The Conqueror Versus Hereward The Wake & Ely
The story of William the Conqueror’s disastrous attempt to defeat Hereward the Wake and his men at Aldreth Causeway will be posted here as soon as we can.
In the meantime if you are looking to go for a walk take the path from Willingham to Aldreth across what remains of the causeway today. If you look carefully on the Willingham side you can see Belsar’s Hill where William the Conqueror made his camp. I have found it easier to drive to Aldreth and walk to Willingham. When I last tried the walk, admittedly a few years ago, it was not easy to find the correct path from Willingham village. Perhaps when they up-graded the footpaths recently as part of the Northstowe development, this situation has improved.
Some feed back and photographs from this walk would be useful and we can load them on the the Footsteps section.