Car Dyke
Car Dyke is a historic site 100 m south of Waterbeach. Within 15 km there are 42 more places to visit, starting with Fitzwilliam Museum (8.3 km).
Historic site near Waterbeach
Just outside Waterbeach
Car Dyke is 100 m south of Waterbeach. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The year in Waterbeach
Warmest in Waterbeach are May to September, at 18–23°C.
Car Dyke
Historic site.
- Type
- Historic site
- Town
- 100 m south of Waterbeach
Where it sits
The places near Car Dyke are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count Car Dyke
The most populous of the 8 is Cambridge, at 152,742. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.
Waterbeach
Landbeach
Milton
Horningsea
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Car Dyke is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterbeach | 100 m north of it | 5,375 | 9 |
| Landbeach | 1.5 km west of it | 652 | 8 |
| Milton | 1.8 km southwest of it | 4,150 | 30 |
| Horningsea | 2 km south of it | 329 | 9 |
| Cambridge | 3.4 km southwest of it | 152,742 | 33 |
| Fen Ditton | 3.9 km south of it | 509 | 31 |
| Lode | 4.1 km southeast of it | 672 | 6 |
| Histon and Impington | 4.2 km west of it | 7,781 | 32 |
While you are near Car Dyke
Within 15 km are 42 places, among them 3 museums, 2 abbeys or priories and a garden.
MuseumMuseum of Zoology7.9 km away · 139K visitors a year (2023)3
Abbey or priory · English HeritageDenny Abbey and Farmland Museum3.6 km away4
Abbey or priory · National TrustAnglesey Abbey4.4 km away5
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden8.6 km away6
CastleCambridge Castle7.4 km away7
Art galleryKettle's Yard Gallery7.5 km away8
MuseumWhipple Museum of the History Of Science8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Car Dyke
Where is Car Dyke?
Car Dyke is 100 m south of Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire.
What is Car Dyke?
Historic site.
When is the best time to visit Car Dyke?
May to September are the warmest months in Waterbeach, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Car Dyke?
Within 15 km: Fitzwilliam Museum (8.3 km), Museum of Zoology (7.9 km), Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum (3.6 km) and Anglesey Abbey (4.4 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum: Rob enwiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anglesey Abbey: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kettle's Yard Gallery: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whipple Museum of the History Of Science: Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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