Walks around Little Gidding:
Little Gidding is set in rolling Cambridgeshire countryside. There are footpaths in a variety of directions, long and short, suitable for strolls or a good walk of a few miles. During your visit borrow the OS map and put on your boots!
Churches:
There are many interesting churches in easy reach of Little Gidding. This one, St Andrew's Steeple Gidding, is just over half a mile away up a track.
Towns and Cities
Within an hour's drive of Little Gidding you will find:
- Cambridge (image on the right),
- Peterborough (the Cathedral is worth a visit),
- Ely (with another great Cathedral),
- Oundle (an old market town with a famous school),
- Fotheringhay (a unique church and the site of the castle where Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded and from which the photo at the top of the page was taken),
- Houghton with its old Water Mill,
- Stamford the website for this old town calls it "The finest stone town in England" - go and see for yourself!
- and a wide range of villages with pleasant streets, walks and pubs.