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Sheridans Guides East Anglia, Thames & Chilterns
east anglia, thames & chilterns

East Anglia, Thames & Chilterns

Cambridge The Norfolk Broads Oxford

From the varied flat lands in the East to the gentle beech-clad Chiltern Hills to the West, this is an area of two distinct parts.

The long lovely beaches of Suffolk lead us to Norwich, the city of medieval churches and cathedrals, and onto the Norfolk Broads. These tranquil wetlands offer relaxing canal boating holidays on its 300 km of navigable waterways and 30 lakes. Turning south we travel through the Cambridgeshire fenlands and pass by Ely, dominated by its famous cathedral for over 1,300 years, to the great university town of Cambridge.

To the far west, perfect villages and market towns of wheaten coloured stone lie in the rolling Cotswold Hills. The beauty and history of the region is complemented by the wonderfully varied places to visit, from the city of spires, Oxford, and its ancient university, to great amusement parks and holiday resorts on the East Coast.


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    Local Attractions

    Castles

    Hedingham Castle Castle Hedingham [map]
    Of the medieval castles in England, Hedingham has the best preserved Norman Keep. See heraldry, knights in armour, medieval sieges and jousting tournaments. A great day out

    Cathedrals

    Chelmsford Cathedral Chelmsford [map]
    Ely Cathedral Ely [map]
    Norwich Cathedral Norwich [map]
    St. John's Cathedral Norwich Norwich [map]
    Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough [map]
    Cathedral of St Alban St Albans [map]

    Football Grounds

    Reading Reading [map]
    The official Reading FC website with news, transfer rumours, online ticket sales, live match commentary, video highlights, player profiles, mobile content, wallpapers and more
    Watford Watford [map]
    The official Watford FC website with news, transfer rumours, online ticket sales, live match commentary, video highlights, player profiles, mobile content, wallpapers and more

