Anglesey Abbey
Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill
A National Trust country estate famed across Britain for its winter garden and February snowdrops, with the working Lode Mill, which still grinds flour.
Anglesey Abbey lies in Lode village about 10 km northeast of Cambridge. It was originally a 12th-century Augustinian abbey. After 1926, Lord Fairhaven converted it into a country residence that houses antiques, clocks and oil paintings. The 46-hectare gardens are the main attraction. The winter garden is known for its white-barked birches and colorful stems, and in February hundreds of varieties of snowdrops bloom. In summer there are the dahlia and rose gardens, and in autumn the woodlands change color. The Lode Watermill on the estate still grinds flour. National Trust members enter free, and non-members pay about GBP 20. You can reach it from Cambridge by bus or by bicycle, which takes about 40 minutes.
Opening hours
Gardens approx. 10:00–17:00 (until 16:00 in winter); house has shorter opening hours
Nearby sights
- The Polar Museum
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden
- Round Church, Cambridge
- Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
- Cambridge Market Square
- Great St Mary's Church