Holme Fen, Peterborough

Name: Holme Fen
Address: Peterborough, United Kingdom

#13 among attractions in Peterborough

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Holme Fen is a 269.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Holme in Cambridgeshire. It is also a National Nature Reserve and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. It is part of the Great Fen project, which aims to create a 3,700 wetland wildlife area including Holme Fen, Woodwalton Fen and other areas. It is home to a variety of birds, including the Eurasian siskin, Nightingale and Lesser redpoll, and around 450 species of fungi. ()

Coordinates: 52°29'23"N, 0°13'46"W

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Day trips

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

Nearby attractions include: Serpentine Green, Admiral Wells, Must Farm Bronze Age settlement, St Andrew's.

3.8 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Serpentine Green, Peterborough
97 min walk • Serpentine Green is a shopping centre that opened 8 February 1999 in the Hampton Hargate district of Southern Peterborough in England.
1.1 miS
Nightlife
Admiral Wells, Peterborough
30 min walk • The Admiral Wells is a public house in Holme, Huntingdonshire, now in Cambridgeshire. Nearby Holme Fen is 2.75 metres below sea level, and the Admiral Wells claims to be the lowest pub in Great Britain. However, large-scale maps show the pub itself is approaximately 4 metres above sea level, so this claim appears to be incorrect.
5.3 miN
Archaeological site
Must Farm Bronze Age settlement, Peterborough
137 min walk • Part of a Bronze Age settlement was uncovered at Must Farm quarry, at Whittlesey, near Peterborough, in Cambridgeshire, England.
4.5 miS
Church
St Andrew's
116 min walk • St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church standing in an isolated position in fields about 2 kilometres to the north of the village of Woodwalton in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England.
2.8 miW
Memorial
Norman Cross Prison, Peterborough
71 min walk • Norman Cross Prison in Huntingdonshire, England, was the world's first purpose-built prisoner-of-war camp or "depot", built in 1796–97 to hold prisoners of war from France and its allies during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.
4.9 miSE
Park
Lady's Wood
126 min walk • Lady's Wood is a 7.1 hectare nature reserve west of Upwood in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. This wood was a traditional coppice, but many of the trees were cut down in the 1950s.
3.9 miSW
Church
Church of All Saints, Sawtry
101 min walk • Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building located in Sawtry, a village in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. It became a listed building on 28 January 1958. Until the year 1880, there were two churches in Sawtry, All Saints' and St Andrew's.
4.2 miS
Forts and castles
Woodwalton Castle
107 min walk • Woodwalton Castle was a small motte and bailey castle at Church End, the northern end of the parish of Woodwalton, Huntingdonshire.
5 miN
Park
Stanground Wash, Peterborough
128 min walk • Stanground Wash is a 26 hectare nature reserve in Stanground, a suburb of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
2 miS
Canal
Middle Level Navigations
52 min walk • The Middle Level Navigations are a network of waterways in England, primarily used for land drainage, which lie in The Fens between the Rivers Nene and Great Ouse, and between the cities of Peterborough and Cambridge.
2.6 miSW
Church
All Saints Church
67 min walk • All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Conington in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England.