Waterbeach Barracks

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Waterbeach Barracks' is a former military installation in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. The site was an RAF Station, RAF Waterbeach and then used by the Royal Engineers, part of the British Army, from 1966, until 2013 when the site closed to make way for housing. ()

Built: 1966 (58 years ago)Coordinates: 52°16'26"N, 0°11'18"E

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Waterbeach Barracks – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Anglesey Abbey, Abbey Stadium, Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge Museum of Technology.

3.3 miSE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Anglesey Abbey
86 min walk • Anglesey Abbey, located in the heart of Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, is a grand country house imbued with history and enveloped by lush gardens. This Jacobean-style home, originally built as a priory in the 12th century, was transformed into a luxurious private...
4.5 miS
Sport venue, Sport, Sport complex
Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
116 min walk • Abbey Stadium, a quintessential sports venue located in the historic city of Cambridge, United Kingdom, serves as the home ground for Cambridge United Football Club. Nestled within the Cambridgeshire landscape, the stadium has become a focal point for local sports...
4.3 miS
Cemetery
Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge
110 min walk • Cambridge City Cemetery is the main burial ground for the city of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire. It is to the north of the city, at the junction of Newmarket Road and Ditton Lane, near to Cambridge Airport.
4.6 miSW
Museum, Science museum, Specialty museum
Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cambridge
119 min walk • The Cambridge Museum of Technology is an industrial heritage museum situated in Cambridge, England. The original building, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, housed a combined sewage pumping and waste destructor station built in 1894.
4.4 miN
Museum, Science museum
Stretham Old Engine
113 min walk • Stretham Old Engine is a steam-powered engine just south of Stretham in Cambridgeshire, England, that was used to pump water from flood-affected areas of The Fens back into the River Great Ouse.
4.7 miSW
Park
Logan's Meadow, Cambridge
121 min walk • Logan's Meadow is a 1.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Cambridge. It is owned by Cambridge City Council and managed by the council together with City Greenways Project.
4.6 miSW
Church
St Laurence's Church, Cambridge
117 min walk • The Church of St Laurence is a Roman Catholic church in Cambridge, England. Dedicated to St Laurence of Rome, it is part of the Diocese of East Anglia, within the Province of Westminster.
3.7 miS
Park
Bramblefields, Cambridge
95 min walk • Bramblefields is a 2.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Cambridge. It is owned and managed by Cambridge City Council. The site in the middle of a residential area has grassland, scrub and a pond with invertebrates such as frogs and newts.
4.6 miNE
Park
Wicken Fen
118 min walk • Wicken Fen is a 254.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. It is also a National Nature Reserve, and a Nature Conservation Review site.
1.4 miN
Specialty museum, Museum, Monastery
Denny Abbey, Cambridge
36 min walk • Denny Abbey is a former abbey near Waterbeach, about 6 miles north of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. It is now the Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey. The monastery was inhabited by a succession of three different religious orders. The site is a scheduled ancient monument.
0.7 miS
Church
Church of St John the Evangelist
19 min walk • The Anglican Church of St John the Evangelist is the parish church of the village of Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, England. It is a grade II* listed building.