    Museums

    Abingdon Museum Abingdon [map]
    Pendon Museum Of Miniature Landscape & Transport Abingdon [map]
    Aldeburgh Museum Trust Aldeburgh [map]
    The website for Aldeburgh Museum Aldeburgh Suffolk
    Bygones Museum Banbury [map]
    Sights, smells and sounds. A truly memorable experience of how our great grandparents lived.
    Motor Boat Museum Basildon [map]
    Britain's leading authority on sporting and leisure motorboats
    Bedford Museum Bedford [map]
    John Bunyan Bedford [map]
    Moot Hall Museum Bedford [map]
    Cater Museum Billericay [map]
    Braintree District Museum Braintree [map]
    Warners Textile Archive Braintree [map]
    Olde Gaol Museum Buckingham [map]
    Historic Buckingham Old Gaol houses the Buckingham Museum, the Buckingham Tourist Informaiton Centre and the Gift Shop all in this iconic 1748 building. Special exhibits include the Flora Thomspon collection.
    Mangapps Farm Railway Museum Burnham-On-Crouch [map]
    Mildenhall & District Museum Bury St. Edmunds [map]
    Moyse's Hall Museum Bury St. Edmunds [map]
    Cambridge Museum Of Technology Cambridge [map]
    The Cambridge Museum of Technology is based in the Old Pumping Station with the original pumps and boilers with many other engines. There are a number of hads-on pumps, a printing room, acollection of early Cabridge wirelesses, instruments and other local artefacts.
    Fitzwilliam Cambridge [map]
    Imperial War Museum Cambridge [map]
    Duxford is Europe's premier aviation museum - as well as having one of the finest collections of tanks, military vehicles and naval exhibits in the country.
    Scott Polar Research Institute Cambridge [map]
    The Farmland Museum Cambridge [map]
    The Fighter Collection Cambridge [map]
    The Fighter Collection: Operator of one of the finest fleets of airworthy warbirds in the world
    The Sedgwick Museum Cambridge [map]
    The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK. World-class collections of fossils, rocks and minerals covering 550 million years of Earth history.
    University Museum Of Archaeology & Anthropology Cambridge [map]
    The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, UK. World-class collections of prehistory and contemporary cultures for the past 2 million years.
    Castle Point Transport Museum Canvey Island [map]
    Chiltern Open Air Museum Chalfont St. Giles [map]
    Milton's Cottage Museum Chalfont St. Giles [map]
    Milton's Cottage. Home of John Milton: poet, writer and visionary thinker in Chalfont St Giles. Currently celebrating Miltons 400th Anniversary.
    Chatteris Museum Chatteris [map]
    Genealogy and Information relating to the market town of Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
    Essex Regiment Chelmsford [map]
    Colchester Museums Colchester [map]
    Earls Colne Heritage Museum Colchester [map]
    East Anglian Railway Museum Colchester [map]
    Hollytrees Museum Colchester [map]
    Mersea Island Museum Colchester [map]
    Natural History Museum Colchester [map]
    The Castle Museum Colchester [map]
    The Sir Alfred Munnings Art Museum Colchester [map]
    Sir Afred Munnings Art Museum at Castle House Dedham. Home of the largest collection of Munnings' works in his home and studio. A great day out.
    Tymperleys Clock Museum Colchester [map]
    Cromer Museum Cromer [map]
    RNLI Henry Blogg Museum Cromer [map]
    Norfolk Rural Life Museum Dereham [map]
    Dunmow Maltings & Museum Dunmow [map]
    Our museum was opened in 2001 and is located in the town centre. The museum records not only aspects of the social history and economic development of Dunmow and the surrounding area, but much that is the shared heritage of us all.
    Ely Museum Ely [map]
    Ely Museum: The history centre for the Isle of Ely and the Fens
    North Weald Airfield Museum Epping [map]
    North Weald Airfield History provides information about the history and usage of the airfield from 1916 to the present day. It includes notable people, squadrons and aircraft that have connections with RAF North Weald, particularly during World War II
    Felixstowe Museum Felixstowe [map]
    Elizabethan House Museum Great Yarmouth [map]
    Model Village Great Yarmouth [map]
    Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, East Anglia. A typical selection of the English countryside in minature. Tourist Attraction Model Villages Norfolk.
    Norfolk Nelson Museum Great Yarmouth [map]
    Welcome to the Norfolk Nelson Museum's homepage. Visit us in Great Yarmouth and find out more about Nelson's life with our fun interactives
    Time & Tide Museum Great Yarmouth [map]
    Tolhouse Museums Great Yarmouth [map]
    Museum Of Harlow Harlow [map]
    The Museum of Harlow visitor information
    River & Rowing Museum Henley-On-Thames [map]
    The River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames, England
    Stondon Transport Museum Henlow [map]
    Wycombe Museum High Wycombe [map]
    Cromwell Museum Huntingdon [map]
    About the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon
    Ramsey Rural Museum Huntingdon [map]
    Ramsey Rural Museum showing the social and working life of Huntingdonshire.
    Ipswich Museum Ipswich [map]
    Ipswich Transport Museum Ltd Ipswich [map]
    Lynn Museum King's Lynn [map]
    Town House Museum King's Lynn [map]
    Trues Yard Fishing Museum King's Lynn [map]
    The Long Shop Museum Leiston [map]
    East Anglia Transport Museum Lowestoft [map]
    Naval Museum Lowestoft [map]
    Homepage for the Royal Naval Museum at Portsmouth Historic Dokyard, dedicated to preserving and displaying the historical heritage of the Royal Navy
