Stow-Cum-Quy Fen

Stow-Cum-Quy Fen is a 29.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Lode in Cambridgeshire. Most of it is common land. The site is calcareous loam pasture, with diverse flora and open pools which have rare aquatic plants.

Photo: David Gruar, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Locality
Description: UK Site of Special Scientific Interest
Also known as: “Stow cum Quy Fen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Anglesey Abbey and Church of St James.

Anglesey Abbey

Museum

Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Anglesey Abbey is a National Trust property in the village of Lode, 5+1⁄2 miles northeast of Cambridge, England. The property includes a country house, built on the remains of a priory, 98 acres of gardens and landscaped grounds, and a working mill.

Church of St James

Church

Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Anglesey Abbey Mill

Building

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Anglesey Abbey Mill is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lode and Horningsea.

Lode

Village

Photo: Cruccone, CC BY 2.5.

Lode is a small village in East Cambridgeshire on the southern edge of The Fens. It lies just north of the B1102 between Quy and Swaffham Bulbeck, 8 miles to the north east of Cambridge.

Horningsea

Village

Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Horningsea is a small village north of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire in England. The parish covers an area of 2.6 square miles. It lies on the east bank of the River Cam, and on the road from Cambridge to Clayhithe.

Stow cum Quy

Village

Photo: Rich257, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stow cum Quy, commonly referred to as Quy, is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Situated around 4 miles north east of Cambridge lying between the Burwell Road and the medieval Cambridge to Newmarket road, it covers an area of 764 hectares. Stow cum Quy is situated 1½ miles south of Stow-Cum-Quy Fen.

Stow-Cum-Quy Fen

Category: Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location: Lode, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.24124° or 52° 14′ 29″ north

Longitude

0.22024° or 0° 13′ 13″ east

Open location code

9F4266RC+F3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 296022323

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

Wikidata ID

Q28406676

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