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.

Cambridgeshire water meadows Great Ouse River Circular Walk Easy Walk

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Houghton Mill

04-Apr-09 • Sean O'Neill

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St Ives from the River Great Ouse

10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill

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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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Neighbours from Hell?

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Red Campion

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Hedge Garlic

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Butterfly

One of the whites, after that I'm not so sure. Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Wellingtonia - knee deep in Cow Parsley

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Heron

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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On reflection....

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Buttercups in meadow

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Hawthorn

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Water scene

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Cow parsley

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Flowering hawthorn

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Cow Parsley

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Houghton Mill

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Tame Swan

Houghton Mill Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Cow Parsley along Ouse

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Water scene

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Water scene

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Buttercups and clover in meadow

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Cow that looks like a panda

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Ivy

Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Buttercups in meadow

Biggest water meadow in the known universe. Huntingdon Circular

29-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Mary Ann Weems' Headstone (composite)

Huntingdon Circular

30-Apr-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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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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Hops in the hedgerow

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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Tumbledown house, Houghton

10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Attractive cottage, Houghton

10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Houghton water meadows

10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Hemingford Grey church

10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Six Gates Weir

10-Sep-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Hemingford Abbotts church

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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Houghton Mill

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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St Mary the Virgin church, Houghton

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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Old Bridge, Huntingdon

10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill

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Walnut tree, Riverside Park

10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill

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Riverside Park

10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill

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Church and cottages, Hartford

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, Houghton

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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The Cock, Hemingford Grey

10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill

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Bridge Chapel, St Ives

10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill

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River Tea Rooms, St Ives

10-Jul-13 • Sean O'Neill

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Town bridge, St Ives

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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The Waits, 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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Houghton Mill tearoom

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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Beacon on Castle Hills, Huntingdon

11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill

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All Saints church, Hartford

11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill

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Houghton Lock

11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill

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Cottage, Hemingford Abbots

11-Jul-15 • Sean O'Neill

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The Hemingfords Regatta

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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The Quay, 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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Approaching Houghton Lock

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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Thatched building Wyton

Huntingdon Circular (long)

11-Jul-15 • moontiger on Flickr

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Thatched building

Huntingdon Circular (long)

11-Jul-15 • moontiger on Flickr

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St Ives bridge

Huntingdon Circular (long)

11-Jul-15 • moontiger on Flickr

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Ollie's statue, St Ives

Huntingdon Circular (long)

11-Jul-15 • moontiger on Flickr

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Terror in the museum

Huntingdon Circular (long)

11-Jul-15 • moontiger on Flickr

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Holt Island Nature reserve

Huntingdon Circular (long) note the fine craftsmanship on the boardwalk.

11-Jul-15 • moontiger on Flickr

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View from Holt Island

Huntingdon Circular (long)

11-Jul-15 • moontiger on Flickr

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Big tree

Huntingdon Circular (long)

11-Jul-15 • moontiger on Flickr

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Godmanchester nature reserve

Huntingdon Circular (long)

11-Jul-15 • moontiger on Flickr

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Line of Poplars

Godmanchester nature reserve Huntingdon Circular (long)

11-Jul-15 • moontiger on Flickr

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Dappled cow

Godmanchester nature reserve Huntingdon Circular (long)

11-Jul-15 • moontiger on Flickr

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Mary AnneWeems grave (front)

Huntingdon Circular (long)

11-Jul-15 • moontiger on Flickr

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Huntingdon bridge

30-Oct-16 • lindsay_randle on Flickr

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Cygnet on Great Ouse at Huntingdon

30-Oct-16 • lindsay_randle on Flickr

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Speaking tube Houghton Mill

30-Oct-16 • lindsay_randle on Flickr

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Inside Houghton Mill

30-Oct-16 • lindsay_randle on Flickr

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Grinding stone Houghton Mill

30-Oct-16 • lindsay_randle on Flickr

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Houghton Mill sluice

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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Houghton village centre

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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Rats!

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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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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Old Bridge Hotel Huntingdon

Moss covered building near the river.

30-Oct-16 • magyardave2002 on Flickr

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