    Luton Museum Luton [map]
    Stockwood Park Museum Luton [map]
    Maldon District Museum Maldon [map]
    The Museum Of Power Maldon [map]
    March & District Museum March [map]
    Bletchley Park Trust Milton Keynes [map]
    WW2 Bletchley Park, National Codes and Cipher Centre Main Website. Take Virtual Tour of Churchill's Secret Intelligence and Computers Headquarters. Find out about exhibits, general and educational visits, lectures, archives.
    Milton Keynes Museum Trust Ltd Milton Keynes [map]
    The museum for the community of Milton Keynes, North Buckinghamshire and South Northamptonshire
    West Berkshire Museum Newbury [map]
    National Horseracing Museum Newmarket [map]
    Norfolk Motorcycle Museum North Walsham [map]
    Motorcycle Museum and Restoration, North Walsham, Norfolk, UK
    Bridewell Museum Norwich [map]
    Dragon Hall Norwich [map]
    Dragon Hall, a magnificent medieval merchant's hall in Norwich, England. Open to visitors, guided tours and schools. Dragon Hall can be hired for weddings, celebrations and events.
    Inspire Hands On Science Centre Norwich [map]
    Museum Of The Broads Norwich [map]
    Strangers' Hall Museum Norwich [map]
    Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum Norwich [map]
    Cowper & Newton Museum Olney [map]
    The Museum devoted to William Cowper, the 18th century poet, tanslator and letter-writer, and to his friend the Rev. John Newton who wrote Amazing Grace. The Museum is housed in Orchard Side, Cowper's home, in Olney, Buckinghamshire, UK.
    Ashmolean Museum Oxford [map]
    Bate Collection Of Musical Instruments Oxford [map]
    Museum Of Oxford Oxford [map]
    Oxford University Museum Of Natural History Oxford [map]
    Oxford University Museum of Natural History Homepage
    Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford [map]
    Thorney Heritage Museum Peterborough [map]
    Museum Of Berkshire Aviation Reading [map]
    Located on the historic site of Woodley Airfield, near Reading.
    Museum Of English Rural Life Reading [map]
    Reme Museum Of Technology Reading [map]
    REME Museum of Technology, Details of Displays, Collections and Family and School/Education Activities
    The Museum Of Reading Reading [map]
    Saffron Walden Museum Saffron Walden [map]
    Sandringham House Museum & Grounds Sandringham [map]
    Slough Museum Slough [map]
    Prittlewell Priory Museum Southend-On-Sea [map]
    Southchurch Hall Museum Southend-On-Sea [map]
    Southend Pier Museum Southend-On-Sea [map]
    Southend pier, southend pier museum, tourist information on Southend-on-sea Pier
    Norris Museum St. Ives [map]
    St Neots Museum St. Neots [map]
    Waltons Hall Museum Stanford-Le-Hope [map]
    A Museum full of Memorabilia and lots to see
    House On The Hill Toy Museum Stansted [map]
    The House on the Hill Toy Museum is the largest privately owned Toy Museum in Europe, with over 80,000 individual items of mixed antiquity on display, housed within an area of 7000sq ft.  The artefacts range from the late Victorian era right through to the 1980's, and are based on the collection of one man who started in 1946 by buying a Hornby train set with his pocket money.
    Mechanical Music Museum Stowmarket [map]
    Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music
    Mid Suffolk Light Railway Stowmarket [map]
    The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, known affectionately as 'The Middy' was a classic case of a railway built late on in the great railway age that never paid its way. Indeed, it effectively went broke before it opened but still managed to struggle on for 50 years! This fine example of quirky English history is remembered in Suffolk's only railway museum, also called the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Co., which is dedicated to keeping alive the memories of the Middy.
    Museum Of East Anglian Life Stowmarket [map]
    Discover the history and natural world of East Anglia on our beautiful 75 acre site
    Gainsborough's House Society Sudbury [map]
    The museum and gallery of the birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough, located in Sudbury, Suffolk. Temporary exhibitions are shown throughout the year.
    The Clare Ancient House Museum Sudbury [map]
    Clare Ancient House Museum, situated in Clare, East Anglia, UK is part of a 15th century Grade I listed building boasting spectacular moulded plaster and timber work. The Museum provides a History of Clare with graphic displays and exhibits featuring education, transport, brewing, leather, finance and clothing.
    Swaffham Museum Swaffham [map]
    Swaffham Museum is a social history museum based in the heart of the historic market town of Swaffham. The museum was founded in 1987 and is housed in a Grade II listed town house, once home to the Morse family of Brewers and later the Swaffham Town Council.
    Wallingford Museum Wallingford [map]
    The Vale & Downland Museum Wantage [map]
    The Vale and Downland Museum is located in Wantage, Oxfordshire. It is a wonderful stepping stone to the town and surrounding countryside - the White Horse, the Downs and the Ridgeway. It has excellent coffee shop, book shop and art gallery.
    Wisbech & Fenland Museum Wisbech [map]
    Cogges Manor Farm Museum Witney [map]
    Oxford Bus Museum Trust Witney [map]
    Parham Airfield Museum Woodbridge [map]
    The official site of the 390th Bomb Group (H) Memorial Air Museum and the Museum of the British Resistance Organisation.
    The Oxfordshire Museum Woodstock [map]
    The Wymondham Heritage Museum Wymondham [map]

