Huntingdon Circular walk
Easy walk beside the Great Ouse river to the attractive village of Houghton and its restored water mill, returning through water meadows and a nature reserve.
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Geese at Godmanchester Nature Reserve
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Cottage, Hemingford Abbots
11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill
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River Great Ouse near Huntingdon
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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River Great Ouse near Hartford
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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The Three Jolly Butchers, Houghton
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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The Three Horseshoes Inn, Houghton
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Thatched clock tower, The Green, Houghton
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Statue of Potto Brown, Houghton
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Attractive cottage, Houghton
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Remains of old railway bridge
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Mr & Mrs Potto Brown on their way to Houghton Mill
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Double piscina, Houghton church
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Millennium window, Houghton church
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Gravestone with blacksmith's epitaph, Houghton churchyard
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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A breezy day at Houghton lock
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Between Houghton and Godmanchester
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Between Houghton and Godmanchester
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Flooded gravel pit between Houghton and Godmanchester
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Flooded gravel pit between Houghton and Godmanchester
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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An undulating cricket pitch at Godmanchester
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Mary Ann Weems' gravestone, Godmanchester
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Historic building, Godmanchester
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Courtyard in the George Hotel, Huntingdon
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Trophy from the Crimean War, Huntingdon
10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Walnut tree, Riverside Park
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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The Three Jolly Butchers, Wyton
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Cottage, Hemingford Abbots
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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St Margaret's church, Hemingford Abbots
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Axe & Compass, Hemingford Abbots
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Riverside path between the Hemingfords
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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St James's church, Hemingford Grey
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Oliver Cromwell pub, St Ives
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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All Saints church, St Ives
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Hemingford Grey Meadow across the river
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Dryad's Saddle, The Thicket
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Woodland path through The Thicket
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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The entrance to Hartford Marina
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Godmanchester Nature Reserve
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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St Mary the Virgin church, Godmanchester
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Bridges old and new, Huntingdon
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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War Memorial and Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon
10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill
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All Saints church, Hartford
11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill
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Cottage, Hemingford Abbots
11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill
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The Manor Garden, Hemingford Grey
11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill
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Hay making on Hemingford Grey Meadow
11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill
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Town Bridge with Chapel, St Ives
11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill
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Oliver Cromwell statue, St Ives
11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill
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All Saints church from Holt Island
11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill
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A swimming opportunity at Houghton Mill
11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill
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Riverside path back to Huntingdon
11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill
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Placid cow in Godmanchester Nature Reserve
11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill
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Swan and geese at Godmanchester Nature Reserve
11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill
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Cygnet on Great Ouse at Huntingdon
30-Oct-16 • lindsay_randle on Flickr
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Houghton Mill with reflection
30-Oct-16 • lindsay_randle on Flickr
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Flora in Godmanchester nature reserve
30-Oct-16 • lindsay_randle on Flickr
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Hide in Godmanchester nature reserve
30-Oct-16 • lindsay_randle on Flickr
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Approaching Houghton Mill from the front
30-Oct-16 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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The Rat Trail!
Houghton Mill
30-Oct-16 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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Upstairs at Mill
Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire.
30-Oct-16 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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Houghton Mill bagging area upstairs
30-Oct-16 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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Barley, wheat, oats
Ingredients used in the production of flour at Houghton Mill
30-Oct-16 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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Houghton Mill rush of water
Water mill wheel at work!
30-Oct-16 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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View from the Hide
Near Godmanchester Nature Reserve
30-Oct-16 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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Old Bridge Hotel Huntingdon
Moss covered building near the river.
30-Oct-16 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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No sign of John Major
Many thanks to Marc for this photograph
03-Nov-16 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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Three Jolly Butchers
Many thanks to Marc for this photograph
03-Nov-16 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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Three Jolly Butchers
Many thanks to Marc for this photograph
03-Nov-16 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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Weak bridge
Many thanks to Marc for this photograph
03-Nov-16 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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Footbridge
Many thanks to Marc for this photograph
03-Nov-16 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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Church
Many thanks to Marc for this photograph
03-Nov-16 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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Gate
Many thanks to Marc for this photograph
03-Nov-16 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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Fair dos
Many thanks to Marc for this photograph
03-Nov-16 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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Setting off
Many thanks to Marc for this photograph
03-Nov-16 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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Cottage
Many thanks to Marc for this photograph
03-Nov-16 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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