Time: Departing Wolfson 08.30, stop ca 10.00 at Grime’s Graves for guided tour and for toilet break. There is also a picnic area with vending machines for drinks and snacks. Then continue to Felbrigg Hall.
Transportation: By coach will be provided from Wolfson College.
Price: £20/£10 for students.
Booking: Please complete the booking form and send it to Dr Conrad Guettler by email or by post or hand to his pigeonhole in Wolfson College, Barton Road, Cambridge CB3 9BB.
Grime’s Graves (English Heritage)
Entry £4.90, concessions £4.40, free for EH members. ph: 01842 810656
The spectacular landscape at Grime’s Graves reflects the ancient mining industries which were practised here as long as 5,000 years ago. A small introductory exhibition in the visitor centre includes information about Neolithic mining, a virtual tour of the mines and landscape, and touchable reproduction Neolithic tools.
A guided tour of 1h – 1h 20 m includes admission to the public pit at Grime’s Graves, via a nine-metre (30ft) ladder. Visitors are advised to wear ‘sensible’ shoes as the tour covers some areas of rough ground.
Felbrigg Hall (National Trust)
Entry £11.00 (group rate), free for NT members
One of the most elegant country houses in East Anglia, the Hall is a mixture of opulence and homeliness where each room has something to feed the imagination. A decorative and productive walled garden is a gardener's delight and inspiration, providing beautiful flowers for the hall, with the allotments in the walled garden providing fruit and vegetables for the Squire's Pantry. The rolling landscape park with a lake, 211 hectares (520 acres) of woods and waymarked trails is a great place to explore nature and wildlife on this estate.
Timetable (approximate)
08.30 Depart Wolfson College
10.00 Arrive Grime’s Graves; guided tour
12.30 Arrive Felbrigg Hall
15.30 Depart Felbrigg Hall
17.30 Arrive Wolfson College
