Giant’s Hill

Giant’s Hill is a castle in Rampton, South Cambridgeshire District, England. Giant’s Hill is situated near the archaeological site Site of medieval Rampton, as well as near Medieval ridge and furrow fieldmarks.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Belsar’s Hill and Cottenham Village College.

Belsar’s Hill

Archaeological site

Photo: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belsar's Hill is a hillfort near Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England. Belsar’s Hill is situated 1½ miles north of Giant’s Hill.

Cottenham Village College is an academy school located in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England. The school offers secondary education to pupils from the surrounding area. Cottenham Village College is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Giant’s Hill.

St. Andrew’s Church, Oakington

Church

Photo: Cruccone, CC BY 3.0.

St Andrew's Church is a parish church in Oakington, England. Parts of the thick walls of the nave above the arcading, and the base of the tower in the church are the earliest surviving parts of it, likely from the 12th century. St. Andrew’s Church, Oakington is situated 2 miles southwest of Giant’s Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rampton and Northstowe.

Rampton

Village

Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rampton is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, situated on the edge of The Fens six miles to the north of Cambridge.

Northstowe

Town

Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Northstowe is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, forecast to have 25,400 residents in 15,000 homes. On 1 April 2021 Northstowe became a civil parish formed from Longstanton and Oakington and Westwick, with the first town council elected on 6 May of that year. Northstowe is situated 2 miles west of Giant’s Hill.

Westwick

Hamlet

Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Westwick is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Oakington and Westwick, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. Westwick is situated 2 miles south of Giant’s Hill.

Giant’s Hill

Type: Castle
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Rampton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.29159° or 52° 17′ 30″ north

Longitude

0.09656° or 0° 5′ 48″ east

Open location code

9F4273RW+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 296022044

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Site of medieval Rampton and Medieval ridge and furrow fieldmarks.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Site of former WW2 anti-aircraft emplacement and Rampton Village.

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