Walks Day walks # 31

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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DSCF0661 Houghton Mill

CIMG7837 St Ives from the River Great Ouse

CIMG7945 Geese at Godmanchester Nature Reserve

CIMG8914 Cottage, Hemingford Abbots

Red Campion Huntingdon Circular

Old building, Houghton Huntingdon Circular

Heron Huntingdon Circular

On reflection.... Huntingdon Circular

DSCN3704 Huntingdon Circular

Water scene Huntingdon Circular

Bridge and trees Huntingdon Circular

Flowering hawthorn Huntingdon Circular

Cow Parsley Huntingdon Circular

Houghton Mill Huntingdon Circular

Wild swans Huntingdon Circular

Unusually named boat Huntingdon Circular

Water scene Huntingdon Circular

Chinese Bridge Not a game . Huntingdon Circular.

DSCF9415 River Great Ouse near Huntingdon

DSCF9422 River Great Ouse near Hartford

DSCF9429 Hops in the hedgerow

DSCF9434 The Three Jolly Butchers, Houghton

DSCF9439 The Three Horseshoes Inn, Houghton

DSCF9440 Thatched clock tower, The Green, Houghton

DSCF9441 Statue of Potto Brown, Houghton

DSCF9442 Tumbledown house, Houghton

DSCF9443 Attractive cottage, Houghton

DSCF9447 Houghton water meadows

DSCF9448 Hemingford Grey church

DSCF9449 Six Gates Weir

DSCF9452 Hemingford Abbotts church

DSCF9453 Remains of old railway bridge

DSCF9460 Houghton Mill

DSCF9461 Mr & Mrs Potto Brown on their way to Houghton Mill

DSCF9463 St Mary the Virgin church, Houghton

DSCF9465 Double piscina, Houghton church

DSCF9466 Millennium window, Houghton church

DSCF9467 Gravestone with blacksmith's epitaph, Houghton churchyard

DSCF9474 A breezy day at Houghton lock

DSCF9479 Between Houghton and Godmanchester

DSCF9480 Between Houghton and Godmanchester

DSCF9481 Flooded gravel pit between Houghton and Godmanchester

DSCF9482 Flooded gravel pit between Houghton and Godmanchester

DSCF9486 An undulating cricket pitch at Godmanchester

CIMG7754 Old Bridge, Huntingdon

CIMG7755 Walnut tree, Riverside Park

CIMG7756 Riverside Park

CIMG7758 Church and cottages, Hartford

CIMG7763 The Three Jolly Butchers, Wyton

CIMG7766 Cottage, Houghton

CIMG7778 Cottage, Hemingford Abbots

CIMG7786 St Margaret's church, Hemingford Abbots

CIMG7787 Axe & Compass, Hemingford Abbots

CIMG7795 Riverside path between the Hemingfords

CIMG7807 St James's church, Hemingford Grey

CIMG7815 The Cock, Hemingford Grey

CIMG7849 Bridge Chapel, St Ives

CIMG7852 River Tea Rooms, St Ives

CIMG7854 Town bridge, St Ives

CIMG7856 Oliver Cromwell pub, St Ives

CIMG7871 The Waits, St Ives

CIMG7875 All Saints church, St Ives

CIMG7885 Hemingford Grey Meadow across the river

CIMG7892 Dryad's Saddle, The Thicket

CIMG7895 Woodland path through The Thicket

CIMG7917 Houghton Mill tearoom

CIMG7926 The entrance to Hartford Marina

CIMG7951 Godmanchester Nature Reserve

CIMG8905 Beacon on Castle Hills, Huntingdon

CIMG8909 All Saints church, Hartford

CIMG8913 Houghton Lock

CIMG8917 Cottage, Hemingford Abbots

CIMG8918 The Hemingfords Regatta

CIMG8920 The Manor Garden, Hemingford Grey

CIMG8924 Hay making on Hemingford Grey Meadow

CIMG8925 Town Bridge with Chapel, St Ives

CIMG8927 The Quay, St Ives

CIMG8932 Oliver Cromwell statue, St Ives

CIMG8939 All Saints church from Holt Island

CIMG8942 A swimming opportunity at Houghton Mill

CIMG8943 Approaching Houghton Lock

CIMG8944 Riverside path back to Huntingdon

CIMG8947 Placid cow in Godmanchester Nature Reserve

CIMG8948 Swan and geese at Godmanchester Nature Reserve

Axe and Compasses Hemingford Abbots Huntingdon Circular (long)

Big tree Huntingdon Circular (long)

Too pretty Huntingdon Circular (long)

Mary AnneWeems grave (front) Huntingdon Circular (long)

Mary Ann Weems grave (back) Huntingdon Circular (long)

Cygnet on Great Ouse at Huntingdon

Inside Houghton Mill

3 Horsehoes Houghton

Houghton village

Old Bridge Hotel Huntingdon Moss covered building near the river.

Footbridge Many thanks to Marc for this photograph

Gate Many thanks to Marc for this photograph

Cottage Many thanks to Marc for this photograph

Last updated : Feb-20