Pidley Bottom Shepherd's Huts

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Seven-acre smallholding in the Cambridgeshire countryside
A 45-minute drive from Cambridge; fishing and golf a walk away
Lots of hands-on activities including collecting eggs or feeding lambs

Ready for hands-on hols? Head over to Pidley Bottom Shepherd's Huts, 15 minutes’ drive from St Ives (the Cambridgeshire one, not the Cornwall one…) and the folk on this friendly working farm will be happy to let you get stuck in to some of the more accessible aspects of farming life. What’s going on depends on the time of year, but it’s quite possible that you’ll be able to lend a hand collecting eggs, bottle-feeding lambs, keeping an eye on chicks hatching, and maybe having a tractor ride. There are plenty of beasts to feed on this seven-acre smallholding too – the goats, in particular, love to be fussed over while you’re there, and the pigs always appreciate a bit of a back scratch. Of course, any such activity isn’t obligatory – you’re equally welcome to leave the old hands to it while you go for a ramble on the Pathfinder Long Distance Walk (which passes by the farm), settle in the paddock or by the pond with a book (or a bottle of something), or book a session in the sauna or hot tub. Cambridge is a 45-minute drive away for days out and there’s golf and fishing within a short walk, plus bikes to hire for local pottering (and go-karts for kids to career around on site). Allocating plenty of time to meals is a fine idea too; the farm sells lots of tasty home-reared and home-cured meats and local produce, and has a barbecue area at which to cook it. If you’re not in the mood for cooking after a long day of hanging out with cute animals, there’s a pub five minutes’ drive away.

Site type

Open all year

Languages spoken

English

Features

No dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Hot tub

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

Pétanque

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Tents for hire

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

No dogs allowed

Themes

Peaceful

Remote location

Walkers' paradise

Wild camping

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm

Tiny (1-10 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Location

Pidley Bottom Shepherd's Huts

Fen Road

Pidley

St Ives

Cambridgeshire

England

PE28 3DF

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

52.39833°N
-0.03239°W

Nearest transport

Coach

8 mi Bus Station

13.6 mi Madingley Rd Park-and-Ride

15.1 mi Parkside

Rail

8.3 mi Huntingdon Rail Station

11.1 mi Whittlesea Rail Station

11.2 mi Manea Rail Station

Airport

15.7 mi Cambridge Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Keep going with the Cambridgeshire country pursuits by heading out directly from the farm for a hike on the Pathfinder Long Distance Walk, wandering over the road for a game of golf at the Lakeside Lodge Golf Centre or stashing your fishing kit in the car for the couple of minutes’ drive to the local fishing lakes. Heading a little further away from the farm, local trips might include meeting the big birds at the Raptor Foundation (10 minutes’ drive), seeking out their smaller cousins at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes (half an hour) or seeing how flour gets made the old-fashioned way at Houghton Mill (20 minutes). Quite in contrast but still packed with pretty views is a city day out in Cambridge (45 minutes) for tours of the famed colleges, museum visits (the Fitzwilliam Museum and Centre for Computing History are popular picks) and trying your hand at punting along the River Cam.

Must see

Ely Cathedral 12.5 mi

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial 13.1 mi

Kings College Chapel 14.8 mi

Peterborough Cathedral 14.9 mi

Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve 14.9 mi

National Trust

Houghton Mill 5.9 mi

Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve 15 mi

Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill 16 mi

Wimpole Hall 17.8 mi

Wimpole Home Farm 17.8 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Earith 4.1 mi

OUSE FEN (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 16/01/2003) 4.2 mi

ABBOTS RIPTON HALL 6.1 mi

FEN DRAYTON (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 31/01/2007) 6.2 mi

Hemingford Abbots – Houghton Mill - St Ives – Hemingford Grey 6.4 mi

Local events

Burghley Horse Trials (Thursday 5 September 2024 – Thursday 5 September 2024)
Stamford, Lincolnshire 24.9 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

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What attractions are near Pidley Bottom Shepherd's Huts? Keep going with the Cambridgeshire country pursuits by heading out directly from the farm for a hike on the Pathfinder Long Distance Walk, wandering over the road for a game of golf … Read more