Stanford Park makes an ideal base from which to explore the delights of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.

So whether you want to spend a day at the races, plunge yourself into the history of the colleges, gaze in awe at the magnificence of Ely Cathedral, walk or cycle along miles of ancient tracks and Roman roads or experience the nostalgia of Spitfires and be dazzled by supersonic jets - there is something for everyone!

Here is a comprehensive list of the attractions and events close at hand.
 

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Sports: Newmarket Race Course
All year
Newmarket is both the historical home and the current powerhouse of British horseracing. It is the headquarters of many national and international racing organisations and boasts two totally separate, dynamic and contrasting racecourses where some of the world's best flat racing takes place each year.
7 miles | Web link
 
Sports: Horse Racing
All year
Newmarket National Horseracing Museum and tours of the National Stud
5 miles | Web link
 
Sports: Horse Riding
All year

Total Equine Services, Becklyn, Bury Road, Kennett, Newmarket Tel: (01353) 721335

9 miles
Old Tiger Stables, 22 Northfield Road, Soham (01353) 720125 7 miles | Web link
Coach House Stables, Chippenham, Nr Newmarket (01638) 720415 7 miles
Sawston Riding School, Common Lane, Sawston, Cambridge (01223) 835198 20 miles | Web link
 
Sports: Golf
All year

Links Golf Club, Cambridge Road, Newmarket (01638) 663000

7 miles | Web link
Gog Magog Golf Club, Shelford Bottom (01223) 247626
11 miles | Web link
Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club (01638) 712216
7 miles | Web link
 
Sports: Fishing
All year
River Fishing 1 mile from campsite

Cross Drove Fishery, Cowles Drove, Hockwold (01842) 828102

20 miles
Larkwood Trout Fishery, Icklingham Road, West Stowe (01284) 728612
19 miles | Web link
Fenland Fisheries,Meadow Drove, Earith (01487) 841858
20 miles | Web link
 
Other
All year

Bure Valley Railway

Web link
Rede Hall Farm Web link
Thetford Forest and Country Park Web link
Chilford Hall Vineyard Web link
Linton Zoo Web link
Bressingham Steam Museum and Gardens Web link
Devils Dyke - Old Roman road Web link
Not far from Flatford Mill and 'Constable' Country Web link
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All distances given are approximate.
 
Exclusively Adult only