Cambridgeshire & The Fens (Slow Travel)

Part of Bradt's award-winning Slow Travel series – the biggest series of UK regional travel guides, now over 20 titles strong.

Cambridge attracts visitors, students, professionals and academics from around the world, but beyond the famous University City lies a region of surprising beauty and discovery. Wide open spaces, gentle waterways, and wonderful cycling and walking country await those willing to venture beyond the college spires. No other guide offers the range and depth of information on this varied and undiscovered corner of East Anglia.

This engaging and informative guide captures both the stand-out highlights and lesser-known attractions, featuring everything from striking historic towns and monastic sites—such as Ely, Ramsey, Wimpole Hall, and Denny and Anglesey abbeys—to quintessential English villages and ancient earthworks. Explore the intriguing, pancake-flat Fens to the north and east, home to Britain's lowest point and historic fenland towns like Wisbech and March that were once islands. To the south, discover rolling chalk uplands, the Gog Magog Hills, and Great Chishill. Active exploration is encouraged through a range of walks, cycle routes, and watersports—from kayaking and paddle-boarding to traditional punting.

With relaxed, informal writing, practical information on where to go and stay, local expertise including interviews and insider tips from Cambridgeshire specialists, wide-ranging maps, and guidance on what to eat, see and do, this is the perfect way to unlock one of the country's most distinctive and attractive areas.