Isle of Ely
The Isle of Ely is a historic region around the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. Between 1889 and 1965, it formed an administrative county.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: former county in England
- Also known as: “Cambridgeshire Fens”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ely Cathedral and Prickwillow Museum.
Ely Cathedral
Church
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Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Ely Cathedral is situated 2½ miles west of Isle of Ely.
Prickwillow Museum
Museum
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prickwillow Museum, formerly known as the Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum, tells the story of the changing face of the Fens and its network of drainage systems and pumping stations.
Roswell Pits
Nature reserve
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Roswell Pits is a 20 acre nature reserve on the eastern outskirts of Ely in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Environment Agency. It is part of the Ely Pits and Meadows Site of Special Scientific Interest ) and Geological Conservation Review site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ely and Prickwillow.
Ely
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ely is a small, historical cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England. Ely combines two sides: it is a pocket-sized medieval city that retains much of its medieval character, and at the same time a relaxed and tolerant market town, with increasing links to Cambridge.
Prickwillow
Village
Prickwillow is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with an estimated population of 440. Originally a small hamlet on the banks of the River Great Ouse, it is now on the banks of the River Lark since re-organisation of the river system.
Stuntney
Village
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Stuntney is a village between Ely and Soham in East Cambridgeshire, England. It is just off the main road going from Newmarket to Ely, the A142. Stuntney is situated 2½ miles southwest of Isle of Ely.
Isle of Ely
- Category: county of England
- Location: East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Isle of Ely” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Illa d’Ely”
- Cebuano: “Ely”
- Chinese: “伊利島”
- Czech: “Isle of Ely”
- Danish: “Isle of Ely”
- Dutch: “Isle of Ely”
- French: “Isle of Eley”
- French: “Isle of Ely”
- German: “Isle of Ely”
- Hebrew: “אייל אוף איליי”
- Italian: “Isola di Ely”
- Japanese: “アイル・オヴ・イーリー”
- Japanese: “アイル・オブ・イーリー”
- Japanese: “イーリー島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Isle of Ely”
- Norwegian: “Isle of Ely”
- Polish: “Isle of Ely”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Ely”
- Slovak: “Isle of Ely”
- Spanish: “Isla de Ely”
- Swedish: “Isle of Ely”
- Turkish: “Isle of Ely”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Ілі”
- Venetian: “Ìzoła de Ely”
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