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©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Cambridge & East Anglia Includes ¨ Why Go? Cambridge ..................371 Unfurling gently eastwards to the sea, the vast flatlands of Ely ...............................384 East Anglia are a rich web of lush farmland, melancholy Colchester..................385 Fens and sparkling rivers. The area is justly famous for its Dedham Vale ..............386 sweeping sandy beaches, big skies and the bucolic landscape that once inspired Constable and Gainsborough. Saffron Walden ........... 387 It’s not all rural idyll though: rising out of the Fens is the Southend-on-Sea ......388 world-famous university town of Cambridge, with its stun- Long Melford ..............389 ning classical architecture and earnest attitude, and to the Lavenham ...................391 east is the cosmopolitan city of Norwich. Around them mag- Bury St Edmunds .......392 nificent cathedral cities, pretty market towns and implau- sibly picturesque villages are testament to the enormous Aldeburgh ..................395 wealth amassed here during medieval times, when the wool Southwold ..................396 and weaving industries flourished. Norwich ...................... 397 Meanwhile, the meandering coastline is peppered with King’s Lynn pretty fishing villages and traditional bucket-and-spade & Around ....................405 resorts, while inland is the languid, hypnotic charm of the Norfolk Broads, an ideal location for serious relaxation. Best Places to When to Go Eat ¨ If the Cambridge colleges are high on your list, avoid Spring (early April to mid-June), when they close to ¨ Midsummer House (p381) visitors as students prepare for exams. ¨ Roger Hickman’s (p402) ¨ The (hopefully) better weather between June and ¨ Company Shed (p386) August means you’ll see the Norfolk and Suffolk beaches ¨ Great House (p392) and the Norfolk Broads at their best. But school holidays (late-July to August) bring plenty more people, and also push accommodation prices up. Best Places to ¨ World-class classical music comes to Suffolk in the Aldeburgh Festival (p395) in June. In July, cool-culture Stay fans chill at Southwold’s eclectic Latitude Festival (p396). ¨ Varsity (p380) ¨ Come November, the Ways With Words (p396) literature ¨ Sutherland House (p396) festival draws big-name authors to Southwold. ¨ Angel (p391) ¨ Exquisite, seasonal music fills Cambridge’s King’s ¨ Peacocks (p385) College Chapel (p371) in December, culminating in the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve. 368 W i th a Cambridge NOTTINGHAMSHIRE m Sleaford #\ & East #\ Boston Anglia LINCOLNSHIRE The Highlights #\ Threekingham #\ Sutterton Wash #\ Grantham 1 Punting past historic colleges in Cambridge and enjoying the heavenly #\ Long Sutton Spalding #\ Holbeach #\ sounds of evensong LEICESTERSHIRE Bourne #\ at King’s College /·A1 0¸A1101 Chapel (p371) Market 2 Soaking up the Deeping medieval atmosphere Rutland #\ Wisbech #\ in topsy-turvy #\ Outwell Eye /·A47 Lavenham (p391) #\ ne Wansford Ne 3 Marvelling at #\ #] Whittlesey the exquisite rib Peterborough #\ #\ March vaulting at Norwich Cathedral (p397) 0¸A141 Corby #\ 4 Walking the prom, Ramsey #\ Chatteris dining on sublime /·A1 #\ food and just chilling NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Warboys #\ Ely #\ out in understated CAMBRIDGESHIRE Stretham Aldeburgh (p395) #\ #\ Finedon Huntingdon #\ e 5 Noseying around s /·A45 /·A14 Cottenham u the drawing room #\ O #\ t #] Rushden a CAMBRIDGE & & CAMBRIDGE of the Queen’s e Wellingborough r country estate at G 0¸A428 #] Northampton #\ Sandringham (p405) #1 Cambridge St Neots #\ 6 Canoeing your Grantchester way through the tranquil waterways of #\ Sandy Linton MILTON #\ #\ the #\ Norfolk Broads KEYNES Cardington #7 E Duxford #\ AST AST (p400) Biggleswade BEDFORDSHIRE #\ 7 Pondering the Royston #9#\ A history of British and NGLIA NGLIA American air forces Saffron Walden at the Imperial War Museum (p384) in & E & Luton Bishop's Duxford #\ Luton Airport Stevenage Stortford AS 8 Wandering ^# #– #\ Kimpton HERTFORDSHIRE T A T barefoot along the #\ Sawbridgeworth immense, golden #\ Aylesbury #\ /· N #] Harpenden A1 Hertford sands of Holkham #\ /·M11 GLI beach (p404) #] Harlow #\ #\ A 9 Wendover St Albans Hatfield HIG Delighting in one #] Potters of Britain’s grandest Epping Bar Cheshunt #\ #\ #\ H stately homes at LIG Audley End (p388) in BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Saffron Walden H T S Dagenham LONDON #\ #_ #– es London am h Richmond T City #\ Airport #\ SURREY Dartford.