Ramsey

Ramsey is a small market town in Cambridgeshire. Ramsey is an historic fenland town with an abbey founded in 969. It's a quiet place where you can experience rural England but has enough life and facilities to enable you to stay there. It makes a good base to explore the surrounding area.

Understand

Ramsey is not a major tourist destination so would suit those wanting to get off the beaten track.

Get in

Buses run every hour or two from Huntingdon to the centre of Ramsey.

The surrounding countryside is ideal for cycling with little traffic and no hills. As such, it is practical to get to Ramsey by bike.

Get around

Ramsey is small enough to walk around.

See

• St Thomas a Becket Church is architecturally interesting.
• Abbey remains.
• 1 Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse, Abbey School, PE26 1DH, ☏ +44 1284 747500, ramseyabbey@nationaltrust.org.uk.  
• 2 Ramsey Rural Museum, ☏ +44 1487 815715. Sa M 2-5PM (closed Tu-F). (updated Oct 2023)
• 1 Booth's Hill Ice House, Junction of Hollow Lane and Abbey Road. 24hrs. A former ice house built into a hillock. There is some local signage explaining its significance. Free. (updated Jul 2024)

Do

Cycling.

Each August there is a major 1940s weekend at nearby (20 minutes' walk) Upwood airbase.

Buy

The town has two supermarkets and some old-fashioned shops.

Eat

There are a few restaurants and takeaways in the town so you won't go hungry.

Drink

There are a few pubs.

1 The Jolly Sailor Ramsey, 43 Great Whyte, Ramsey, Huntingdon PE26 1HH, ☏ +44 1487 813388. (updated Oct 2023)

Sleep

Ramsey is small enough for you to be able to see everything in a day trip from a nearby city.

1 Shire Lodge, Warboys Rd, Bury (It's a 15-minute walk away along a pretty footpath). Bed and Breakfast for around £40. 

Go next

If you don't have your own transport then you'll need to take a bus.