Huntingdon - market town and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, UK

For other places with the same name, see Huntingdon (disambiguation).

Huntingdon is a sleepy historic town in Cambridgeshire, England, on the banks of the River Ouse, best known as the birthplace of English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell.

Get in

By car

Off the A14 and A1 between Cambridge and Peterborough

By train

Huntingdon station 📍 is served by regular First Capital Connect trains between London Kings Cross and Peterborough.

Get around

By bus

There is a very limited bus service in Huntingdon. It is highly recommended that you do not use it.

By car

Most of the people who live in Huntingdon use a car to get around. It's easy to do this but be wary of rush-hour traffic around the ring-road, it's horrendous. There are some car parks.

By taxi

By bicycle

There are a few bike lanes in Huntingdon, use them when you can to avoid bad traffic.

By foot

There are plenty of pavements and public footpaths, so you can easily walk around Huntingdon.

See

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

  • The Falcon, 10 Market Hill, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE29 3NE, +44 1480 457416. With 18 Real Ales, 10 Real Ciders and 30 Fruit Wines and Meads on the main bar and prices starting at just £2.00 per pint this is the place to visit if you like a variety of ales. 2022-02-06
  • Market Inn, 10 Market Hill, Huntingdon, PE29 3NJ, +44 1480 431183. 2022-02-06
  • George Hotel. This pub near All Saints church serves food as well as good drink.
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Sleep

Go next

  • Take a bus to the nearby historic cities of Cambridge or Ely
  • Take a bus to the nearby historic fenland town of Ramsey (Cambridgeshire)
  • Take the train to London
  • Little Gidding, small village made famous by TS Eliot and Nicholas Ferrar.

Huntingdon

huntingdontown.gov.uk
Postal code:PE29Date Time:Please wait...Timezone:Europe/LondonPopulation:23,732Coordinates:52.34, -0.17

Cambridgeshire

2nd-order administrative division

England

Primary administrative division

United Kingdom

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Population:66.5 MDial code:+44Currency:Pound (GBP)Voltage:230 V, 50 Hz