Short Meadow

Short Meadow is a meadow in Castor, Peterborough, England. Short Meadow is situated near Ferry Bridge, as well as near the grassland The Mound.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ferry Bridge and Thorpe Wood.

Ferry Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Mike Todd, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ferry Bridge is situated 490 feet northwest of Short Meadow.

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.

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 1 mile southeast of Short Meadow.

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.

Ailsworth

Village

Ailsworth or Ailesworth is a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority, about 4.5 miles west of the city centre. The parish is part of the former Soke of Peterborough, which was considered geographically part of Northamptonshire until in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, it became part of Cambridgeshire. Ailsworth is situated 1½ miles west of Short Meadow.

Short Meadow

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

52.571° or 52° 34′ 16″ north

Longitude

-0.31288° or 0° 18′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C4XHMCP+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 684471693

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=meadow

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: The Mound and Ferryhill Plantation.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Millennium Milepost Ferry Bridge and Pyramid.

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