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Photo of Ely Cathedral, a cathedral in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.

Ely Cathedral© Richard Humphrey / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Sohamrailway station

40 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Wicken Fen, a National Nature Reserve near Reach, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Wicken Fen

National Nature Reserve near Reach

Last fragment of ancient undrained fenland.

3.4 km SW

Photo of The Three Horseshoes (Fordham), a gastropub in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

The Three Horseshoes (Fordham)

Gastropub near Fordham

Village pub near Newmarket with carefully prepared, good-value dishes.

4.7 km SE

Photo of Stretham Old Engine, a landmark near Wilburton, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Stretham Old Engine

Landmark near Wilburton

A preserved 1831 steam beam-engine and its tall chimney beside the Old West River, once scooping fen water up to the drain.

7 km W

Photo of Devil's Dyke, a landmark near Reach, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Devil's Dyke

Landmark near Reach

A vast Anglo-Saxon earthwork running dead straight for seven miles from the fen at Reach to the wooded chalk, walkable along its crest.

7.7 km S

Photo of Ely Cathedral, a cathedral in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Iconic

Ely Cathedral

Cathedral near Ely

Great lantern tower riding above the flat Fens.

8.4 km NW

Photo of Ely, a village in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Ely

Village

Small cathedral city on an Isle above the Fens, its Ship of the Fens towering over riverside walks, a market and Cromwell's old house.

8.5 km NW · Cambridgeshire

Photo of Oliver Cromwell's House, a house near Ely, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Oliver Cromwell's House

House near Ely

The timber-framed Ely home where Cromwell lived while collecting fen tithes, now a museum of his life and the Civil War.

8.6 km NW

Photo of Prickwillow Museum, a visitor attraction near Ely, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Prickwillow Museum

Attraction near Ely

A small fen-village museum of the great diesel and steam engines that pumped the Fens dry, run to thundering life on open days.

9.3 km N

Photo of Swaffham Prior, a village in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Swaffham Prior

Village

Fen-edge village famous for two medieval churches sharing one churchyard, with a pair of restored windmills on the hill above.

9.3 km S · Cambridgeshire

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Photo of Downfield Windmill, Soham, a windmill in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.

Downfield Windmill, Soham

Windmill near Soham

Working octagonal tower mill at Soham, rebuilt on an old smock base and still turning out stoneground flour on open days.

2.6 km SE

Photo of Wicken Windmill, a windmill in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.

Wicken Windmill

Windmill near Wicken

Small restored smock mill in Wicken village near the famous fen, a slender white landmark above the sedge.

3.1 km SW

Photo along the Fen Rivers Way, a 50-mile long-distance path running from Cambridge to King's Lynn, eastern England.

Fen Rivers Way

Long-distance path

Cambridge to King's Lynn beside the Cam and the Great Ouse, dead level across the Fens under a blue eel waymark.

4.3 km W · Cambridgeshire & Norfolk

Photo of the River Cam, a river navigation running from Cambridge to Bottisham Lock, eastern England.

River Cam

River navigation

The Backs, the boathouses and the fen reaches below — Cambridge's river, navigable down to its meeting with the Great Ouse.

4.8 km W · Cambridgeshire

Isleham

Village

Fen-edge village near the Suffolk border with a Norman priory chapel and a large medieval church, between Ely and Newmarket.

5.2 km NE · Cambridgeshire

Photo of the River Great Ouse, a river navigation running from Bedford to Denver Sluice, eastern England.

River Great Ouse

River navigation

The great slow river of the Fens, navigable from Bedford through Ely's cathedral skyline to Denver Sluice.

5.3 km W · Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire & Norfolk

Photo along the Ouse Valley Way, a 150-mile long-distance path running from Syresham to King's Lynn, England.

Ouse Valley Way

Long-distance path

The Great Ouse walked source to sea — from a pub garden at Syresham to the old quay at King's Lynn, 150 miles across five counties.

5.4 km W · spans 5 counties

Isleham priory

Priory · Benedictine near Isleham

Isleham priory: an alien Benedictine priory 100m west of St Andrew's Church

5.6 km E

Photo of the River Lark, a river navigation running from Ely Ouse junction to Jude's Ferry, eastern England.

River Lark

River navigation

A chalk-fed fen tributary of the Great Ouse, navigable through Prickwillow's black fields to Jude's Ferry.

6.2 km NE · Cambridgeshire & Suffolk

Everything else within 10 km (22) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.