Buckden

Buckden is a village and civil parish 3.7 miles north of St Neots and 4 miles south-west of Huntingdon, England. It lies in Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county and also contains the hamlets of Stirtloe and Hardwick. Buckden lies close to three major transport routes of past and present. The River Great Ouse forms its eastern boundary; the Great North Road once passed through the centre of the village, although now there is a bypass just to the west; the East Coast Mainline runs along the eastern side of the Great Ouse valley in the neighbouring parish of The Offords.

In the centre of Buckden is Buckden Towers, formerly Buckden Palace, a residence of the bishops of Lincoln from the 12th century to the early 19th century. A number of kings of England have stayed at Buckden Palace and Catherine of Aragon was held there in 1533 before being moved to Kimbolton Castle in 1534.

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