Cambridgeshire has no shortage of history.

There are cathedrals, country estates, museums, old family homes and buildings connected to people whose names ended up in the history books.

The problem is choosing where to go.

So we’ve picked five very different places from across the county from Wisbech and Huntingdon to Ely, Wimpole and Cambridge.

These aren’t supposed to be the definitive “best five”. They’re simply five places we think deserve a visit.

And when you’ve seen ours, we want yours.

1. Ely Cathedral

If you have never been inside Ely Cathedral, it is one of those places that is easy to take for granted simply because it is relatively close to home.

Then you walk inside.

The scale of the building alone makes it worth seeing, but there is much more to explore if you want to make a proper visit of it.

Adult admission is currently £14, while children under 16 visiting as part of a family group can enter free.

Tower tours and the Stained Glass Museum can also be added if you want to see more.

The Cathedral is normally open to visitors Monday to Saturday from 9.30am to 4.30pm and on Sundays from noon until 3pm, although it is worth checking before you travel because services and events can affect access.

And don’t just visit the Cathedral and drive home.

Ely is ideal for combining the Cathedral with lunch, a wander through the city and a walk down towards the riverside.

Our verdict: probably the easiest choice on this list if you have visitors staying and want somewhere that immediately feels impressive.

2. Peckover House & Garden, Wisbech

Peckover House & Garden on North Brink in Wisbech gives us something very different.

This Georgian merchant’s house dates from 1722 and was home to the Peckover family for around 150 years.

The family were Quaker bankers and philanthropists, so the house is tied directly into the history of Wisbech rather than being another grand country house that could be almost anywhere.

One of the most interesting parts is the surviving Banking Hall, but the gardens deserve attention too.

The Victorian-style garden is free to visit and includes more than 70 varieties of roses as well as an orangery containing orange trees said to be more than 300 years old.

Standard admission applies if you want to visit the house itself.

It is also a good excuse to spend some time around North Brink rather than treating Wisbech as somewhere you simply drive through.

Our verdict: one we should probably talk about more often, particularly for readers in Wisbech, March, Chatteris and the north of the county.

3. Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon

The Cromwell Museum is much smaller than some of the places on this list, but the story behind it is enormous.

Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon, and the museum is devoted to his life, his family and the extraordinary period of British history in which he became one of the country’s most powerful and controversial figures.

That makes this a very different sort of historical visit.

You are not wandering around acres of parkland or trying to fill an entire day.

You are going because you want to understand a person and a period of history with a direct connection to Cambridgeshire.

How many of us have driven through Huntingdon dozens of times without ever stopping to visit the museum dedicated to one of the most famous people ever born there?

Our verdict: a particularly good choice if you prefer a fascinating story to another afternoon wandering through a stately home.

4. Wimpole Estate

Wimpole Estate near Arrington is the option on this list when you want enough to occupy most of the day.

There is the mansion itself, but also the gardens, landscaped parkland and Home Farm.

That makes it a good compromise for families.

One person can be interested in the history of the house, somebody else can enjoy the gardens and countryside, and children have far more room to explore than they would inside a traditional museum.

It also means you do not have to spend three hours examining furniture simply because one member of the family likes old houses.

Our verdict: probably the strongest all-round choice here for a family day rather than a purely historical visit.

5. King’s College Chapel, Cambridge

Cambridge could easily fill an entire list like this, which is precisely why we have limited ourselves to one choice.

King’s College Chapel gets the place.

It is one of those buildings that appears so often in photographs of Cambridge that local people can almost stop noticing it.

Seeing it properly is different.

Visitor admission varies depending on the day and booking method, so check the latest prices and opening arrangements before travelling.

There is also something people may not realise: services in the Chapel are free to attend.

That is, of course, attending a religious service rather than using it as a sightseeing opportunity, but it gives a completely different experience of the building.

If you are paying for admission, make it part of a wider Cambridge day rather than visiting the Chapel and immediately heading home.

Our verdict: famous for a reason and probably somewhere every Cambridgeshire resident should see properly at least once.

Which would we choose?

If someone was visiting Cambridgeshire for the first time, we would probably send them to Ely Cathedral.

For somewhere that deserves more attention, Peckover House in Wisbech.

For a fascinating hour or two, the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon.

For the easiest full family day, Wimpole Estate.

And for the internationally famous Cambridgeshire experience, King’s College Chapel.

But that is our five.

Now we want yours.

Which historic place in Cambridgeshire would you add to the list?

It could be a house, church, museum, ruin, mill, old railway building, wartime site or somewhere with a local story most people have completely missed.

Tell us where it is and why it deserves a visit we may turn the best reader suggestions into our next historic Cambridgeshire list.