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Photo of Ouse Washes, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Welney, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.

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Ouse Washes

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Ouse Washes is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire, covering 25 km². The county has 89 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. None of the SSSIs in the county is larger.

Welney Wetland Centre and Berry Fen are among the nature reserves within 0.9 km. Manea Station is about 2.4 km away to the north.

More places to visit near Ouse Washes

Photo of Welney Wetland Centre, a nature reserve in Norfolk, eastern England.Highlight

Welney Wetland Centre

Nature reserve near Welney

WWT reserve on the Ouse Washes where thousands of Bewick's and whooper swans gather to be floodlit-fed on winter evenings.

0.2 km NE

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.

7.8 km SE

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.

7.9 km SE · Cambridgeshire

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

Ely Cathedral

Cathedral near Ely

Great lantern tower riding above the flat Fens.

8.1 km SE

Photo of St Ives Bridge Chapel, a landmark near St Ives (St Ives), Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

St Ives Bridge Chapel

Landmark near St Ives (St Ives)

A rare survival, one of only a handful of medieval bridges in England still carrying a stone chapel, spanning the Great Ouse.

8.6 km SW

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.

10.9 km S