Tranquil Grantchester is a quaint village with many thatched cottages beside the River Cam and a popular place to visit. It has medieval Church, and several pubs and the last time I counted I made it seven. There is even a Gin distillery.
It’s known for the Orchard Tea Garden that is open all the year round, a place frequented by the 1900s Bloomsbury Group and former village resident, poet Rupert Brooke. I met some friends there and we decided the green deck-chairs in the orchard were not that comfortable. Currently the village is used as a film set for the British ITV detective drama called "Grantchester" set in the 1950s. One of the houses next to the church has been named "the Vicarage" and is decorated in plastic wisteria and plastic hedge foliage, ot exactly in keeping with the village and the expensive houses. The real vicarage is owned by Geoffrey and Mary Archer.
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