Mow Fen
Mow Fen is a locality in Swavesey, South Cambridgeshire District, England. Mow Fen is situated nearby to the locality Middle Fen, as well as near Far Fen.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fen Drayton Lakes and Mare Fen.
Fen Drayton Lakes
Nature reserve
Fen Drayton Lakes is a complex of lakes, lagoons, ponds and a river, situated close to Fen Drayton, Holywell and Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, England. The complex was formerly a gravel extraction site until 1992 when gravel production ceased and the pits were allowed to flood to provide a nature reserve and bird sanctuary.
Mare Fen
Nature reserve
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mare Fen is a 16.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, England. It is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council, and was formerly managed by the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Naturalists Trust, but as of December 2016 it is not listed on the Trust's web site.
Swavesey Priory
Archaeological site
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swavesey Priory was a medieval monastic house in the village of Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England. A church existed in Swavesey at the time of the Norman Conquest, when Alan, Count of Richmond, granted it to the Benedictine Abbey of St Sergius and St Bacchus in Angers, France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swavesey and Holywell.
Swavesey
Village
Swavesey is a village lying on the Prime Meridian of the world in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 2,463. The village is situated 9 miles to the north west of Cambridge and 3 miles south east of St Ives.
Holywell
Village
Holywell is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, approximately 6 miles east of Huntingdon, in the civil parish of Holywell-cum-Needingworth. It is situated within Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire, and is a historic county of England.
Fen Drayton
Village
Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fen Drayton is a small village between Cambridge and St. Ives in Cambridgeshire, England, and between the villages of Fenstanton and Swavesey. The village has a primary school, village hall, nursery, tennis courts and football fields, where Drayton Lions Football Club play their home matches, and a pub.
Mow Fen
Latitude
52.31063° or 52° 18′ 38″ northLongitude
-0.016° or 0° 0′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C4X8X6M+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 2705487233OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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