Visit Hinxton Places

Welcome to Visit Hinxton Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hinxton

  

Hinxton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hinxton

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Hinxton history

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The name Hinxton is a contraction of Hengestestestun, “the town of Hengest” The village of Hinxton was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hestitona. Its parish church is the medieval St Mary and St John Church.

You can visit Hinxton places with Walkfo Hinxton to hear history at Hinxton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hinxton has 20 places to visit in our interactive Hinxton 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 Hinxton, 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 Hinxton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hinxton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 20 audio facts unique to Hinxton places in an interactive Hinxton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Hinxton Places Map
20 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Hinxton historic spots	Hinxton tourist destinations	Hinxton plaques	Hinxton geographic features
Walkfo Hinxton tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Hinxton

  

Best Hinxton places to visit

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

Wellcome Sanger Institute The Wellcome Sanger Institute was established in 1992 and named after double Nobel Laureate Frederick Sanger. It was conceived as a large scale DNA sequencing centre to participate in the Human Genome Project. The Institute now employs around 900 people and engages in five main areas of research.

St Mary Magdalene Church, Ickleton St Mary Magdalene Church is the Church of England parish church in Ickleton, Cambridgeshire. The church is a Grade I listed building and is part of a combined benefice with those of St Peter’s, Duxford and SS Mary and John, Hinxton.

Duxford Aerodrome Duxford Aerodrome (ICAO: EGSU) is located 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Cambridge. The airfield is owned by the Imperial War Museum (IWM) and the American Air Museum. The aerodrome has a Civil Aviation Authority Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.

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