The Mound

The Mound is a grassland in Castor, Peterborough, England. The Mound is situated nearby to the railway station Gunwade (FMR), as well as near Lynch Lake.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ferry Bridge and Ferry Meadows railway station.

Ferry Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Mike Todd, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ferry Bridge is situated 1,700 feet northwest of The Mound.

Ferry Meadows railway station

Railway station

Photo: Peter Skuce, Public domain.

Overton is a station on the Nene Valley Railway between Wansford and Orton Mere. It was originally named Ferry Meadows, the name change being made in 2017. Ferry Meadows railway station is situated 3,800 feet southeast of The Mound.

Thorpe Wood

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thorpe Wood is a 10 hectare nature reserve on the western outskirts of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longthorpe and Castor.

Longthorpe

Suburb

Longthorpe is an area of the city of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Located two miles west from the city centre, the area covers 1,390 acres.

Castor

Village

Photo: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castor is a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority, about 4 miles west of the city centre. The parish is part of the former Soke of Peterborough, which was considered part of Northamptonshire until 1888 and then Huntingdon and Peterborough from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire.

Orton

Suburb

Photo: Chris Stafford, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Orton is a suburb of the City of Peterborough, in Cambridgeshire, England, about 3 miles south west of Peterborough city centre to the south of the River Nene.

The Mound

Type: Grassland
Location: Castor, Peterborough, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.56782° or 52° 34′ 4″ north

Longitude

-0.31107° or 0° 18′ 40″ west

Open location code

9C4XHM9Q+4H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 684471691

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=grass

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Highlights include Gunwade (FMR) and Lynch Lake.

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