Swavesey Lake
Swavesey Lake is in Swavesey, South Cambridgeshire District, England. Swavesey Lake is situated nearby to the lake New Dock, as well as near the park Constable’s Rood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swavesey Priory and Mare Fen.
Swavesey Priory
Archaeological site
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 2,800 feet southeast of Swavesey 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 Holywell.
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.
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.
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. The village has a primary school, village hall, nursery, tennis courts and football fields, where Drayton Lions Football Club play their home matches, and a pub.
Swavesey Lake
Latitude
52.30904° or 52° 18′ 33″ northLongitude
-0.01406° or 0° 0′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C4X8X5P+J9OpenStreetMap ID
way 19083211OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New Dock and Constable’s Rood.
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