Forty Foot Drain
The Forty Foot or Forty Foot Drain is a name given to several of the principal channels in the drainage schemes of the Fens of Eastern England, the name being qualified when there is a need to distinguish between them.
- Drainage canal
- …is also known as “Vemuden’s Drain”
- Description: group of drainage channels in Fenland, England
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manea and Pymoor.
Pymoor
Pymoor is a village in Cambridgeshire in the vicinity of Ely and in the parish of Little Downham.
3 miles east of Forty Foot Drain
Wardy Hill
Wardy Hill is a hamlet in Coveney civil parish, part of East Cambridgeshire, England.
3 miles southeast of Forty Foot Drain
Forty Foot Drain
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Latitude
52.4576° or 52° 27′ 27″ north
Longitude
0.13111° or 0° 7′ 52″ east
Open location code
9F42F45J+2C
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Forty Foot Drain” goes by many names.
اربعين قدم درينEgyptian Arabic
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