Star Pit

Star Pit is in Whittlesey, Fenland District, England. Star Pit is situated nearby to the power station Black Bush Farm, as well as near the reservoir Whittlesey Covered Anaerobic Lagoon.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Must Farm and Church of St Andrew.

Must Farm

Archaeological site

Photo: Dr. Colleen Morgan, CC BY 2.0.

Must Farm is a Bronze Age archaeological site consisting of five houses raised on stilts above a river built around 950 BC in Cambridgeshire, England. The settlement is exceptionally well preserved because of its sudden destruction by catastrophic fire and subsequent collapse onto oxygen-depleted river silts. Must Farm is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Star Pit.

Church of St Andrew

Church

Photo: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Andrew is situated 1 mile east of Star Pit.

The Falcon Hotel

Hotel

Photo: Michael Trolove, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Falcon Hotel is situated 1¼ miles east of Star Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whittlesey and Eastrea.

Whittlesey

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Whittlesey is a market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. Whittlesey is 6 miles east of Peterborough. In 2021 the built-up area had a population of 13,823. The population of the parish was 17,667 at the 2021 Census.

Eastrea

Hamlet

Photo: Chalkietom, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eastrea is a village in Cambridgeshire, located on the A605 between Whittlesey and Coates. The site has been inhabited since Roman times. The population is included in the civil parish of Whittlesey. Eastrea is situated 3 miles east of Star Pit.

Stanground

Suburb

Photo: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stanground is a residential area of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. For electoral purposes, it comprises the Stanground South and Fletton & Stanground wards in the North West Cambridgeshire constituency. Stanground is situated 3 miles west of Star Pit.

Star Pit

Type: Body of water
Location: Whittlesey, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.55454° or 52° 33′ 16″ north

Longitude

-0.15885° or 0° 9′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C4XHR3R+RF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 401253522

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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