King’s Dyke
King’s Dyke is a locality in Whittlesey, Fenland District, England. King’s Dyke is situated nearby to the neighborhood Church Field, as well as near the locality Reach.Places of Interest
Highlights include Must Farm and Flag Fen.
Must Farm
Archaeological site
Photo: Dr. Colleen Morgan, CC BY 2.0.
Must Farm is a Bronze Age archaeological site consisting of five houses raised on stilts above a river built around 950 BC in Cambridgeshire, England. The settlement is exceptionally well preserved because of its sudden destruction by catastrophic fire and subsequent collapse onto oxygen-depleted river silts.
Flag Fen
Archaeological site
Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Flag Fen, east of Peterborough, England, is a Bronze Age site which was constructed about 3,500 years ago and consists of more than 60,000 timbers arranged in five very long rows, creating a wooden causeway across the wet fenland. Flag Fen is situated 1½ miles northwest of King’s Dyke.
Horsey Hill Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Milestone Society, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horsey Hill Fort is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stanground and Whittlesey.
Stanground
Suburb
Photo: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanground is a residential area of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. For electoral purposes, it comprises the Stanground South and Fletton & Stanground wards in the North West Cambridgeshire constituency. Stanground is situated 2 miles west of King’s Dyke.
Whittlesey
Town
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Whittlesey is a market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. Whittlesey is 6 miles east of Peterborough. In 2021 the built-up area had a population of 13,823. The population of the parish was 17,667 at the 2021 Census. Whittlesey is situated 2 miles east of King’s Dyke.
Old Fletton Urban District
Suburb
Old Fletton was an urban district in the county of Huntingdonshire and then Huntingdon and Peterborough. The urban district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and now forms part of the city of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. Old Fletton Urban District is situated 3 miles west of King’s Dyke.
King’s Dyke
- Type: Locality
- Location: Whittlesey, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.55417° or 52° 33′ 15″ northLongitude
-0.17535° or 0° 10′ 31″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9C4XHR3F+MVGeoNames ID
12266029
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