This is a great time of the year to visit The Orchard. Located in Grantchester (just outside Cambridge), about 40 minutes from RAF Mildenhall, The Orchard is a historic tea garden and well-guarded local secret. Many famous writers - including Virginia Woolf, A.A. Milne, Germaine Greer, E.M. Forster and Sylvia Plath - frequented the century old Orchard.They serve morning coffee, light lunches and afternoon teas. They make their own homemade scones that they serve with clotted cream and local jams. Grab them while you can - they go quickly! I also recommend their fruit tarts and chocolate cake. In the fall, you can pick apples right off the tree and eat them! Absolutely one of East Anglia's best-kept secrets!
- There is a small (free) museum/gift shop on the premises.
- Free parking
- Children are welcome as long as noise is kept within reason.
- Dogs are permitted if they are on a leash.
- The Orchard is open 7 days a week all year round, with the exception of some days around Christmas.
- Sunday is their busiest day. It's best to try to go early on a weekday.
- Postcode: CB3 9ND
Great info! Thanks! We're scheduled to arrive at Mildenhall in December. We definitely don't want to live on base(I'd love to live around Cambridge, but am unsure that it would be close enough), and have figured we'd put our kids in British schools. My oldest will start kindergarten next year(so he'd be an older kiddo there, but a Brit friend here said her friends there keep their kids out of school until 5-6 if they are at home with them). Have you found that to be true? It's nice to see this info - I too have had a hard time finding someone who was "positive" about their experience in England!
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ReplyDeleteI know several military members that live in Cambridge. It's about a 20-30 minute drive from base, depending on where you live in Cambridge. Also, the A14 (which you would have to drive on to get back/forth to base) is notorious for horrible traffic. BUT, people do live there and make it work. As far as British schools here, technically, you don't have to start your child until they're 5. I just preferred to start my youngest at four because he's a handful and we found that he loved the structure of a classroom. If you want to send your personal email to rafmildenhallblog@hotmail.co.uk, I'll be happy to answer any more of your questions.
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