Sheep’s Green and Coe Fen

Sheep's Green and Coe Fen is a 16.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Cambridge. It is owned and managed by Cambridge City Council. These seasonally flooded grazing grounds are divided by an arm of the River Cam, with Sheep's Green to the west and Coe Fen to the east, and Sheep's Green is bounded on its west side by another arm of the river.

Photo: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Meadow
Description: Local Nature Reserve in Cambridge, England
Also known as: “Sheep’s Green”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Fitzwilliam Museum and Peterhouse.

The Fitzwilliam Museum

Museum

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The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge. It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge. The Fitzwilliam Museum is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Sheep’s Green and Coe Fen.

Peterhouse

University

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Peterhouse is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Peterhouse has around 300 undergraduate and 175 graduate students, and 54 fellows. Peterhouse is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Sheep’s Green and Coe Fen.

Trinity College

University

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Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at Oxford or Cambridge. Trinity College is situated 3,900 feet north of Sheep’s Green and Coe Fen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Newnham.

Cambridge

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Cambridge is a university city in Cambridgeshire in England. It is a city of crocuses and daffodils on the Backs, of green open spaces and cattle grazing only 500 yards from the market square.

Newnham

Suburb

Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newnham is a suburb and electoral ward in Cambridge, England. As of the 2021 UK census, the ward had a population of 11,374.

Skaters’ Meadow

Locality

Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Skaters' Meadow is a 2-hectare nature reserve in Newnham Croft, Cambridge, UK. It is owned by Cambridge Past, Present & Future and leased for management by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Sheep’s Green and Coe Fen

Categories: park and local nature reserve
Location: Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.19615° or 52° 11′ 46″ north

Longitude

0.11651° or 0° 6′ 59″ east

Open location code

9F4254W8+FJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 3998383

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=meadow

Wikidata ID

Q28449446

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cambridge Canoe Club and Sheeps Green Learner Pool.

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