Wicken

Wicken is a village near in , England. The village is on the edge of The Fens, 10 miles north east of and 5 miles south of . It is the site of National Nature Reserve.
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Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 698 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Wicken, Cambridgeshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wicken Fen and Maids Head Public House.

Nature reserve
Photo: Dr Border, Public domain.
is a 254.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in . It is also a National Nature Reserve, and a Nature Conservation Review site.

Pub
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Farm
, originally known as Spinney Priory, is a house and farm on the site of a former monastic foundation close to the village of Wicken, on the edge of the fens in Cambridgeshire, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Soham and Burwell.

Town
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is a town and civil parish in the district of , in , England, just off the A142 between and . Its population was 12,336 at the 2021 census. is situated 2 miles northeast of Wicken.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England, some 10 miles north-east of . It lies on the south-east edge of the Fens. Westward drainage is improved by Cambridgeshire lodes, including Lode, a growth factor in the village. is situated 3 miles southeast of Wicken.

Village
Photo: Ian Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish on the edge of the fenland in , England at the north end of Devil's Dyke, about 1.5 miles west of . is situated 3 miles south of Wicken.

Wicken

Latitude
52.31263° or 52° 18′ 46″ north
Longitude
0.29948° or 0° 17′ 58″ east
Population
698
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
9F42877X+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 24972761
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2633980
Wiki­data ID
Q7998321
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Wicken” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويكن”
  • Cebuano: “Wicken”
  • Chinese: “Wicken”
  • Dutch: “Wicken”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويكن”
  • French: “Wicken”
  • Irish: “Wicken”
  • Italian: “Wicken (Cambridgeshire)”
  • Italian: “Wicken”
  • Japanese: “ウィッケン (ケンブリッジシャー)”
  • Ladin: “Wicken (Cambridgeshire)”
  • Ladin: “Wicken”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wicken (Cambridgeshire)”
  • Persian: “ویکن”
  • Polish: “Wicken (Cambridgeshire)”
  • Polish: “Wicken”
  • Spanish: “Wicken (Cambridgeshire)”
  • Spanish: “Wicken”
  • Swedish: “Wicken, Cambridgeshire”
  • Swedish: “Wicken”
  • Welsh: “Wicken, Swydd Gaergrawnt”
  • Welsh: “Wicken”
  • “Wicken”

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Notable Places Nearby

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