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Abbots Ripton is connected to Huntingdon by the C115 minor road. At the southern end of the High Street this road joins the B1090 linking St Ives with the A1.

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Abbots Ripton and Wennington are set within one of the few remaining areas of substantial woodland in Huntingdonshire. In1610 the surroundings were shown as one of six deerparks in the County. Travelling from the south of Abbots Ripton, Holland Wood and Wennington Wood give an immediate backcloth to the village whilst slightly more distant, Little Less Wood and Boulton’s Hatch Wood lie on the western side. The large amount of trees in the local landscape is unusual for Huntingdonshire and of particular importance and interest is the predominance of the dominant species of Elm which have survived the devastating Dutch Elm disease (today there are over a thousand living elms - something unique to this area in the country). Many new trees (including lime, ash, oak, horsechestnuts, cherries, yews and birches) have been planted over the past 20 years by both the Abbots Ripton Estate and Parish residents, with the consequence that from the air both Abbots Ripton and Wennington appear to be set within islands of trees.