Great Fen

The Great Fen is a habitat restoration project being undertaken on The Fens in the county of in England. It is one of the largest restoration projects in the country, and aims to create a 3,700 hectare wetland and aims to connect Woodwalton Fen…
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: nature reserve in the United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Great Fen Project”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Peterborough Business Airport and Ramsey Heights nature reserve.

Aerodrome
Photo: Ivor the driver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a privately owned airfield in the English county of near the villages of and , 7 NM south of .

Nature reserve
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is a small near the village of in , England. The reserve is 5 ha in extent and features ponds formed from abandoned clay pits that are rich in aquatic plant and insect life.

Nature reserve
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is a 269.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near in . It is also a National Nature Reserve and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ramsey St Mary’s and Ramsey Heights.

Village
Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ramsey St Mary's is a village in civil parish, part of the district of , England. It is the largest parish in . The parish comprises 16,969 acres of land.

Village
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is a village in civil parish, part of the district of , England. The is located on the edge of the village and the larger Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve is 2 miles to the southwest of the village.

Village
Photo: Michael Trolove, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. lies approximately 8 miles north of . is situated within which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

Great Fen

Latitude
52.4622° or 52° 27′ 44″ north
Longitude
-0.2038° or 0° 12′ 14″ west
Operator
Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
Open location code
9C4XFQ6W+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 877311519
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Wiki­data ID
Q5599176
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Holme and Church End.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include New Decoy and Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve.

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