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Wicken Fen


Wicken Fen is the oldest national nature reserve in England, it was founded in 1899 and has been managed by the National Trust since that time. The fen is a wetland remnant of the Cambridgeshire Fens that once covered large expanses of the county.

It has been recognised for its unique environmental importance as an animal and bird habitat, with its sedge beds, reed communities and Fen meadows supporting a wide variety of flora and fauna. Almost 5000 species of insects, animals and birds have been recorded at Wicken.

In the 1820s Charles Darwin was known to come here to collect beetles, but today visitors are more likely to be local residents and children attending one of the regular educational workshops organised by the National Trust. A boardwalk over the fenland allows visitors to view the wetlands with minimal disruption to resident species.

The Visitor Centre features exhibitions on the history and ecology of the fenlands, and staff are available to help visitors record their sightings of flora and fauna species.

Location map for Wicken Fen

Details
Wicken Fen
Lode Lane
Wicken
Ely
Cambridgeshire
England
CB7 5XP
Location: S of the A1123, 3 miles W of Soham
Website: Wicken Fen
Email: wickenfen@nationaltrust.org.uk
Phone: 01353 720 274
Fax: 01353 720 274

map
OS TL563 705


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    Nearest Hotels to Wicken Fen

The Wheatsheaf Inn Newmarket The Wheatsheaf Inn - 4.6 miles away
Newmarket, Suffolk
Stay from: £80.00
Rosery Country House Hotel Newmarket Rosery Country House Hotel - 4.7 miles away
Newmarket, Suffolk
Stay from: £60.00
Black Horse Motel Swaffham Bulbeck Black Horse Motel - 4.9 miles away
Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire
Stay from: £55.00

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Nearest Attractions

Burwell Museum of Fen Edge Village Life
3 miles (Museum)

Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum
4.7 miles (Abbey)

Anglesey Abbey
5.5 miles (Historic House)

Isleham Priory Church
5.5 miles (Church)

Ely Cathedral
6.2 miles (Cathedral)

Stained Glass Museum
6.2 miles (Museum)

Bishop's Palace
6.2 miles (Historic Property)

Oliver Cromwell's House
6.2 miles (Historic Property)

Top Cambridgeshire Destinations
Cambridge
Elsworth
Ely
Grantchester
Huntingdon
Kimbolton
Peterborough
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
St. Neot's
Thorney
Wisbech

Suggested Cambridgeshire Attractions
American War Cemetary
Anglesey Abbey
Bishop's Palace
Broughton House Gallery
Burwell Museum of Fen Edge Village Life
Byard Art
Cambridge and County Folk Museum
Cambridge Arts Theatre
Cambridge University Botanic Gardens
Cambridge University Museum of Zoology
Christ's College, University of Cambridge
Clare College
Corpus Christi College
Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum
Duxford Chapel
Elton Hall
Ely Cathedral
Ely Museum
Emmanuel College
Fitzwilliam Museum



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