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.

Campground type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 5
Open all year
Opens

Languages spoken

English

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Features

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 site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry 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 Dump point Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Tiny (1-10 sites)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

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 +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.39833°N
-0.03239°W

Nearest transport

Coach
12.9 km Bus Station
21.9 km Madingley Rd Park-and-Ride
24.3 km Parkside
Rail
13.4 km Huntingdon Rail Station
17.8 km Whittlesea Rail Station
18.1 km Manea Rail Station
Airport
25.3 km 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 20.2 km

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial 21.2 km

Kings College Chapel 23.9 km

Peterborough Cathedral 24 km

Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve 24.1 km

National Trust

Houghton Mill 9.5 km

Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve 24.2 km

Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill 25.8 km

Wimpole Hall 28.6 km

Wimpole Home Farm 28.6 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Earith 6.6 km

OUSE FEN (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 16/01/2003) 6.8 km

ABBOTS RIPTON HALL 9.7 km

FEN DRAYTON (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 31/01/2007) 9.9 km

Hemingford Abbots – Houghton Mill - St Ives – Hemingford Grey 10.3 km

Local events

  • Burghley Horse Trials (Thursday 5 September 2024 – Thursday 5 September 2024)

    Stamford, England 40.2 km

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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