Fen Drayton
Fen Drayton is a locality in South Cambridgeshire District, England. Fen Drayton is situated nearby to the village Fenstanton, as well as near Holywell.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fen Drayton Lakes and Parish Church of St John the Baptist.
Fen Drayton Lakes
Nature reserve
Fen Drayton Lakes is a complex of lakes, lagoons, ponds and a river, situated close to Fen Drayton, Holywell and Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, England. The complex was formerly a gravel extraction site until 1992 when gravel production ceased and the pits were allowed to flood to provide a nature reserve and bird sanctuary.
Swavesey Priory
Archaeological site
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swavesey Priory was a medieval monastic house in the village of Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England. A church existed in Swavesey at the time of the Norman Conquest, when Alan, Count of Richmond, granted it to the Benedictine Abbey of St Sergius and St Bacchus in Angers, France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Ives and Fenstanton.
St Ives
Town
Photo: Uksignpix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Ives is a medieval market town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Great Ouse, and there is a historic stone bridge dating from 1425. St Ives is situated 2 miles northwest of Fen Drayton.
Fenstanton
Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fenstanton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, 2 miles south of St Ives in Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and historic county.
Swavesey
Village
Swavesey is a village lying on the Prime Meridian of the world in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 2,463. The village is situated 9 miles to the north west of Cambridge and 3 miles south east of St Ives.
Fen Drayton
- Type: Locality
- Location: South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.2994° or 52° 17′ 58″ northLongitude
-0.0422° or 0° 2′ 32″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9C4X7XX5+Q4GeoNames ID
7298838
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