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Ely Cambridgeshire

Ely

(0.6 miles, 0.9 km)

The early life of Ely began with a monastry and town situated on an island in the midst of a vast expanse of marshland in the middle of the Fens...

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Windmill, Wicken, Cambridgeshire

Wicken

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction S)

The open countryside surrounding Wicken is rich and varied, windmills can be seen along with pretty cottages, ancient farmhouses and historic churches...

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Welney

(8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction N)

For many decades now, Welney has been famous for it's Wild Fowl Refuge overlooking the Flood Planes of the Wash...

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Mildenhall, Suffolk

Mildenhall

(10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction E)

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The Centre of Newmarket, Suffolk, with clock tower visible in the distance.

Newmarket

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction SE)

You can hardly drive through this handsome town without seeing some reminder that the history of the town..

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Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire

Fen Ditton

(13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction S)

This pleasant village can be found in the spacious countryside within easy driving distance from Cambridge...

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March, Cambridgeshire. Town Hall.

March

(13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction NW)

A curiosity of the town is the tradition of the March, March march. This is when a group of Cambridge students gather in the town to walk back to Cambridge stopping at all convenient inns to quench their thirst!..

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Cambridge

Cambridge

(14.5 miles, 23.4 km, direction SW)

Cambridge has an abundance of magnificent buildings, and these together with riverside walks, wonderful museums and quaint old streets...

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St Ives

St Ives

(15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction W)

This attractive market town has one of the most highly picturesque river bridges in the country. The bridge dates to the 15th century and is famous for the chapel in its centre bay, it is one of only four medieval bridge chapel's surviving in England...

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Downham Market, Norfolk

Downham Market

(15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction N)

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Oliver Cromwell's house at Ely, Cambridgeshire

Oliver Cromwell's House

(0.5 miles, 0.8 km)

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) was Lord Protector of England from 1653 until 1658. For the years spanning 1636 to 1647 Cromwell and.....

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Windmill, Wicken Fen

Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction S)

One of Britain's oldest nature reserves, and the last 0.1% of fenland left in Britain. Home to the Wicken Fen Vision project......

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Denny Abbey, Soham, Cambridgeshire

Denny Abbey

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction SW)

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A man and his dogs

Anglesey Abbey

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction S)

This attractive house was formerly a priory of Augustinian canons, founded around 1135. It's name does not relate to the island.....

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Newmarket Racecourse 2003

Newmarket Racecourse

(12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction S)

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Ashline Lock, Whittlesey, Middle Level Navigations

Middle Level Navigations

(13.9 miles, 22.4 km, direction NW)

The Middle Level Navigations are a network of waterways which are primarily used for land drainage, and which lie in The Fens.....

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Brandon Country Park, Brandon, Suffolk.

Brandon Country Park

(14.8 miles, 23.9 km, direction E)

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The Fitzwilliam Museum

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction SW)

The Fitzwilliam Museum houses world-class collections of works of art and antiquities spanning centuries and civilisations...

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University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge

University Botanic Gardens

(15.3 miles, 24.7 km, direction S)

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Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction W)

Remains of a former Benedictine abbey and site of one of the oldest English monasteries, as early as the 7th century...

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