Railway Lakes

Railway Lakes is a lake in Whittlesey, Fenland District, England. Railway Lakes is situated nearby to the town Whittlesey, as well as near the hamlet Eastrea.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whittlesea railway station and Whittlesey Museum.

Whittlesea railway station

Railway station

Photo: Adambro, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whittlesea Railway Station is situated in the market town of Whittlesey, in Cambridgeshire, and is located on the Hereward Line, which runs between Ely and Peterborough.

Whittlesey Museum

Museum

Photo: Chalkietom, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Whittlesey Museum is a local history museum in Market Street, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England. It is based on the ground floor of Whittlesey Town Hall, which is a Grade II listed building.

Lattersey Field

Nature reserve

Photo: Tony Bennett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lattersey Field is an 11.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire. It is owned by Fenland District Council and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whittlesey and Coates.

Whittlesey

Town

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Whittlesey is an historic 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.

Coates

Village

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Coates is a small village close to the town of Whittlesey, in the English county of Cambridgeshire. Coates has a shop which includes a post office.

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.

Railway Lakes

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

52.5491° or 52° 32′ 57″ north

Longitude

-0.1095° or 0° 6′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C4XGVXR+J5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 55893288

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

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