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The Fens or Fenlands in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species. Most of the fens were drained centuries ago, resulting in a flat, dry, low-lying agricultural region supported by a system of drainage channels and man-made rivers ( dykes and drains) and automated pumping stations .
Wisbech, known as the "Capital of the Fens" is the largest settlement in the district. Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England.It was historically part of the Isle of Ely.
The Lincolnshire Fens are an area of low-lying land which have been subject to flooding and attempts to prevent it for centuries. In medieval times, the Midfen Dyke was built to drain the area, but by 1500, this was regarded less as a drain for the land than as a boundary marker between the Parts of Holland and the Parts of Kesteven, two of the three medieval subdivisions of Lincolnshire which ...
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Fenland may mean: . Fenland, or the Fens, an area of low-lying land in eastern England . Fenland District, a local authority district in Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, forming part of the Fens
Lakenheath Poor's Fen is a 5.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Lakenheath in Suffolk. [1] [2]This is mainly fen with diverse flora, and there are also areas of damp grassland, ditches and dykes.
Manea / ˈ m eɪ n iː / is a village and civil parish in the District of Fenland, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.. The population (including Welches Dam) of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,088.
Fen Causeway or the Fen Road is the modern name for a Roman road of England that runs between Denver, Norfolk in the east and Peterborough in the west. [1] [2] Its path covers 24 miles (39 km), passing March and Eldernell (near Whittlesey) before joining the major Roman north–south route Ermine Street west of modern-day Peterborough.