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The Fens, Cambridgeshire

In Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. The Great Fen was a vast landscape of marshes, bogs and reeds. It was drained several centuries ago. The result is a vast, flat agricultural landscape.

Place Type: Traditional Area
Alternative name(s): The Great Fen, Fenland
Historic County: Cambridgeshire
Division of County: Isle of Ely
Lat, Long: 52.607274,0.084316
Grid Reference: TF 4123 0309
Strategic Authority Area: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough SA

GBPN ID: 287734
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/The_Fens,_Cambridgeshire_287734

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