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Delph Bridge Drain

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Delph Bridge Drain is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire. The county has 89 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It is the smallest of them.

Ely Station is about 3.7 km away to the north-west. Nearby nature reserves include Soham Wet Horse Fen and Wicken Fen.

More places to visit near Delph Bridge Drain

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

Ely Cathedral

Cathedral near Ely

Great lantern tower riding above the flat Fens.

4.3 km NW

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.

4.5 km NW

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.

6 km S

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.

6.3 km NE

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.

6.4 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.

8.7 km SE