River Great Ouse
River Great Ouse is a river in England, United Kingdom. River Great Ouse is situated nearby to the locality Bluntisham Fen, as well as near Queen’s Grounds.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mare Fen and Swavesey Priory.
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 Over and 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.
St Ives
Town
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St Ives is a medieval market town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Great Ouse, and there is a historic stone bridge dating from 1425.
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.
River Great Ouse
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.3294° or 52° 19′ 46″ northLongitude
0.0024° or 0° 0′ 9″ eastOpen location code
9F4282H2+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 113757729OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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