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Town in Cambridgeshire, England
Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
St Neots (not to be confused with the village of St Neot in Cornwall) is a riverside market town just north of the border between Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. Despite some pretty parks and a few historic buildings, St Neots offers relatively little to entice the traveller, but is a pleasant enough stopover or base for touring the region.
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See a range of local history exhibits including the old police cells. One of the prized exhibits is a hoard of Iron Age gold coins found a few miles from the town.
A rich mosaic of wildlife habitats covering 78 hectares of lakes, riverside, meadow, reedbed, scrub and woodland. It is in the Great Ouse valley between St Neots and Huntingdon, and is famous for its nightingales and cormorants - and host to a wide variety of other birds, insects, mammals and flora. The visitor centre is open most days for refreshments, books, maps, leaflets and expertise from the voluntary wardens. It also hosts a wide range of events and activities organised by the Friends of Paxton Pits, throughout the year. The reserve is also home to the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire's environmental education centre. The Trust run events for children and families, giving them a chance to get involved with wildlife.
paddle around in the sedate waters of the Riverside Park... perhaps not offering quite the same appeal to tourists as punting in nearby Cambridge
The nearby villages of Abbotsley and Wyboston offer excellent parkland golf courses.
A smart pub/restaurant set in a historic inn with terrace overlooking the river. It has one of the best locations in the town.
Family-run restaurant serving Cantonese, Peking and Szechuan food
Family-run Italian restaurant, just like eating in Italy.
A small four star hotel.
By bus
The 905 bus between Bedford and Cambridge calls at St Neots every half an hour or so between roughly 7AM and midnight.
By car
St Neots sits at the junction of the A1 and A428. Both are major cross country routes. The journey between Cambridge and St Neots is best avoided at the beginning and end of the working day.
By boat
St Neots is on an attractive, peaceful stretch of the River Great Ouse. Mooring and marina facilities are available.
By taxi
Taxis in St Neots are expensive. Steve's Taxis have a small office on the market square
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