Welcome to RSPB fen Drayton lake
Welcome to RSPB fen Drayton lake is in Swavesey, South Cambridgeshire District, England. Welcome to RSPB fen Drayton lake is situated nearby to the lake New Dock, as well as near the archaeological site Swavesey Priory.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swavesey Priory and Mare Fen.
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. Swavesey Priory is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Welcome to RSPB fen Drayton lake.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swavesey and Over.
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.
Over
Village
Photo: Uksignpix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Over is a large village near the River Great Ouse in the English county of Cambridgeshire, just east of the prime meridian. The parish covers an area of approximately 2,535 acres.
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.
Welcome to RSPB fen Drayton lake
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- Location: Swavesey, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.30748° or 52° 18′ 27″ northLongitude
-0.00773° or 0° 0′ 28″ westOperator
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