Pidley Bottom Shepherd's Huts
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Add your business details- 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
5Open all year
Languages spoken
English
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Features
No dogs allowed
Leisure on park
Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Hot tub Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Pétanque Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis WatersportsAmenities on park
Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Tents for hire Washing-up area WifiGroups welcome
Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcomeRules
Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed No dogs allowedThemes
Hikers’ paradise Peaceful Remote location Wild camping Wildlife havenUtilities
Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energyNearby amenities
Bar nearby Dog walk nearbyType
Farm Tiny (1-10 sites)Nearby leisure
Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearbyLocation
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
Bus8 mi Bus Station
13.6 mi Madingley Rd Park-and-Ride
15.1 mi Parkside
Rail8.3 mi Huntingdon Rail Station
11.1 mi Whittlesea Rail Station
11.2 mi Manea Rail Station
Ferry
Airport15.7 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.
(within 6.2 mi)
Castle, Aquarium, Theme park, & Zoo (within 10 mi)
Food and drink
- Lakeside Lodge Pub 0.3 mi
- The Barn Restaurant 0.5 mi
- The Windmill Pub 1.2 mi
- The Mad Cat Pub 1.2 mi
- Rose & Crown Pub 1.7 mi
- China Garden Restaurant 1.7 mi
- The Royal Oak Pub 1.8 mi
- Centurion Club Pub 1.8 mi
- The White Hart Pub 2.1 mi
- Johnsons Steak House Restaurant 2.8 mi
Groceries
- Budgens Supermarket 3.7 mi
- The Co-operative Food Supermarket 4.2 mi
- Ramsey Global Foods Supermarket 4.7 mi
- Aldi Supermarket 4.7 mi
- Morrisons Supermarket 4.8 mi
- Tesco Supermarket 5.1 mi
- Tesco Supermarket 5.2 mi
- J Wadsworth Off-licence 5.4 mi
- Costcutter Supermarket 5.5 mi
- Waitrose Supermarket 5.5 mi
Parks and play
- Pidley Park 1.1 mi
- Pidley Community Playground 1.2 mi
- Mill Green park 1.9 mi
- Statfold Green park 1.9 mi
- Jubilee Park 1.9 mi
- Somersham Pocket Park 2 mi
- Adam Lyons Park 2.3 mi
- Adam Lyons Park 2.3 mi
- Village Green park 3.8 mi
- Wistow Play Area Playground 4 mi
Family days out
- The Raptor Foundation Zoo 2.4 mi
- Johnson's Zoological Gardens 2.8 mi
- Houghton Mill Visitor attraction 6 mi
- Giant's Hill Castle 9.2 mi
Public transport
- Crossroads 1.2 mi
- Fen Road 1.2 mi
- Warboys Road 1.2 mi
- Coronation Avenue 1.6 mi
- King Street 1.6 mi
- Parkhall Road 1.7 mi
- Loftsteads 1.7 mi
- Ibbott Crescent 1.8 mi
- Madecroft 1.8 mi
- Springfield 1.8 mi
What’s nearby
- Lakeside Lodge Golf & Country Club Golf course 0.4 mi
- Rookery Waters Fishing 0.5 mi
- Earith Lakes Fishery Fishing 3.6 mi
- Ashmire Fishery Fishing 3.8 mi
- Long Island Lake Caravan Site Fishing 4 mi
- St Ives Golf Club Golf course 4 mi
- Westview Marina 4.1 mi
- Ramsey Golf & Bowls Club Golf course 4.3 mi
- Hermitage Marina 4.6 mi
Local services
- Parkhall Surgery Doctors 1.7 mi
- Link Cashpoint 1.7 mi
- Church Street Health Centre Doctors 1.7 mi
- J W Anderson's Chemist Pharmacy 1.7 mi
- Somersham Fast Fit - Cole & Day Fuel station 2 mi
- Moat House Surgery Doctors 2.2 mi
- Ward's of Warboys Chemist Pharmacy 2.3 mi
- Ouse Valley Autos Fuel station 2.3 mi
- BP Fuel station 3.7 mi
- Church Street Helath Centre Earith Branch Surgery Doctors 4.1 mi
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
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