Guidebook for Cambridgeshire
Food Scene
The range of tea is incredible and the cakes are homemade and delicious! Views of the riverside are great too.
28 locals recommend
Peacocks Tearoom
65 WatersideThe range of tea is incredible and the cakes are homemade and delicious! Views of the riverside are great too.
Really good quality food and drink options. Patio is good for drinks at sundown and there are often events on.
6 locals recommend
Royal Standard
24 Fore HillReally good quality food and drink options. Patio is good for drinks at sundown and there are often events on.
Fantastic Turkish restaurant with home cooked and very generous portions and great staff. Really good atmosphere; worth booking.
7 locals recommend
Ely Turkish Restaurant
33 Fore HillFantastic Turkish restaurant with home cooked and very generous portions and great staff. Really good atmosphere; worth booking.
This is well loved local restaurant, independently run with a regularly changing menu. Guests dine amongst the artwork chosen by the owners, which is also for sale. Great ambience and wonderful food. Book ahead, it gets full often.
18 locals recommend
The Old Fire Engine House
25 St Mary's StThis is well loved local restaurant, independently run with a regularly changing menu. Guests dine amongst the artwork chosen by the owners, which is also for sale. Great ambience and wonderful food. Book ahead, it gets full often.
Sightseeing
Ely is iconic for its Cathedral, the "Ship of the Fen". You can see it from miles, and on a clear day if you join one of the tower climbing tours, you can see as far as Cambridge and the beautiful surrounding area.
22 locals recommend
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely
Ely is iconic for its Cathedral, the "Ship of the Fen". You can see it from miles, and on a clear day if you join one of the tower climbing tours, you can see as far as Cambridge and the beautiful surrounding area.
Parks & Nature
The path from the Cathedral, down through Cherry park and into the Jubilee Gardens is one of the prettiest in the city. Easy walking distance from my house, you can wander lazily along the river or stop to watch the local activities in the gardens.
Jubilee Gardens
18 Jubilee TerraceThe path from the Cathedral, down through Cherry park and into the Jubilee Gardens is one of the prettiest in the city. Easy walking distance from my house, you can wander lazily along the river or stop to watch the local activities in the gardens.
Shopping
This is a huge building hosting 3 floors of antiques. Almost impossible to leave without finding something to buy!
7 locals recommend
Waterside Antiques Centre
65 WatersideThis is a huge building hosting 3 floors of antiques. Almost impossible to leave without finding something to buy!
The Ely Gin Company is based in Witchford, just outside of Ely. James, the distiller, has been making beautiful fruit infused gins for as long as I have lived in Ely, and his gins are smooth and very drinkable. Their new shop just off the market square is well worth a visit if you like gin (and who doesn't!) - great ranges and lots of opportunity to sample. Cheers!
The Ely Gin Company Ltd
2-3 ButtermarketThe Ely Gin Company is based in Witchford, just outside of Ely. James, the distiller, has been making beautiful fruit infused gins for as long as I have lived in Ely, and his gins are smooth and very drinkable. Their new shop just off the market square is well worth a visit if you like gin (and who doesn't!) - great ranges and lots of opportunity to sample. Cheers!
This is a wonderful book shop. Huge variety of books, including many first editions and signed copies, all set over 3 floors of beautiful building. Feel free to browse, coffee and tea is provided. Great place to spend an afternoon.
8 locals recommend
Topping & Company Booksellers of Ely
9 High StThis is a wonderful book shop. Huge variety of books, including many first editions and signed copies, all set over 3 floors of beautiful building. Feel free to browse, coffee and tea is provided. Great place to spend an afternoon.
Entertainment & Activities
Large leisure park opened Summer 2018 and has a good cinema, as well as some restaurants, a pub and coffee house. Not far to walk from my house.
9 locals recommend
Cineworld
Downham RoadLarge leisure park opened Summer 2018 and has a good cinema, as well as some restaurants, a pub and coffee house. Not far to walk from my house.