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Wicken Fen

East Anglia  >  United Kingdom

Wicken Fen, one of Europe's most important wetlands, supports an abundance of wildlife. There are more than 9000 species and many birds that can be seen.

Tillagd* av Chris Miles
Senast uppdaterad 9 augusti 2025

Beskrivning

The raised boardwalk and lush grass droves allow easy access to a lost landscape of flowering meadows, sedge and reedbeds, where you can encounter rarities such as blå kärrhök, water voles and rördrom. Wicken Fen Vision, an ambitious landscape-scale conservation project, is opening up new areas of land to explore.

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Tillgänglighet

South of Wicken (A1123), 3 miles west of Soham (A142), 9 miles south of Ely, 17 miles north-east of Cambridge via A10. The site is open all year round from dawn to dusk except for Christmas Day. Some paths are closed in very wet weather, and some areas are inaccessible. However, there is a boardwalk, leading to two bird hides that is open all of the time. There are several bird hides and many miles of trails for visitors to follow. There is a visitor centre, shop and café. There a two separate circular walks you can do (3 km and 5 km). There's a river river between them that's only crossed at the reserve centre. The routes pass several bird hides.

Terräng och habitat

Våtmark , Spridda träd och buskar , Slätt , Flod , Hed , Vassar , Jordbruk

Förhållanden

Platt , Öppet landskap , Ingen skugga

Rundtur

Ja

Tubkikare behövs?

Kan vara användbart

Bästa säsong för skådning

Vår , Sommar , Höst

Bästa tid för ett besök

Sommar

Rutt

Bred stig , Grusväg , Smal stig

Hur ansträngande vandring

Lätt vandring

Nås

Till fots , Rullstol

Fågeltorn / plattform

Ja

Extra information

Wicken Fen was the first nature reserve owned by the National Trust. Today it is one of Europe's most important wetlands home to over 9000 species.

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