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Anglesey Abbey Gardens & Lode Mill
Anglesey Abbey Gardens & Lode Mill
Anglesey Abbey Gardens and Lode Mill is a Jacobean-style country house with a collection of treasures, set in fine formal and informal gardens with a working water mill.   Lord...
Aversley Wood
Aversley Wood
Aversley Wood lies on a prominent flat topped ridge at the western edge of the Cambridgeshire fens, south-west of Sawtry and the A1(M). The wood is one of the largest Ancient Semi-Natural woodlands...
Brampton Wood
Brampton Wood
Brampton Wood is the second largest ancient woodland in Cambridgeshire and is estimated to be at least 900 years old. Records can be found in the Doomsday Book when pigs used to feed on the...
Byron's Pool Local Nature Reserve
Byron's Pool Local Nature Reserve
Byron's Pool Local Nature Reserve in Trumpington Cambridgeshire was named after Lord Byron who used to swim at the weir pool. This pleasant woodland site offers a lovely circular walk, or...
Coton Countryside Reserve
Coton Countryside Reserve
Coton Countryside Reserve Project is a new and innovative wildlife and farm reserve.   Coton Countryside Reserve is currently being created and covers over 300 hectares of pasture and...
Devil's Dyke
Devil's Dyke
The Devil's Dyke is the finest Anglo-Saxon earthwork of its kind in the country and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM). It also contains chalk grassland of international...
Dunhams Wood
Dunhams Wood
Dunhams Wood is a small woodland outside of March, offering a variety of trees, flora and fauna.  A great place to relax and unwind, there are guided walks and childrens projects on open days...
Ferry Meadows
Ferry Meadows
Opened in 1978, Ferry Meadows Peterborough forms the focal point of the larger Nene Park which stretches for 6 miles along the valley of the river Nene.   Ferry Meadows is set in 500...
Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre
Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre
Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre in Peterborough allows you to travel back in time and see how people lived more than 3,000 years ago.  Going back to the Bronze Age the museum displays many...
Fowlmere Nature Reserve
Fowlmere Nature Reserve
Fowlmere Nature Reserve is managed by th RSPB and set in 86 acres.  Fowlmere's reedbeds and pools are fed by natural chalk springs and a chalk stream runs through the reserve. Special...
Godmanchester Gravel Pits
Godmanchester Gravel Pits
Godmanchester Pits were created when excavated to provide material for the A14 bypass and now provides a haven for wildlife and over 180 species of birds have been seen here.  Nearby...
Grafham Water Centre
Grafham Water Centre
Created in the mid 1960's as a reservoir, Grafham Water in Huntingdon offers a wide range of outdoor activities for all ages, with 1500 acres of beautiful countryside.   A ten-mile...
Hobson's Brook
Hobson's Brook
Hobsons Brook is a pleasant stream that runs from its source at Nine Wells into Cambridge . However it is not a natural watercourse. It was created in 1614 to carry water from the springs at Nine...
Holt Island Nature Reserve
Holt Island Nature Reserve
Holt Island Nature Reserve in St Ives is a small 7 acre nature reserve on an island located just off The Waits. It includes the remnants of the Osier beds cultivated many years ago....
Houghton Meadows
Houghton Meadows
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)  Houghton Meadows is an example of ancient rich grassland.   In medieval time Houghton Meadows was cultivated using the ridge and furrow...
Milton Country Park
Milton Country Park
Originally a quarry for the extraction of sand and gravel, Milton Country Park near Cambridge has grown from the ensuing reclamation of the land by nature.  Work started to shape the Milton...
Overhall Grove
Overhall Grove
Overhall Grove Huntingdon  is the largest elm woodland in Cambridgeshire. Having been badly affected by Dutch elm disease, many have regenerated from the base and the mixture of dead wood...
Paxton Pits Nature Reserve
Paxton Pits Nature Reserve
Paxton Pits Nature Reserve is an extensive complex of gravel pits in Little Paxton surrounded by scrub and woodland.   There are a proliferation of birds who visit Paxton...
Peakirk Waterfowl Gardens
Peakirk Waterfowl Gardens
Peakirk Waterfowl Park is set in 20 acres of gardens and waterways that are home to hundreds of birds from all over the world.  Last count there were approxiamtely 140 species of birds ...
Portholme Meadow
Portholme Meadow
Portholme Meadow Brampton Huntingdon is believed to be the  largest ancient water meadow in the United Kingdom at 257 acres.  It was granted a charter of Common Rights by King John...
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