The urban guide to the countryside -

Well, hello!

I'm Amy, editor of Muddy Cambridgeshire, here to bring you the quirky, cool and downright unmissable in the area.

Gotta Have It

Making plans? Find your perfect Pub, Inn, Hotel, Café, Restaurant or Bar across the Muddy counties.

Family-friendly rentalsEaster's approaching, you need to reconnect with your fam, and we have just the thing to help - 30 gorgeous self-catering cottages across the Muddy counties!
A cocktail, and make it snappy!Dry January is over, and to celebrate, we've collated the best bars across the Muddy counties in which to whet your whistle with your favourite tipple. Ibuprofen at the ready? Then we'll begin!
Snowdrops everywhere!They're coming out! The loveliest places to catch winter snowdrops across Cambs and beyond in the next few weeks.
Scilly with KidsCornwall meets the Caribbean on this unspoilt archipelago just 28 miles from Land's End.

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March 2019

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

31 Below, Marylebone

You can keep your Oxford, Bond and Kensington High Streets – it’s Marylebone High Street and its new watering hole, 31 Below, all the way for me!
- The Red Lion, Grantchester
  
  Yet another great reason to visit Grantchester - Muddy reviews this stylish pub in the iconic village outside Cambridge.
- Bye bye gin, we have a new favourite drink!
  
  Yes, it's hard to believe but we've benched the G&Ts for a super-cool exciting new tipple. Wanna know what it is? 'Course you do.
- The loveliest pubs with rooms
  
  Fancy a weekend away in the countryside? The Muddy editors across 19 counties know all the best spots for a relaxed overnighter.
- The Plough, Great Chesterford
  
  This village pub is set to become a hot ticket; fun events, a versatile space and a surprisingly diverse menu.

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

Hampshire hotel hotty

Shall we count the ways we love you Chewton Glen? Nah, we’ll be here for days.. Instead, here’s what you need to know about this coastal classic spa and hotel destination.
- Scilly with Kids
  
  Cornwall meets the Caribbean on this unspoilt archipelago just 28 miles from Land's End. Here are my top tips for visiting with the family in 2019.
- Going anywhere nice on your holiday?
  
  How about one of these gorgeous self-catering properties in the South West? Not only do they look pretty, they all come with the option for learning something new or getting a wellbeing fix. Bonus!

New season fashion – a bluffer’s guide

Spring is coming but what to wear? Here are the key six trends that’ll give your wardrobe an easy-peasy update.
- Hey sexy pants!
  
  With Valentine's Day imminent, we hunted down the sexiest, slinkiest new lingerie around. Bridget Jones enormo-pants, be gone!
- Cashmere cheer
  
  It's expensive, it bobbles and you can't machine wash it. But cashmere, I just can't quit you. Snuggle up and let me spin you a yarn about my new favourite label.

Need a new book?

You’re in the right place – Muddy’s pro-bookworm Kerry Potter has picked this month’s seven sexiest reads.
- 2019 culture planner
  
  Want to make the most of 2019? Muddy's culture vulture Kerry Potter has curated the best new TV, music, theatre, film, books and art of the year. Get yer diary out!
- Close shave
  
  Gillette's new ad campaign is ruffling a few feathers. What do you think?
- Muddy meets Mandy!
  
  Pizza with Brendan Cole, a double act with Christopher Biggins and the blingiest panto dressing room of them all. Mandy Muden, who plays the MIrror in Snow White at Wycombe Swan next month, tells all.
- The best books of 2018
  
  Muddy's Kerry Potter choose her top 10 tomes of 2018. What's your favourite?

The juggle is real

How the hell can we to get it right?! Let’s ask the work/life balance experts for some help.
Kids
- Get yer skates on! Where to hit the ice in Cambridge and beyond.
  
  Ice ice baby! Nothing like a whizz around a rink to make you feel festive (followed by a mulled wine obvs). We've rounded up the best ones.
- Gotta have it
  
  Counting the days until Christmas? Here, we can help with that! Open the door to the best alternative advent calendars.

MUDDY MEETS SHAPPI….

…Shappi Khorsandi on her new Skittish Warrior tour, how NOT to be funny and why you should do things that scare you (hell yeah!)
- Enjoy your trip, Naomi?
  
  Check out this bizarre but visually brilliant short film by legend Nick Knight starring La Campbell. One hell of a way to promote a hotel! Whaddya think of it?
- Muddy meets Mandy!
  
  Pizza with Brendan Cole, a double act with Christopher Biggins and the blingiest panto dressing room of them all. Mandy Muden, who plays the MIrror in Snow White at Wycombe Swan next month, tells all.
- Muddy meets… Craig Revel-Horwood
  
  Want the hot goss from the BBC ballroom? Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood dishes the dirt on this year's show.
- My Favourite Places: Tim Henman
  
  Tim Henman, party animal - who'd have thought it? Ahead of Wimbledon, the British tennis legend talks wine, his local hangouts and, er, more wine with Muddy's Kerry Potter.