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.

Stretham Old Engine

Museum

Photo: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stretham Old Engine is a steam-powered engine just south of Stretham in Cambridgeshire, England, that was used to pump water from flood-affected areas of The Fens back into the River Great Ouse. Stretham Old Engine is situated 2 miles northwest of Upware.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wicken and Chittering.

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 east of Upware.

Chittering

Hamlet

Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chittering is a hamlet about 8 miles north of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. For administrative purposes it is part of the parish of Waterbeach. Chittering is situated 2½ miles west of Upware.

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 southeast of Upware.

Upware

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Wicken, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.30754° or 52° 18′ 27″ north

Longitude

0.25483° or 0° 15′ 17″ east

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

9F428753+2W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10100751283

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

13281923

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