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Photo of Burwell, a village in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.

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Burwell

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Burwell runs for well over a mile along the fen edge, a tall Perpendicular church partway down and the grassy earthworks of a never-finished medieval castle beyond it. Stevens’ Mill, a working tower windmill, stands at one end of the village. Soham station lies about 6km north.

More places to visit near Burwell

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.

2.1 km SW

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.

3.4 km SW · Cambridgeshire

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.

3.8 km NW

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.

4.8 km NE

Photo of Anglesey Abbey, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, eastern England.Highlight

Anglesey Abbey

House & garden near Swaffham Prior

Jacobean house with famous winter garden walk.

7.6 km SW

Photo of Chippenham Park Gardens, a garden in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.

Chippenham Park Gardens

Garden near Chippenham

RHS partner garden around a country house near Newmarket, celebrated for sheets of snowdrops and daffodils and formal borders.

7.8 km E