Constable’s Rood

Constable’s Rood is a park in Swavesey, South Cambridgeshire District, England. Constable’s Rood is situated near Nonconformist Cemetery, as well as near the dog park Swavesey Meadow.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Swavesey Priory and White Horse Inn.

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 1,700 feet northeast of Constable’s Rood.

White Horse Inn

Pub

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

White Horse Inn is a pub, which is situated 1,100 feet east of Constable’s Rood.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swavesey and Fen Drayton.

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.

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. According to the 2001 census, it is home to 827 people, living in some 329 dwellings.

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.

Constable’s Rood

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Swavesey, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.30269° or 52° 18′ 10″ north

Longitude

-0.00913° or 0° 0′ 33″ west

Open location code

9C4X8X3R+38

OpenStreetMap ID

way 13873521

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Nonconformist Cemetery and Swavesey Meadow.

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