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Wicken Fen

Wicken Fen is a 254.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of in . It is also a National Nature Reserve, and a Nature Conservation Review site.
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maids Head Public House and Spinney Abbey.

Pub
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Farm
, originally known as Spinney Priory, is a house and farm on the site of a former monastic foundation close to the village of , on the edge of the fens in Cambridgeshire, England.

Church
Photo: Ajay Tegala, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wicken and Reach.

Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village near in , England. The village is on the edge of The Fens, 10 miles north east of and 5 miles south of . It is the site of Fen National Nature Reserve.

Village
Photo: Ian Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish on the edge of the fenland in , England at the north end of Devil's Dyke, about 1.5 miles west of .

Village
Photo: Senra, CC BY 3.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England, some 10 miles north-east of . It lies on the south-east edge of the Fens. Westward drainage is improved by Cambridgeshire lodes, including Lode, a growth factor in the village.

Wicken Fen

Latitude
52.30696° or 52° 18′ 25″ north
Longitude
0.28952° or 0° 17′ 22″ east
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Operator
National Trust
Open location code
9F42874Q+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4306209
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
9884547
Wiki­data ID
Q7998320
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Irish—“Wicken Fen” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “威肯芬”
  • French: “Wicken Fen”
  • German: “Wicken Fen”
  • Irish: “Wicken Fen”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Baker’s Fen and Breed Fen.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wicken Poor’s Fen (open access) and Wicken Fen Visitor Centre.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wicken Fen”. Photo: Dr Border, Public domain.