Burwell
Burwell is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, some 10 miles north-east of Cambridge. It lies on the south-east edge of the Fens. Westward drainage is improved by Cambridgeshire lodes, including Burwell Lode, a growth factor in the village.- Type: Village with 6,310 residents
- Description: village in Cambridgeshire, England
- Also known as: “Burwell, Cambridgeshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burwell Museum and St Mary’s Church, Burwell.
Burwell Museum
Museum
The Burwell Museum is located in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England. The museum depicts life through the centuries on the edge of the Cambridgeshire Fens.
St Mary’s Church, Burwell
Church
Saint Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in the village of Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England. While it incorporates parts of an earlier building, the present grand church is largely the product of the 15th century and is a Grade I listed building.
Burwell Castle
Ruins
Burwell Castle was an unfinished medieval enclosure castle in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reach and Exning.
Reach
Village
Reach is a small village and civil parish on the edge of the fenland in East Cambridgeshire, England at the north end of Devil's Dyke, about 1.5 miles west of Burwell.
Exning
Village
Exning is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It lies just off the A14 trunk road, roughly 12 miles east-northeast of Cambridge, and 10 miles south-southeast of Ely. Exning is situated 2 miles east of Burwell.
Swaffham Prior
Village
Swaffham Prior is a small village in East Cambridgeshire, England. Lying 5 miles west of Newmarket, and two miles south west of Burwell, the village is often paired with its neighbour Swaffham Bulbeck, and are collectively referred to as 'The Swaffhams'. Swaffham Prior is situated 2 miles southwest of Burwell.
Burwell
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Burwell, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.27577° or 52° 16′ 33″ north
Longitude
0.32826° or 0° 19′ 42″ east
Population
6,310
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BXR
Open location code
9F4278GH+88
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Burwell” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بورول”
- Basque: “Burwell (Cambridgeshire)”
- Basque: “Burwell”
- Bengali: “বুরওয়েল”
- Cebuano: “Burwell (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, Cambridgeshire)”
- Cebuano: “Burwell”
- Chinese: “Burwell”
- Chinese: “博威尔”
- Chinese: “博威爾”
- Dutch: “Burwell”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورول”
- French: “Burwell”
- German: “Burwell”
- Gujarati: “બરવેલ”
- Irish: “Burwell”
- Italian: “Burwell”
- Japanese: “バーウェル (ケンブリッジシャー)”
- Japanese: “バーウェル”
- Kannada: “ಬರ್ವೆಲ್”
- Korean: “버웰”
- Ladin: “Burwell”
- Lithuanian: “Bervelis”
- Lithuanian: “Burvelis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Burwell (Cambridgeshire)”
- Persian: “برول، کمبریجشر”
- Persian: “برول”
- Polish: “Burwell”
- Portuguese: “Burwell”
- Russian: “Барвел”
- Spanish: “Burwell”
- Swedish: “Burwell (parish i Storbritannien, England, Cambridgeshire)”
- Swedish: “Burwell, Cambridgeshire”
- Tamil: “பரவெல்”
- Telugu: “బర్వేల్”
- Turkish: “Burwell, Cambridgeshire”
- Urdu: “برویل، کیمبرج شائر”
- Volapük: “Burwell”
- Welsh: “Burwell, Swydd Gaergrawnt”
- Welsh: “Burwell”
- “Burwell”
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