Wicken Fen
Wicken Fen is a 254.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. It is also a National Nature Reserve, and a Nature Conservation Review site.Photo: Dr Border, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burwell Baptist Chapel and Soham railway station.
Soham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Soham railway station is a station on the Ipswich–Ely line, serving the town of Soham in Cambridgeshire. The original station operated between 1879 and 1965. It was reopened in 2021.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soham and Burwell.
Soham
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Soham is a town and civil parish in the district of East Cambridgeshire, in Cambridgeshire, England, just off the A142 between Ely and Newmarket. Its population was 12,336 at the 2021 census.
Burwell
Village
Burwell is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, some 10 miles north-east of Cambridge. It lies on the south-east edge of the Fens. Westward drainage is improved by Cambridgeshire lodes, including Burwell Lode, a growth factor in the village.
Wicken
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wicken is a village near Soham in East Cambridgeshire, England. The village is on the edge of The Fens, 10 miles north east of Cambridge and 5 miles south of Ely. It is the site of Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve.
Wicken Fen
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Categories: tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
- Location: Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.307° or 52° 18′ 25″ northLongitude
0.2895° or 0° 17′ 22″ eastOperator
National TrustOpen location code
9F42874Q+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 4306209OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7998320
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Wicken Fen” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “威肯芬”
- French: “Wicken Fen”
- German: “Wicken Fen”
- Irish: “Wicken Fen”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wicken Poor’s Fen (open access) and Wicken Fen Visitor Centre.
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