    Racecourses

    Ascot Racecourse Ascot [map]
    Exeter Racecourse Exeter [map]
    Fakenham Racecourse Fakenham [map]
    Huntingdon Racecourse Huntingdon [map]
    Newbury Racecourse Newbury [map]
    Choose Newbury Racecourse for all your horse racing, conference and private function needs
    Newmarket Racecourses Newmarket [map]
    Royal Windsor Racecourse Windsor [map]
    Windsor Racecourse information on horseracing fixtures, racing, events and sponsorship opportunities. Racing news, racing links and a list of today's racing fixtures.
    Great Yarmouth Racecourse Yarmouth [map]

    Stately Homes

    Broughton Castle Banbury [map]
    Hatfield House Hatfield [map]
    Hughenden Manor High Wycombe [map]
    Home of the Victorian statesman Benjamin Disraeli, Queen Victoria¿s trusted prime minister.There are beautiful walks through the surrounding park and woodland.
    West Wycombe Park High Wycombe [map]
    Houghton Hall King's Lynn [map]
    Kentwell Hall Long Melford [map]
    Somerleyton Hall & Gardens Lowestoft [map]
    Somerleyton Hall, gardens & maze is a beautiful 5000-acre traditional English estate including Fritton House Hotel - Norfolk's latest boutique hotel on Fritton Lake
    Highclere Castle Newbury [map]
    Highclere Castle is only 60 miles from London, less than a one hour drive, just 5 miles south of M4 junction 13 on the A34. The Castle itself resides in 5000 acres of unspoilt landscape containing lakes, a sunken forest, walled gardens, Victorian greenhouses and some of the highest and most dramatic hills in Hampshire.
    Felbrigg Hall Norwich [map]
    One of the finest 17th-century country houses in East Anglia. Felbrigg has changing exhibitions of books, china & glass.
    Mapledurham House & Watermill nr Reading [map]
    The Mapledurham house, cottages, watermill and estate are an oasis of peace, natural beauty and history which are an ideal setting for holidays, weddings, corporate events, small conferences, business meetings, parties, outdoor activities, clay pigeon shooting, archery, quad biking, horse riding, golf and film and television location recording.
    Sandringham Sandringham [map]
    Helmingham Hall Gardens Stowmarket [map]
    Belchamp Hall Sudbury [map]
    Belchamp Hall is the home of the Raymond family and is available as a Wedding venue, for conferences and corporate functions. The Stables can booked as holiday accomodation. Situated in Belchamp Walter, Essex.
    Woburn Abbey Woburn [map]
    Woburn Abbey, set in a beautiful 3,000 acre deer park and home to The Dukes of Bedford. Discover Woburn Abbey, Gardens, Deer Park and Antiques Centre, plan your visit and find out what’s on.
    Blenheim Palace Woodstock [map]
    Blenheim Palace is set within 2000 acres of beautiful parkland in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds and is a great day out.

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