Natural features

Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill

United Kingdom Cambridgeshire Bottisham

Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill
Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A Jacobean house on the site of an Augustinian priory, filled with the art collection of Lord Fairhaven, who also laid out the large gardens with avenues, statues and themed areas in the 1930s. The winter garden, with its white-stemmed birches and snowdrops, is one of the best in the country.


Lode Mill, a working watermill, grinds flour you can buy. It's a short drive from Cambridge.

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