Church · Whittlesford · Cambridgeshire

Duxford Chapel

Look for Duxford Chapel, a church, in Whittlesford. Our list has 17 more places within 5 km. It is looked after by English Heritage.

Where

In Whittlesford

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 49%

#4,147 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Church in Whittlesford

Inside Whittlesford

Duxford Chapel is inside Whittlesford’s built-up area, with 17 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The weather, month by month

The warmest stretch in Whittlesford is May to September, at 18–23°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 2°44 mm

Feb8° / 2°35 mm

Mar11° / 3°31 mm

Apr14° / 4°36 mm

May18° / 7°44 mm

Jun21° / 10°49 mm

Jul23° / 12°50 mm

Aug23° / 12°55 mm

Sep20° / 10°48 mm

Oct15° / 7°58 mm

Nov11° / 4°55 mm

Dec8° / 2°46 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Whittlesford, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Whittlesford. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Whittlesford’s full climate →

About

Duxford Chapel

A drive of 2.8 km reaches IWM Duxford.

Type: Church
Run by: English Heritage
Town: in Whittlesford
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/duxford-chapel

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

The way to Duxford Chapel

Orange marks Duxford Chapel, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

With 7,270 people, Sawston is the largest of the 8. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Whittlesford

1,608 people · 18 places to visit

2 · 500 m north of it

Sawston

7,270 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 800 m southwest of it

Duxford

2,216 people · 18 places to visit

4 · 1.8 km southeast of it

Hinxton

330 people · 18 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Duxford Chapel is	People	Places to visit
Whittlesford	It’s in town	1,608	18
Sawston	500 m north of it	7,270	18
Duxford	800 m southwest of it	2,216	18
Hinxton	1.8 km southeast of it	330	18
Heathfield	2 km west of it	668	18
Ickleton	3.1 km south of it	748	17
Great Abington	3.4 km east of it	794	4
Great Shelford and Stapleford	4.2 km north of it	6,159	21

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Places to add to Duxford Chapel

There are 61 within 15 km, 4 museums, 2 castles and a historic house among them.

MuseumIWM Duxford2.8 km away · 401K visitors a year (2019)2MuseumMuseumFitzwilliam Museum11 km away · 364K visitors a year 3

Historic house · English HeritageAudley End House9.9 km away 4

MuseumMuseum of Zoology11 km away · 139K visitors a year (2023)5

GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden10 km away 6

CastleSaffron Walden Castle10 km away 7

CastleCambridge Castle13 km away 8

MuseumAirborne Assault2.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Good to know about Duxford Chapel

Where is Duxford Chapel?

Duxford Chapel is in Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Duxford Chapel?

Church.

Who runs Duxford Chapel?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Duxford Chapel?

May to September are the warmest months in Whittlesford, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Duxford Chapel?

Within 15 km: IWM Duxford (2.8 km), Fitzwilliam Museum (11 km), Audley End House (9.9 km) and Museum of Zoology (11 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)

IWM Duxford: IxK85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Audley End House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Zoology: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cambridge University Botanic Garden: temporalata, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Saffron Walden Castle: Janine Forbes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cambridge Castle: Samuel Buck / Nathaniel Buck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Airborne Assault: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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