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©Flickr/Peter Schoen Denver Sluice Complex

Special places Dating back to the 1600s this site helps protect the people of the fens from flooding and plays a key role in navigation, conservation, water To fully experience this abstraction, agriculture and land drainage. unique landscape make gov.uk/government/organisations/ sure you include a visit environment-agency

to these special places around the Ouse Washes. ©Nick Ford

RSPB & Wildlife Trust BCN Ouse Washes nature reserve

Visit this remote part of the Washlands for an WWT Welney Wetland Centre experience with a wild feel. View spectacular flocks of waterfowl from the hides and get close Get really close to the Ouse Washes and watch to scarce farmland birds from the visitor centre. thousands of wintering birds from the comfort rspb.org.uk/ousewashes & wildlifebcn.org/ of a visitor centre and heated observatory. reserves/ouse-washes In summer explore the wetlands in search of breeding birds, dragonflies and wildflowers. wwt.org.uk/welney ©rspb-images.com ©WWT/Sacha Dench ©WWT/Sacha

Mepal Outdoor Centre

Adventurous outdoor activities arranged as day and residential visits for schools and organised RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes & groups. Also offer occasional family days and training courses that are open to the public. Ouse Fen nature reserves mepal.co.uk

Explore the trails at any time of year to discover a wealth of wildlife at Fen Drayton Lakes. At Ouse Fen, Hanson and the RSPB are transforming a working quarry into a vast reedbed. rspb.org.uk/fendraytonlakes & rspb.org.uk/ousefen ©Mick Dolphin ©rspb-images.com ©WWT/James Lees ©WWT/James Sum of many parts Wisbech ©Phil Bancroft

Don’t miss all the nature Partnership Landscape Washes Ellis/Ouse ©WWT/Bob ©WWT/Adam Finch/Ouse Washes Landscape Partnership Landscape Washes Finch/Ouse ©WWT/Adam reserves, cultural sites and A1122 activities nearby. A47

River Great Ouse (tidal) Downham Market A1122 Well Creek Many can be visited by bike, boat and bus as well as by car. Denver Sluice Complex From Old Nene YOU Peterborough ARE March River Wissey HERE Hilgay Hundred Foot Drain

Sixteen Foot Drain A141 Welney WWT Welney Wetland Centre

RSPB Ouse Washes/Wildlife Trust BCN A1101 River Delph A10 Manea Little Ouse River River Great Ouse

Forty Foot Drain Littleport Chatteris

New Bedford River (tidal) River Lark Mepal Outdoor Centre Old Bedford River Dench ©WWT/Sacha Coveney Prickwillow Mepal

©Cambridgeshire County Council ©Cambridgeshire Ely A141 A142 Somersham Counter Wash DrainSutton Key RSPB Ouse Fen Earith Haddenham A1123 Landscape Stretham Old West River A1123St Ives Ouse Washes

River Great Ouse Ouse Washes Landscape Wicken Huntingdon Hub site facilities

Swavesey A10 River Cam Restaurant/café

RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes Gift shop A14 Viewpoint

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Picnic area

Toilets Cambridge 0 3 miles Parking 0 3 kilometres Mooring

Outdoor activity

Other attractions

Museum

Wildlife site

Railway station

Long walk

Guided bus way

Cycle route

Water ways

For detailed information on water navigation,

One beauty of wetlands is that their wildlife and landscape changes dramatically from season to season (and often daily too!).

Try visiting these places in different seasons or come back for one of the many local events and activities listed here. ©WWT/Jon Smith ©WWT/Jon ©WWT/Jon Smith ©WWT/Jon ©WWT/James Lees ©WWT/James ©Bill Blake Heritage Documentation ©Bill Blake