On the ground

Live Excavations at the Wimpole Estate 2024

Runs throughout festival

Cambridge Archaeology Field Group will be on site carrying out excavations in Wimpole's Parterre and West Garden, building on their earlier discoveries relating to Thomas Chicheley's 1650s garden and a new geophysical survey carried out by MOLA in Spring 2024. Come and see them hard at work, speak to the archaeologists themselves, and watch as history is revealed before your eyes.

Location

National Trust Wimpole Estate, Arrington, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 0BW, United Kingdom

Additional location/direction information

Please do not follow postcode for SatNav as this will take you to an entrance no longer in use. Please follow directions to National Trust Car Park - Wimpole Estate.

Duration of event

Open during Wimpole Estate's general opening times.

Additional fee information

Entry to the Wimpole Estate is required. National Trust Members free.