Ely Common

Ely Common is a grassland in Isle of Ely, East Cambridgeshire, England. Ely Common is situated nearby to the nature reserve Roswell Pits, as well as near the peak Mill Mound.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roswell Pits and Ely Cathedral.

Roswell Pits

Nature reserve

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Roswell Pits is a 20 acre nature reserve on the eastern outskirts of Ely in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Environment Agency. It is part of the Ely Pits and Meadows Site of Special Scientific Interest ) and Geological Conservation Review site.

Ely Cathedral

Church

Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Ely Cathedral is situated 1 mile southwest of Ely Common.

Ely railway station

Railway station

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Ely railway station is on the Fen line in the east of England, serving the cathedral city of Ely, Cambridgeshire. It is 70 miles 30 chains from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Waterbeach and Littleport stations on the Fen line to King's Lynn. Ely railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Ely Common.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Queen Adelaide and Ely.

Queen Adelaide

Village

Photo: Fractal Angel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Queen Adelaide is a hamlet on the River Great Ouse in the Fens about 1+1⁄2 miles northeast of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The hamlet is named after a pub, which in turn was named after the British queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.

Ely

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ely is a small, historical cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England. Ely combines two sides: it is a pocket-sized medieval city that retains much of its medieval character, and at the same time a relaxed and tolerant market town, with increasing links to Cambridge.

Chettisham

Village

Photo: Colin Attenborough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chettisham is a hamlet in East Cambridgeshire between Ely and Littleport. The main claim to fame is St. Michael church. There are some pictures and a description of the church at the Cambridgeshire Churches website.

Ely Common

Type: Grassland
Location: Isle of Ely, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.40393° or 52° 24′ 14″ north

Longitude

0.28096° or 0° 16′ 51″ east

Open location code

9F42C73J+H9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48068321

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=grass

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Notable Places Nearby

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