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Earthen Bank
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1839
The large earthen bank is the retaining wall of the South Forty Foot drain on... (more)
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An ancient landscape
by Bob Harvey
for square TL2299
Flag fen, near Peterborough, seen from within the archaeological museum of the same name.
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Willow Tree Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1722
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Visitor's centre
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1722
A machinery byre converted into an exhibition area and covered picnic spot for... (more)
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River Glen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1722
Taken from the south bank, opposite Guthram Gowt. Access via the visitor centre... (more)
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Pipe bridge and screen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2121
The infeed to the original pumping station at Pode Hole is still used and is... (more)
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The South Forty Foot in its landscape
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1627
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Where waters meet
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2121
Two major fenland drains converge on Pode Hole. The drain on the left is... (more)
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Brown Fen Trail
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2419
On the west of the New River, is a bridleway to Spalding called the New River... (more)
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Trees on Haconby Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1025
Three oaks and one Ash on the verge of Haconby Fen Drove
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Older than it looks
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1122
This is just a fen drain, between two fields. Insignificant. Except maybe it... (more)
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Dyke fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1422
The sky in the fens is oft-times described as "big". You can see why.
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The fens at Tongue End
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1618
Technically all this fenland south of the River Glen is part of Deeping Fen, a... (more)
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North Drove Drain
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2121
The artificial river bringing waters from Deeping Fen to the pump stations at... (more)
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New River Drove
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2419
On the west of the New River, is a Bridleway to Spalding, called the New River... (more)
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A frosty morning in The Fens
by John Sutton
geograph for square TL4961
The Fens begin to the north and east of Cambridge, though this section between... (more)
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Spoiled for the rest
by Bob Harvey
for square TF1217
Sign at the entrance to the nature reserve at Thurlby Slipe
Yet again the... (more)
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Herring Bridge
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2326
The bridge across the River Glen is known as Herring Bridge, it is used only by... (more)
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River Glen looking east
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1722
This is the south bank of the Glen, along which runs the Macmillan Way, through... (more)
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Landbeach: winter sunlight
by John Sutton
geograph for square TL4765
All Saints' churchyard a little after 10.30 on a glorious January morning.
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Trimmed hedge
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1025
Flailed, perhaps, within an inch of its life.
This is the very edge of the... (more)
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Morton Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1323
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Remote monitoring
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1123
The monitoring station uses an ultrasonic beam from the box on the bridge to... (more)
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Morton Gauging Station
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1123
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Wheat fields
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1222
Dyke fen, growing wheat. On the horizon is the limestone ridge, over which two... (more)
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Ups and downs
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1322
Dyke fen is crossed by small gravel ridges, and other odd landscape remains.... (more)
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Dyke Fen pumping station
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1522
One of the outstations managed by the Black Sluice IDB.
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Spinney Farm
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1522
Out on Dyke Fen.
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A field off North Drove
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1521
I have lost count of how many country lanes are called "North Drove" -... (more)
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Fen drain, and beetle bank
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1618
Along the side of the drain separating the barley and wheat crops is an... (more)
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A tree lined verge
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2121
Willow - what else would it be on the Fens?
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B W Riddle
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1418
Riddles was the original scrap yard on Bourne South Fen
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Fourth District Main Drain
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2122
A smaller version of the adjacent Delph/counterdrain/Vernatt's system, this... (more)
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Adventurer's Fen pumping station
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2121
The smaller of the two modern pump houses at Pode Hole houses three electric... (more)
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Pode Hole pump house
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2121
The pump house built for the Deeping Fen drain. It houses three huge diesel... (more)
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The Westlode Drain
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2121
Once of the drainage channels that convert the Fens into valuable agricultural land.
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South Drove drain
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2121
The lengthy artificial river from Adventurer's fen to the pumping station... (more)
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Pub for sale
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2122
The "Fisherman's Arms", a popular alehouse at one time, has been... (more)
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Gate Latch
by Bob Harvey
for square TF2122
One of those clever gate latches that is combined with a normal gravity latch... (more)
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A field of kale
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2127
The worlds most unpalatable vegetable growing on Burtey Fen
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Keep Out
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1541
Ramshackle agricultural buildings in Little Hale Fen Road
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Sunlight and trees
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1541
The line across Little Hale fen
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Little Hale Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1740
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Farm on Little Hale Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1839
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Little Hale Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1839
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Pylon on Little Hale Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1839
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Field of Barley
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF0917
A parnoramic prospect of the fenland between Bourne and Thurlby, often called... (more)
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A Wheatfield
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF0917
A parnoramic prospect of the fenland between Bourne and Thurlby, often called... (more)
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Sandy Soil
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1427
This restored drain shows this is not Blackland fen, but sand.
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Hedgerow on Thurlby Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1016
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