Ramsey

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Ramsey grew up around one of the great Benedictine abbeys of the Fens, most of it long demolished; its 15th-century gatehouse survives in National Trust care at the edge of town. The market town beyond runs along a single long street out into the black fen fields.

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St Mary's Church, Whittlesey

Church near Whittlesey

Fenland market-town church distinguished by its tall, elegant 15th-century crocketed spire, a landmark for miles across the peat.

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Crown Lakes Country Park

Country park near Peterborough

A country park in Cambridgeshire.

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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.

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Houghton (Houghton)

Village

Picture-book Ouse-valley village of thatched cottages gathered around a green, with a National Trust watermill on the river.

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Ouse Washes

SSSI near Welney

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire.

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River Nene

River navigation

Guillotine-gated locks and water meadows from Northampton to Peterborough, where the Nene slips out into the Fens.

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