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Spalding

(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction N)

In springtime, the town of Spalding, in it's favoured position on the banks of the River Welland becomes a riot of blazing colour as tulips, daffodils and other glorious spring flowers come into bloom...

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Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Peterborough

(8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction S)

The magic of Peterborough lies in the richness of its beautiful Cathedral. It is a glorious historical treasure house, it is unique and quite beyond compare...

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Moulton, Lincolnshire: Moulton Mill

Moulton

(9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction NE)

Set in the heart of the famously beautiful fenlands of Lincolnshire is the pleasant town of Moulton...

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Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival

Whittlesey

(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction S)

Whittlesey is an old area of Cambridge, it is mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086...

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Cackle Hill Lane, Holbeach

Holbeach

(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction NE)

A small market town in the middle of a famous bulb growing region, there is a cluster of small streets and a central main street where the dominant feature is the church of All Saints...

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Stamford

Stamford

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction W)

Of the 17 churches, only 6 now remain in Stamford, which is without doubt, one of the finest medieval towns in the British Isles, if not in Europe...

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Gosberton Level Crossing, Lincolnshire - 3 June 2010

Gosberton

(12.6 miles, 20.2 km, direction N)

This old village sits inland from the Wash just above the point where the River Welland enters into the open sea...

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St Peter & St Paul Church

Wisbech

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction E)

Wisbech stands on the River Nene, almost 12 miles from the sea, at one time it was closer but changing river patterns over the passing years have altered its position in relation.....

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Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay

(15.2 miles, 24.4 km, direction SW)

The lantern tower of the Church of St. Mary and All Saints at Fotheringhay shines through the deepening shadows of the great trees that frame it, shadows matched in darkness by those less visible that haunt the village where the final tragedy of Mary, Queen of Scots was enacted...

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March, Cambridgeshire. Town Hall.

March

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction SE)

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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Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire

Crowland Abbey

(1.9 miles, 3.0 km, direction SE)

Crowland Abbey was founded in 716 by King Ethelbald, in memory of St.Guthlac who had built a cell on the Fen island. It has a.....

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Flag Fen Bronze and Iron Age Centre at Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire

Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre

(8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction S)

This is a wonderful heritage museum which began when the site was uncovered during excavations of 1982. It focus's on the.....

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Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Peterborough Cathedral

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction S)

The magnificent cathedral church in Peterborough was given cathedral status by Henry VIII in 1541. Formerly it had been one of.....

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Castor Hanglands

Castor Hanglands NNR

(8.9 miles, 14.4 km, direction SW)

Castor Hanglands NNR is a composite site where four distinct habitats - woodland, grassland, scrub and wetland - are made more.....

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Nene Park (Ferry Meadows Country Park) Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

Ferry Meadows Country Park

(10.0 miles, 16.0 km, direction SW)

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Barnack Hills and Holes NNR

Barnack Hills & Holes NNR

(10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction SW)

Arising from the rubble of a mediaeval quarry, Barnack Hills and Holes is one of Britain’s most important wildlife sites, its.....

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Burghley House

Burghley House

(11.3 miles, 18.1 km, direction W)

This is a graceful house which perfectly epitomises the wealth of the prosperous Elizabethan period. Burghley was completed in.....

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Grimsthorpe Castle

Grimsthorpe Castle

(12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction NW)

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Ashline Lock, Whittlesey, Middle Level Navigations

Middle Level Navigations

(14.5 miles, 23.3 km, direction SE)

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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Peckover House - A town house built in 1722

Peckover House & Garden

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction E)

Elegant Georgian town house with wonderful walled garden...

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