Black Horse Drove
Black Horse Drove is a linear hamlet that lies 7 miles north-north-east of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, in the civil parish of Littleport. The hamlet is off the Ten Mile Bank, a long road which runs along the north-western bank of the river Great Ouse between Littleport and Southery in Norfolk.Photo: Mick Watson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Black Horse Drove, Cambridgeshire” and “Blackhorse Drove”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 2½ miles northeast of Black Horse Drove.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Ouse and Burnt Fen.
Little Ouse
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Ouse is a hamlet in Littleport parish, East Cambridgeshire, England, about 3.5 miles north-east of Littleport village. It lies on the left bank of the River Little Ouse, which here marks the boundary between Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. Little Ouse is situated 1½ miles southeast of Black Horse Drove.
Burnt Fen
Locality
Photo: Alison Rawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burnt Fen is an area of low-lying land crossed by the A1101 road between Littleport in Cambridgeshire and Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. It is surrounded on three sides by rivers, and consists of prime agricultural land, with sparse settlement. Burnt Fen is situated 2½ miles south of Black Horse Drove.
Littleport
Town
Photo: David Gruar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littleport is a town in East Cambridgeshire, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 6 miles north-east of Ely and 6 miles south-east of Welney, on the Bedford Level South section of the River Great Ouse, close to Burnt Fen and Mare Fen. Littleport is situated 3½ miles southwest of Black Horse Drove.
Black Horse Drove
- Category: locality
- Location: Littleport, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.49592° or 52° 29′ 45″ northLongitude
0.35556° or 0° 21′ 20″ eastElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9F42F9W4+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 447261814OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Black Horse Drove from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Black Horse Drove” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Black Horse Drove”
- Dutch: “Blackhorse Drove”
- French: “Black Horse Drove”
- Irish: “Black Horse Drove”
- Welsh: “Black Horse Drove”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Brandon Creek and Rack Fen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include May Farm Anaerobic Digester and Southery Village Hall.
England: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into London, Manchester, Sheffield, and Leeds.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.