Wimpole Estate is a working estate in Cambridgeshire containing Wimpole Hall, a stunning impressive mansion, beautiful gardens and 3,000 acres of parkland.

This Estate has been lived on and farmed for over 2,000 years.

Over the centuries, Wimpole has been owned by several families, and each family has left its mark.

This places oozes history. The present house was the vision of Elsie Bambridge.

Elsie, daughter of Rudyard Kipling, purchased Wimpole in 1938 with her husband, Capt. George Bambridge.

They used the inheritance left to them by Rudyard Kipling, and the royalties from his books, for the long-needed refurbishment of the house and grounds.


Parkland & Gardens

We set out to visit the Estate mainly because of the landscaped park and the walled gardens.

Wimpole parkland has changed many times throughout its history, different owners employed different landscape designers and gardeners, who each left their mark on the landscape.

Charles Bridgeman’s two mile long South Avenue certainly is an eye-catcher and even the famous ‘Capability’ Brown was asked to design a few sections of the parkland.


Walking

Nowadays Wimpole Estate is owned by the National Trust and there are plenty of walks to enjoy.

A 3-mile stroll will take you to the north of the estate. It takes in the Chinese Bridge, Wimpole lakes and the Gothic Folly and the woodland belts.

You can easily combine it with another short stroll towards Wimpole Cobbs. A nice 3-mile walk exploring Wimpole’s farmland.


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Wimpole Way

If you would like to venture further and explore the Cambridgeshire countryside, then you can follow the Wimpole Way.

The 13-mile Wimpole Way starts in Cambridge and goes across farmland, through the villages of Caldecote and Kingston to the eighteenth-century Wimpole Hall and Park.

With the Clopton Way it links the Greensand Ridge Walk with Cambridge.



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