Mile End

Places of Interest

Prickwillow Museum

Museum

Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Prickwillow Museum, formerly known as the Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum, tells the story of the changing face of the Fens and its network of drainage systems and pumping stations.

Shippea Hill railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shippea Hill railway station is on the Breckland Line in the east of England, serving the Burnt Fen area of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. The line runs between Cambridge in the west and Norwich in the east. Shippea Hill railway station is situated 2½ miles east of Mile End.

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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 north of Mile End.

Queen Adelaide

Village

Photo: Fractal Angel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Queen Adelaide is a hamlet on the River Great Ouse in the Fens about 1+1⁄2 miles northeast of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The hamlet is named after a pub, which in turn was named after the British queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. Queen Adelaide is situated 2½ miles west of Mile End.

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