Engine Drain
Engine Drain is a drainage canal in Cambridgeshire, England. Engine Drain is situated nearby to the locality Soham Cotes, as well as near North Field.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Soham railway station and Wicken Fen.
Soham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Soham railway station is a station on the Ipswich–Ely line, serving the town of Soham in Cambridgeshire. The original station operated between 1879 and 1965. It was reopened in 2021.
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. Wicken Fen is situated 2½ miles south of Engine Drain.
Baptist Chapel
Church
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baptist Chapel is a church, which is situated 2 miles east of Engine Drain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soham and Wicken.
Soham
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 2 miles east of Engine Drain.
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. Wicken is situated 2 miles south of Engine Drain.
Little Thetford
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Thetford is a small village in the civil parish of Thetford, 3 miles south of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, about 76 miles by road from London. Little Thetford is situated 2½ miles northwest of Engine Drain.
Engine Drain
- Type: Drainage canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.34161° or 52° 20′ 30″ northLongitude
0.29942° or 0° 17′ 58″ eastElevation
-7 feet (-2 metres)Open location code
9F4287RX+JQGeoNames ID
10277693
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