BURWELL MUSEUM OF FEN EDGE VILLAGE LIFE, BURWELL, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND

How to Find Us - Directions & Maps to the Museum

DIRECTIONS TO BURWELL MUSEUM

TRAVELLING BY ROAD

Follow signs for the B1102 road and Burwell (signed from the A14 junctions 35 at Quy, near Cambridge and 37 at Newmarket - From Newmarket is via the B1103 road. Signed from the A142 at Fordham). Burwell is about 12 miles from Cambridge and Ely. About 4 miles from Newmarket. See maps for details.

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PARKING

The Museum is situated in Mill Close (next to the windmill). Free car parking is provided at the Gardiner Memorial Hall in the High Street (See sketch map below).
Follow the brown "Museum" signs to the High Street (B1102) and look for the 'A board' "Burwell Museum - Open - Carpark" sign on the path opposite the car park entrance when we're open. The car park entrance is near a pair of Keep Left bollards in the centre of the road. Please make sure you enter the car park through the correct gateway - marked with a large "IN" sign on the wall.
Short (signposted) walk from rear of carpark to the Museum (via Mill Close).

Disabled drivers may park in Mill Close (further disabled access details on Admission & Facilities page).
Passengers may be dropped off in Mill Close and then the driver should park their vehicle in the Car Park.
No visitor parking is permitted on any part of the Museum site (which includes the grassed area around the Windmill and the private access road off Mill Lane) due to lack of space and possible danger to pedestrians.

MAP
A detailed road atlas style map is available by clicking here: Location of Burwell Museum (a new window will open). Please use the car park (Gardiner Memorial Hall): Location of Museum Car Park (a new window will open).
Once parked, leave the car park by the pedestrian gate at the rear left. The entrance to Mill Close is on the opposite side of Mill Lane - diagonally to the left. Follow the footpath in Mill Close around the left hand corner and up to the windmill. The Museum entrance is to the right of the windmill.

If you would like a printer friendly copy of the simplified sketch map below click here. The map will open in a new window where you can save it on your computer and/or print it.

The detailed maps are also printable - follow the instructions on their pages.

SAT-NAV users should enter the postcode CB25 0HD or if it doesn't work CB5 0HD which is the postcode for the High Street where the Museum Car Park is located (Gardiner Memorial Hall). The two slightly different postcodes is because the Royal Mail have recently introduced new codes for many parts of Cambridgeshire. The CB5 area, which includes Burwell, is now CB25. The new postcodes are now in use for mail but some SAT-NAV devices and many mapping websites are still using the old codes. If the new CB25 postcode doesn't work use the old CB5 code.
The postcode is for the whole High Street not just the car park - you might need to follow the directions above and/or the maps provided.

BY BOAT
Small pleasure boats and narrow/canal boats can be moored in Burwell Lode (the river in Burwell) at the edge of the village about a mile from the museum.
The most suitable place to moor is near the "Anchor" pub. Walk up North Street (with the pub on your right), pass the "Co-Op" (on your right) and continue along the Causeway up to its junction with the High Street. Follow the High Street (right at the junction) until you pass the "Cambridge Building Society" (on the right). Cross over here and continue walking along the High Street, passing the "Crown" pub on the left and up Mill Lane. Pass Saxon Drive (on the left) then take the gravel track (the next left) up to the windmill and the museum.

Burwell Lode is accessed from the River Cam at Upware Lock.

Location Map - click link above to print

BY BUS
If you are coming to Burwell by bus check the timetables on the'Stagecoach-Cambridge' website Or if you are coming from further afield you can plan your journey on the Traveline website or you can phone Traveline on 0870 6082608.
Please note that buses on Sundays & Bank Holidays are far less frequent than on other days (No Sunday Buses between Newmarket and Burwell).
The most convenient stop for the museum is outside the "Crown" pub in the High Street (ask the driver). Walk past the "Crown" and up Mill Lane. Pass Saxon Drive (on the left) then take the gravel track (the next left) up to the windmill and the museum.

Please respect the privacy of the residents of red brick cottage ("Mill Bungalow") adjacent to the track as this is a private house with no connection to the museum.

BY BICYCLE
You can cycle right up to the museum site using the directions on this page and
leave your bike next to the hedge at the entrance to the site.
Burwell is on National Cycle Routes 11 and 51.
A map showing suggested cycle routes can be found on the Sustrans website

BY RAIL
The nearest railway stations to Burwell are at Cambridge, Newmarket and Ely. Railway timetables can be found on the National Rail Enquiries website or contact the train operators for timetables. There is a bus that stops at Ely station that goes to Burwell on Sundays only. There are shuttle buses from Cambridge railway station to Cambridge bus station from where you can catch a bus to Burwell 7 days a week. Newmarket has buses calling at the railway station and bus station/town centre (No Sunday Buses to and from Newmarket and Burwell). Check the bus timetables via the link in the "By Bus" section on this page. Taxis are available at all stations but may be expensive for journeys from Cambridge or Ely due to the fact it could take up to 1/2 an hour to get to Burwell.

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