Lakenheath Fen RSPB reserve

Lakenheath Fen RSPB reserve is located on the Norfolk/Suffolk border in England, between Lakenheath and Hockwold cum Wilton adjacent to Lakenheath railway station.

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Type: Nature reserve
Description: RSPB nature reserve in the United Kingdom
Also known as: “RSPB Lakenheath Fen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lakenheath railway station and RAF Feltwell.

Lakenheath railway station

Railway station

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Lakenheath railway station is on the Breckland Line in the east of England, serving the village of Lakenheath, Suffolk. The line runs between Cambridge in the west and Norwich in the east.

RAF Feltwell

Military installation

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Royal Air Force Feltwell or more simply RAF Feltwell is a Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, East Anglia that is used by the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lakenheath and Hockwold cum Wilton.

Lakenheath is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It has a population of 4,691 according to the 2011 Census, and is situated close to the county boundaries of both Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, and at the meeting point of The Fens and the Breckland natural environments.

Hockwold cum Wilton

Village

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Hockwold cum Wilton is a civil parish and village in the English county of Norfolk. Hockwold is located 10 miles west of Thetford and 34 miles south-west of Norwich.

Feltwell

Village

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Feltwell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 11 miles north-west of Thetford and 34 miles south-west of Norwich on the western border of the county where it meets Cambridgeshire.