Getting there

How to reach our volunteering activities

Task leaders will be happy to help organise car sharing. You should contact them to confirm details, but it is usually from Shire Hall, Castle Hill, Cambridge, meeting at about 9.30am. The National Trust encourages two or more people travelling together by reimbursing the cost of petrol between task sites and Shire Hall.

The rest of this page details how to get to the work sites if you’re not getting a lift from someone who already knows – though the task leader should be able to help you with directions. If you’re driving, you may be aware that the BBC has traffic information, as does the AA.

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Summary of work site locations

Eight of our most commonly-visited NT properties are shown in this map (with approximate distance from Cambridge): Anglesey Abbey (7 miles), Hatfield Forest (30 miles), Houghton Mill (17 miles), Ickworth (30 miles), Lyveden New Bield (40 miles), Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse (27 miles), Wicken Fen (27 miles) and Wimpole (10 miles).

In each case, you may click the icon for more details about a property in a particular place. You may also look at a larger version of this map.

For each of the properties, larger-scale maps and other details may be accessed below. (This includes links to the National Trust’s “Getting There” pages, which deal with public transport.) Route finding tools will be found in the following section.

Travel directions

Cycling

CycleStreets will plot routes for you and will provide photographs of junctions to help you find your way.

Driving

Type your address into the “From” box, choose the property you are visiting and select “Go”:

Property details

Travel details for Anglesey Abbey, Ickworth and Wimpole, three of our most commonly-visited properties, are given below. Details of Hatfield Forest, Houghton Mill, Lyveden New Bield, Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse and Wicken Fen are given on the next page.

Anglesey Abbey

The in this map shows the location of Anglesey Abbey. To get your bearings, you may either zoom out (click the “–” in the top-left) or take a look at the larger version. For detail, there’s also a small Ordnance Survey version.

Here’s the National Trust’s “Getting There” page for Anglesey Abbey, and here’s the entrance you should look out for.

Anglesey Abbey’s postcode is CB25 9EJ.

Ickworth

The in this map shows the location of Ickworth. To get your bearings, you may either zoom out (click the “–” in the top-left) or take a look at the larger version. For detail, there’s also a small Ordnance Survey version.

Here’s the National Trust’s “Getting There” page for Ickworth.

Ickworth’s postcode is IP29 5QE.

Wimpole

The in this map shows the location of Wimpole. To get your bearings, you may either zoom out (click the “–” in the top-left) or take a look at the larger version. For detail, there’s also a small Ordnance Survey version.

Here’s Wimpole’s page for visitors, and here’s the National Trust’s “Getting There” page for Wimpole.

Wimpole’s postcode is SG8 0BW.