Huntingdon: Cambridgeshire County Town Where Oliver Cromwell Was Born and the A14 Now Bypasses
Huntingdon sits on the River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire, about 16 miles northwest of Cambridge. The population is around 24,000. Oliver Cromwell was born here in 1599, and the Cromwell Museum in the former grammar school on the High Street covers his life and the Civil War. Samuel Pepys attended the same grammar school over a century later. Huntingdon was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire and retains the All Saints Church on Market Hill, with origins in the 12th century. The town's position on the Great North Road made it an important coaching stop, and several old coaching inns survive along the High Street.
The town centre around Market Hill, the High Street, and the Chequers shopping precinct is compact. Hinchingbrooke Country Park, on the western edge, has 170 acres of meadows, lakes, and woodland. Huntingdon station is on the East Coast Main Line, with trains to London King's Cross in about 50 minutes. The A14 bypasses the town to the south, connecting to the M11 and the A1(M). St Neots is about five miles to the southwest, and St Ives about five miles to the east. For those exploring adult companionship in the Huntingdonshire area, Huntingdon's fast rail link to King's Cross and A14/A1(M) access connect to Cambridge, Peterborough, and London.
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Huntingdon sits on the River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire, about 16 miles northwest of Cambridge. The population is around 24,000. Oliver Cromwell was born here in 1599, and the Cromwell Museum in the former grammar school on the High Street covers his life and the Civil War. Samuel Pepys attended the same grammar school over a century later. Huntingdon was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire and retains the All Saints Church on Market Hill, with origins in the 12th century. The town's position on the Great North Road made it an important coaching stop, and several old coaching inns survive along the High Street.
The town centre around Market Hill, the High Street, and the Chequers shopping precinct is compact. Hinchingbrooke Country Park, on the western edge, has 170 acres of meadows, lakes, and woodland. Huntingdon station is on the East Coast Main Line, with trains to London King's Cross in about 50 minutes. The A14 bypasses the town to the south, connecting to the M11 and the A1(M). St Neots is about five miles to the southwest, and St Ives about five miles to the east. For those exploring adult companionship in the Huntingdonshire area, Huntingdon's fast rail link to King's Cross and A14/A1(M) access connect to Cambridge, Peterborough, and London.
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