Swavesey
Swavesey is a village in South Cambridgeshire District, England. Swavesey is situated nearby to the locality Cow Fen, as well as near Mow Fen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mare Fen and Fen Drayton Lakes.
Mare Fen
Nature reserve
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mare Fen is a 16.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, England. It is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council, and was formerly managed by the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Naturalists Trust, but as of December 2016 it is not listed on the Trust's web site.
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 Over and Swavesey.
Over
Village
Photo: Uksignpix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Over is a large village near the River Great Ouse in the English county of Cambridgeshire, just east of the prime meridian. The parish covers an area of approximately 2,535 acres.
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.
Longstanton
Village
Swavesey
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.2948° or 52° 17′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.0035° or 0° 0′ 13″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C4X7XVW+WJOpenStreetMap ID
way 815964512OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7298864
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Notable Places Nearby
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