Great North Fen

Great North Fen is a locality in Cottenham, South Cambridgeshire District, England. Great North Fen is situated nearby to the locality Cottenham Park, as well as near Little North Fen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Belsar’s Hill and Cottenham Village College.

Belsar’s Hill

Archaeological site

Photo: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belsar's Hill is a hillfort near Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England.

Cottenham Village College

School

Cottenham Village College is an academy school located in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England. The school offers secondary education to pupils from the surrounding area.

Cattell’s Mill

Windmill

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cattell’s Mill is a windmill, which is situated 2½ miles west of Great North Fen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rampton and Aldreth.

Rampton

Village

Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rampton is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, situated on the edge of The Fens six miles to the north of Cambridge.

Aldreth

Village

Photo: Iain Macaulay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aldreth is a hamlet in Cambridgeshire with about 260 residents. It is located near the larger village of Haddenham and falls under the same Parish council. Aldreth is surrounded by fenland on all sides and is close to the River Great Ouse. Aldreth is situated 2½ miles north of Great North Fen.

Northstowe

Town

Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Northstowe is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, forecast to have 25,400 residents in 15,000 homes. On 1 April 2021 Northstowe became a civil parish formed from Longstanton and Oakington and Westwick, with the first town council elected on 6 May of that year. Northstowe is situated 2½ miles west of Great North Fen.

Great North Fen

Type: Locality
Location: Cottenham, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.30071° or 52° 18′ 3″ north

Longitude

0.11588° or 0° 6′ 57″ east

Open location code

9F428428+79

OpenStreetMap ID

node 296022037

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

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