemingfords to St Ives

    August 26 in England ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    This walk is the return part of the St. Ives to Houghton Mill walk (see The River Great Ouse > St Ives to Godmanchester post).

    From Houghton Mill, I walk across Hemingford Meadow, a 0.7 hectare Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, towards Hemingford Abbots.  I cross the Black Bridge into a very nice village. From here, it is on to Hemingford Grey, which is another historic village famous for The Manor House. This a 12th-century house and one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britian; it was home to author Lucy M. Boston (the author of the Green Knowe children's books that were set here) from 1939 onwards until her death in 1990.  The walk takes me past St. Jame's Church before crossing another part of Hemingford Meadow towards St Ives.

    It has been a lovely walk of about 3 miles.    Read more