Wicken Fen

#2642 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Wicken Fen is a 254.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. It is also a National Nature Reserve, and a Nature Conservation Review site. It is protected by international designations as a Ramsar wetland site of international importance, and part of the Fenland Special Area of Conservation under the Habitats Directive. ()

Area: 0.98 mi²Elevation: 3 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°18'20"N, 0°17'4"E

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Wicken Fen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Anglesey Abbey, Newmarket Racecourse, Stour Valley Path, Palace House.

5.1 miS
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Anglesey Abbey
130 min walk • Anglesey Abbey, located in the heart of Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, is a grand country house imbued with history and enveloped by lush gardens. This Jacobean-style home, originally built as a priory in the 12th century, was transformed into a luxurious private...
6.6 miSE
Sport venue, Sport
Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket
169 min walk • Newmarket Racecourse is a British Thoroughbred horse racing venue in Newmarket, Suffolk, comprising two individual racecourses: the Rowley Mile and the July Course.
6.6 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Stour Valley Path, Newmarket
167 min walk • The Stour Valley Path is a 96-kilometre long-distance footpath in Suffolk, England, from Newmarket to Cattawade, a village near Manningtree. The path follows the catchment area of the River Stour. The majority of the route forms part of European Path E2.
6.7 miSE
Art gallery, Specialty museum, Shopping
Palace House, Newmarket
171 min walk • Palace House is the home of the National Horse Racing Museum in the remaining part of Charles II's racing palace in Newmarket, Suffolk, England.
3.2 miNW
Museum, Science museum
Stretham Old Engine
82 min walk • Stretham Old Engine is a steam-powered engine just south of Stretham in Cambridgeshire, England, that was used to pump water from flood-affected areas of The Fens back into the River Great Ouse.
3.8 miS
Church
Church of St Cyriac and St Julitta
98 min walk • The Church of St Cyriac and St Julitta is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3 miSE
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Burwell Museum
76 min walk • The Burwell Museum is located in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England. The museum depicts life through the centuries on the edge of the Cambridgeshire Fens. Opened in 1992, it is housed in a collection of different period and period style agricultural buildings.
2.9 miNE
Monastery
Soham Baptist Church, Soham
74 min walk • Soham Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon monastery in Soham, which at the time was in the Kingdom of East Anglia. Constructed by St Felix of Burgundy during the early part of the 7th century, it was the first Roman Christian site to be established in Cambridgeshire.
5.9 miNE
Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Isleham Priory Church
150 min walk • Isleham Priory Church, located in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, is a Norman church, built in ca 1090. Despite being converted into a barn, it remains in a largely unaltered state.
4.6 miSW
Cemetery
Waterbeach Barracks
118 min walk • Waterbeach Barracks' is a former military installation in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. The site was an RAF Station, RAF Waterbeach and then used by the Royal Engineers, part of the British Army, from 1966, until 2013 when the site closed to make way for housing.
4.1 miNW
Church
St James' Church, Stretham
105 min walk • St James' Church, Stretham, is an active Anglican church in the village of Stretham, Cambridgeshire, England. Founded in the 12th century, it was heavily restored by the architect J. P. St Aubyn in 1876.