Visit Great Gransden Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Great Gransden

  

Great Gransden Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Great Gransden

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Great Gransden history

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The village name translates as “valley of a man named Granta or Grante” It was spelled Grantandene in 973 and Grante(s)dene in the 1086 Domesday book. The connection between the village and Clare College, Cambridge appears to date from 1346.

School and founder

Barnabas Oley, Vicar from 1633, was a Fellow of Clare College who edited the works of the poet and orator George Herbert. Oley was one of the university’s most active Royalists in the English Civil War. The village school he founded in 1670 bears his name.

Notable people

Anne Dutton (1692–1765), religious tractarian and poet, and her clothier husband Benjamin, a Baptist minister, moved to the village and paid for a chapel to be built there. James Plumptre (1771–1832), dramatist, served as Vicar of Great Gransden church from 1812 until his death. Arthur Tozer Russell (1806–1874) hymn-writer, served curate of Great Gransden church in 1829–1830.

Great Gransden landmarks

Great Gransden boasts the oldest post mill in England – though the claim is disputed by nearby Bourn. It has two storeys, with a flour-dressing machine, inscribed 1774 on the second floor. The mill ceased to operate about 1890 and was classified as an ancient monument in 1957.

Great Gransden geography / climate

Great Gransden parish is 11 miles (18 km) west of Cambridge, 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Huntingdon and 47 miles (76 km) north of London. It covers an area of 3,402 acres (1,377 ha) and stands on the B1046 road between Abbotsley and Longstowe.

You can visit Great Gransden places with Walkfo Great Gransden to hear history at Great Gransden’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Great Gransden has 11 places to visit in our interactive Great Gransden map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Great Gransden, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Great Gransden places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Great Gransden & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Great Gransden Places Map
11 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Great Gransden tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Great Gransden

  

Best Great Gransden places to visit

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Great Gransden has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Great Gransden’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Great Gransden’s information audio spots:

Hayley Wood Hayley Wood is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Great Gransden in Cambridgeshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, and managed by the Wildlife Trust. It was the subject of a book by the academic and woodland expert Oliver Rackham.

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