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RE: Day trips from Cambridge

by barney_uk2 21 May 2012

Just noticed your comment on archaeology. Flag Fen near Peterborough is supposed to be good, there's also a museum of ??Stone/??Iron/??Bronz…
RE: Day trips from Cambridge

by barney_uk2 21 May 2012

Definitely Ely and Norwich as mentioned, also Peterborough and Stamford - the former an ugly city with a fantastic cathedral, the latter…
Dood

by EM_Guero 06 April 2012

>Ed Stafford (born 1975 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and raised in Leicestershire) is an English explorer and former British Army captain…
RE: Hotel advise on my way to Durham from London

by Copepod 26 February 2012

Don't drive London (presumably, you actually mean from one of the London airports?) to Durham, especially if you're arriving on a long…
RE: Roundtrip incl London and Cambridge - where else to go?

by amsel07 04 January 2012

Norwich is close to Cambridge, Ely as mentioned above, also Peterborough with another great cathedral.
RE: Stopover between Edinburgh and Cambridge

by Copepod 29 May 2011

Train from Cambridge to Edinburgh goes via Ely, Peterborough (may have to change at either or both), then up the east coast main line…
RE: Best way to get from Glasgow to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

by Copepod 29 November 2010

No hope that the guided bus will be operating between Cambridge and St Ives, let alone Huntingdon, by Jan 2011, so agreed that train to…
Re: Best way to get from Glasgow to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

by br5968 29 November 2010

East Coast trains run intercity trains from Glasgow Central to Peterborough, which take five hours. From Peterborough, it's 15 mins on…
RE: Lake District to Suffolk by train.

by Copepod 22 June 2010

You could travel from lake District to Suffolk in one day, but if you want to break the journey, then Birmingham is about half way and…
RE: Train / Underground

by Copepod 08 November 2009

Not all train travel in UK is poor - I commute from home in Cambridge to Ely (just a couple of stops along the line from Stansted towards…
RE: King's Lynn bus service

by Ria 03 October 2009

Well that's not really saying anything good about Peterborough - just that there's a place that's an even bigger shithole :-)
RE: King's Lynn bus service

by jamesbrownontheroad 05 September 2009

I just travelled Peterborough to Swaffham (about 15 miles beyond King's Lynn) and was charged £5 single, after a ruckus with the bus driver…
RE: King's Lynn bus service

by Fwoggie 05 September 2009

No its not. Whittlesey, 5 miles out of Peterborough, is infinitely worse. I used to live there, it was soul destroying!
King's Lynn bus service

by melk93 30 August 2009

Hi :) Was just wondering if anyone knows how much it is for a bus ticket from King's Lynn to Peterborough? Is it cheaper to get a day…
RE: 6 days - England and Scotland

by barney_uk2 20 July 2009

Trains to Edinburgh go from King's Cross - next door to St. Pancras. Stratford-upon-Avon is not on or near the east coast - it would…
RE: 3 days in England...what to do?

by penfold389 12 July 2009

Total of 5 days, finish Cambridge have a peep into Peterborough along the way, drop by Stevenage and spend the rest of your time in London.…
RE: Where to live in England?

by MrsMonkey 19 September 2008

Milton Keynes, Peterborough or Dudley Sorry. Manchester is ace and fairly well placed if you want to travel either to London or much…
RE: Ontario Highway Scenery-- Kingston to Windsor

by northword 28 August 2008

You could drive north ot 7 and then west but in just an hour or so you would hit the Peterborough area which is the start of the massively…
Re: Where to live in England

by will1985uk 15 April 2008

I would highly recommend Peterborough. It is such a great all-rounder. It has a nice pedestrianized city centre with lots of historic…
RE: Where near/on the way to Cambridge?

by ginger_phil 29 February 2008

Lincoln, Stamford, Ely and Newark all fit the bill to my mind. You'll more than likely be changing trains at Peterborough (which has a…
Re: Where near/on the way to Cambridge?

by brownshouse 27 February 2008

Stamford is a hidden gem about 10 minutes by train from Peterborough -- stunningly beautiful town where Middlemarch was filmed, and a…
Armpits!

by dwaterfield 25 June 2007

Peterborough. I live here and it's truly terrible, little cultural value and the best part is the nearby iron age excavation - flag fen…
Armpits!

by owains 11 May 2007

While you're welcome to Peterborough and Stevenage, describing them as 'south-east England' is a bit of a stretch.

I just like…
bus between Kings Lynn and Peterborough

by greencelery 13 April 2007

There is in fact another way to do it with open tickets and save a couple of pounds.

Buy a ticket from Kings Lynn to Cambridge
bus between Kings Lynn and Peterborough

by ________________ 13 April 2007

Have you tried getting a ticket to somewhere half way (eg Cambridge) and another ticket from there for the remainder of the route? …