Fir Hill Close

Fir Hill Close is a protected area in Houghton and Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England. Fir Hill Close is situated nearby to the nature reserve Houghton Meadows, as well as near the protected area Grove Close.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Houghton Meadows and The Manor.

Houghton Meadows

Nature reserve

Photo: David Bartlett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Houghton Meadows is a 4.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Houghton and St Ives in Cambridgeshire. The SSSI covers three meadows south of Thicket Road; they are part of the 8-hectare Houghton Meadows nature reserve, which…

The Manor

Heritage site

Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Manor is a house in the village of Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire. It was built around 1160, or may have been built as early as the 1130s and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain — sometimes claimed by some to be the oldest, although this is disputed, with the officially recognised oldest continually occupied house in Britain being in Saltford. The Manor is situated 3,500 feet southwest of Fir Hill Close.

Church of St James

Church

Photo: Jason Ballard, CC BY 2.0.

Church of St James is situated 2,700 feet south of Fir Hill Close.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houghton and St Ives.

Houghton

Village

Photo: BesselDekker, Public domain.

Houghton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Houghton and Wyton, in Cambridgeshire, England, approximately 3 miles east of Huntingdon on the A1123 road, and south of RAF Wyton.

St Ives

Town

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St Ives is a medieval market town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Great Ouse, and there is a historic stone bridge dating from 1425.

Wyton

Village

Photo: Uksignpix, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wyton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Houghton and Wyton, in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies approximately 2 miles east of Huntingdon.

Fir Hill Close

Type: Protected area
Category: meadow
Location: Houghton and Wyton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.3276° or 52° 19′ 39″ north

Longitude

-0.10136° or 0° 6′ 5″ west

Operator

Natural England

Open location code

9C4X8VHX+2F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 448320751

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=meadow

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Notable Places Nearby

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