Drainers Dyke
Drainers Dyke is a dam in Wicken, East Cambridgeshire, England. Drainers Dyke is situated nearby to the nature reserve Wicken Fen, as well as near the village Reach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wicken Fen and Spinney Abbey.
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. Spinney Abbey is situated 1 mile north of Drainers Dyke.
Upware
Residential area
Upware is a village in Wicken civil parish, part of East Cambridgeshire, England, lying on the east bank of the River Cam. Upware is situated 1 mile west of Drainers Dyke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wicken and Reach.
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.
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 3 miles south of Drainers Dyke.
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 3 miles northeast of Drainers Dyke.
Drainers Dyke
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in the United Kingdom
- Location: Wicken, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Drainers Dyke” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Drainers Dyke”
- Swedish: “Drainers Dyke”
Localities in the Area
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