Colne is a Village in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Colne postcode: PE28 3NQ

Retail in Colne

There are great places to visit near Colne including some great woodlands, nature reserves, bluebell woods, country parks, hiking areas, historic buildings, ancient sites, cities, villages, lakes, towns, gardens, shopping centres and airports.

Colne has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Brampton Wood, and Anglesey Abbey.

Don't miss Brampton Wood's nature reserves if visiting the area around Colne.

Brampton Wood is one of Colne's best, nearby bluebell woods to visit in Colne.

The area around Colne features a number of interesting country parks including Wandlebury, Hinchingbrooke Country Park, Nene Park, and Ferry Meadows Country Park.

Don't miss Wandlebury's hiking areas if visiting the area around Colne.

Tadlow Granary, Wandlebury House, Ely Cathedral, Houghton Mill and Waterclose Meadows, Anglesey Abbey, and Lode Water Mill are some of Colne best historic buildings to visit near Colne.

Colne is near some unmissable ancient sites like Wandlebury Ring,

Colne's best nearby cities can be found at Ely, and Peterborough.

Don't miss Grafham, and Houghton's villages if visiting the area around Colne.

The area around Colne's best lakes can be found at Grafham Water.

Towns to visit near Colne include Huntingdon.

Anglesey Abbey is one of Colne's best, nearby gardens to visit in Colne.

Don't miss Queensgate Shopping Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Colne.

Places near Colne feature a number of interesting airports including Cambridge City Airport.

Colne History

There are some historic monuments around Colne:

• Worlick moated site and fishponds
• Long barrow at Foulmire Fen, 140m north west of the junction of Back and Small Fen Drove
• Priory earthworks
• Over Windmill
• Two bowl barrows 370m and 505m south of New England, part of the Haddenham round barrow cemetery
• 'Castle Hill' earthworks
• Obelisk at site of Republic Cottage, Stocks Bridge
• Round barrow at Small Fen, 220m east of the junction of Back and Small Fen Drove
• St Ives Bridge
• Neolithic enclosures at Grey's Farm, Horseley Fen
• The priory barn: remains of the Benedictine priory at Saint Ives
• Five bowl barrows 790m north west of Chain House, part of the Over round barrow cemetery
• Long barrow at South Fen, 90m south west of the west end of Rymanmoor Long Turning
• Giant's Hill: a motte castle with part of an earlier medieval settlement and associated field system
• Bowl barrow 450m east of Shelford Farm
• Long barrow at South Fen, 180m south east of Between Ditches Drove
• The Bulwark: a Civil War fieldwork and World War II gun emplacement, 150m north of Earith Bridge
• Oval barrow and round barrow at Small Fen, 250m north of the junction of Back and Small Fen Drove
• Belsar's Hill ringwork
• Bowl barrow 250m ESE of Common Farm: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery in Block Fen
• Three bowl barrows 450m and 570m east of New England, part of the Haddenham round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows 380m south of Brownshill Staunch House, part of the Over round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow 690m SSW of Stocking Drove Farm
• Medieval magnate's moated residence (the Bishop of Ely's Palace) with fishponds and a later moated site, south of Somersham
• Obelisk at White Post
• Moated site 90m north west of Moat House
• Bowl barrow 200m SE of Horseley Fen Farm
• Low Hill bowl barrow, 575m north of Fen Drayton Reservoir
• Barrow E of Common Farm