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So , wha t ’ so no f f e r ? At Th eFu r r o ws , i nt h ea t t r a c t i v ev i l l a g eo fWa r b o y s-a wa r d e d ‘ Ca mb r i d g e s h i r ev i l l a g eo ft h ey e a r ’ t h r e et i me si nr e c e n ty e a r s–t h e r e ’ saf i n e c o l l e c t i o no ft h r e e , f o u ra n df i v e b e d r o o mh o me s . Asma n yr e a d e r swi l lk n o w, t h ev i l l a g eb l e n d saf a s c i n a t i n gh i s t o r ywi t h g r e a tl o c a la me n i t i e sa n dap i c t u r e s q u ec o u n t r y s i d es e t t i n g . Be l l wa y ’ sCh r i s t ma sc r a c k e rd e a l sme a n sh o u s e h u n t e r sc a ns e c u r ead e a l wo r t hu pt o£ 2 5 , 0 0 0a t Th eFu r r o wsa n d£ 2 7 , 0 0 0a tBo we rPl a c e . Me a n wh i l e , a c r o s sa tBo we rPl a c e , i nt h es o u g h t a f t e rv i l l a g eo fCo t t e n h a m, t h e r e ’ sah a n d s o mec o l l e c t i o no ft h r e e , f o u ra n df i v e b e d r o o mh o me sl e s st h a n e i g h tmi l e sf r o mCa mb r i d g e . Th i si sa ne x c l u s i v ec o l l e c t i o no fj u s t5 0h o me s , s u r r o u n d e db yo p e n c o u n t r y s i d ea n dy e twi t h i nami l eo fah i g hSt r e e twi t hawi d er a n g eo fu s e f u l a me n i t i e s . Th eFu r r o ws , a t Wa r b o y s , n o r t h e a s to fHu n t i n g d o n , c u r r e n t l yh a ss e v e n d i f f e r e n th o u s et y p e so ns a l e , f r o mt h et h r e e b e d r o o md e t a c h e dWe n d o v e rt o t h ef i v e b e d r o o md e t a c h e dOr we l l . I fy o uv i s i tt h es i t e , y o uwi l la l s ob ea mo n gt h ef i r s tp e o p l et os e et h e f o u r b e d r o o md e t a c h e dRa d c l i f f es h o wh o me , wh i c hh a sj u s tl a u n c h e d . Th eRa d c l i f f ei sa na t t r a c t i v ef a mi l yh o mewi t ha ni mp r e s s i v ek i t c h e n , d i n i n g a n df a mi l ya r e ar i g h ta c r o s st h eb a c ko ft h eh o u s e , al a r g es e p a r a t el i v i n gr o o m, as t u d yr o o ma n dau t i l i t yr o o m/c l o a k r o o mo nt h eg r o u n df l o o r . Up s t a i r s , t h ema s t e rb e d r o o mh a sa ne ns u i t ea n dt h e r ea r et h r e ef u r t h e r b e d r o o msa n daf a mi l yb a t h r o o m. Wi t h i nj u s th a l fami l eo fTh eFu r r o ws , r e s i d e n t swi l lf i n das ma l l s u p e r ma r k e t , ac o n v e n i e n c es t o r e , at r a d i t i o n a ls o c i a lc l u b , al i b r a r ya n da v i l l a g eb a k e r y , a swe l la st wof a mi l y f r i e n d l yp u b ss e r v i n gh e a r t yh o me c o o k e d me a l s . Th e r e ’ sa l s oap o p u l a rp r i ma r ys c h o o l–Wa r b o y sCo mmu n i t yPr i ma r y Sc h o o l–r a t e d‘ g o o d ’ b yOf s t e d . Th ev i l l a g e ’ sh e r i t a g ec a nb es e e ni nl a n d ma r k ss u c ha st h eCh u r c ho fSt . Ma r yMa g d a l e n e , p a r t so fwh i c hd a t eb a c kmo r et h a n8 0 0y e a r sa n dt h e r o c k e t l i k eCl o c kTo we r , wh i c hc o mme mo r a t e st h eJ u b i l e eo fQu e e nVi c t o r i a i n1 8 8 7 . Wa r b o y s ’ v i l l a g ep o n d , k n o wnl o c a l l ya s‘ Th eWe i r ’ , i sj u s tas t o n e ’ st h r o w f r o mTh eFu r r o wsa n da c t sa sap o p u l a rs i t ef o rwi l d l i f es p o t t i n g . Su r r o u n d e db yg r e e ns p a c e , t h ev i l l a g eo f f e r sr e s i d e n t sp l e n t yo fo p p o r t u n i t y t oe n j o yt h eo u t d o o r s , a swe l la sag o o dr a n g eo ff a mi l y f r i e n d l ya t t r a c t i o n s . Co mmu t e r swi l lb e n e f i tf r o me a s ya c c e s st ot h eA1 , M1 1a n dA1 4 1 , wh i l e Hu n t i n g d o nSt a t i o ni sa1 5 mi n u t ed r i v ea wa y .
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