Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve
Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, England. Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the village Upware, as well as near the locality River Bank.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wicken Fen and Maids Head Public House.
Wicken Fen
Nature reserve
Photo: Dr Border, Public domain.
Wicken Fen is a 254.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. It is also a National Nature Reserve, and a Nature Conservation Review site.
Spinney Abbey
Farm
Spinney Abbey, 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 Wicken and Soham.
Wicken
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wicken is a village near Soham in East Cambridgeshire, England. The village is on the edge of The Fens, 10 miles north east of Cambridge and 5 miles south of Ely. It is the site of Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve.
Soham
Town
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Soham is a town and civil parish in the district of East Cambridgeshire, in Cambridgeshire, England, just off the A142 between Ely and Newmarket. Its population was 12,336 at the 2021 census. Soham is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve.
Reach
Village
Photo: Ian Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Reach is situated 2½ miles south of Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve.
Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Location: Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.31041° or 52° 18′ 38″ northLongitude
0.29126° or 0° 17′ 29″ eastElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9F42876R+5GGeoNames ID
9884547
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Upware and River Bank.
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