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www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk by Charles Kingsley Charles by Hereward the Wake the Hereward more ample than elsewhere. than ample more paradises. Overhead the arch of heaven spread heaven of arch the Overhead paradises. it, those islands seemed to such as the monk terrestrial monk the as such to seemed islands those it, life and work. If you don’t, you won’t! you don’t, you If work. and life Enjoying the countryside means respecting its respecting means countryside the Enjoying embosemed in still lakes’ as the monk-chronicler of Ramsey has Ramsey of monk-chronicler the as lakes’ still in embosemed and don’t interfere with crops or machines. or crops with interfere don’t and ‘Painted with flowers in the spring’ with ‘pleasant shores ‘pleasant with spring’ the in flowers with ‘Painted boundaries; don’t let your dogs disturb stock disturb dogs your let don’t boundaries; keep to paths and use stiles and gates to cross to gates and stiles use and paths to keep pastures, with here and there a tree left standing for shade. for standing left tree a there and here with pastures, Because the countryside is a place of work; do work; of place a is countryside the Because minster tower rose over the fen, amid orchards, gardens, cornfields, gardens, orchards, amid fen, the over rose tower minster others with unnecessary noise. unnecessary with others huge ashes had disappeared before the axes of the monks; and a and monks; the of axes the before disappeared had ashes huge trees, don’t leave rubbish behind don’t disturb don’t behind rubbish leave don’t trees, Transport Inquiries tel. 0345 045 0675 045 0345 tel. Inquiries Transport enjoyed by all; do protect wildlife, plants and plants wildlife, protect do all; by enjoyed trees, marking some island of firm rich soil. In some of them the them of some In soil. rich firm of island some marking trees, countrysideandrights Cambridgeshire County Council Passenger Passenger Council County Cambridgeshire As the Normans lay siege to the island, the to siege lay Normans the As Because the countryside is a place to be to place a is countryside the Because www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/ Here and there, too, upon the far horizon, rose a tall line of ashen of line tall a rose horizon, far the upon too, there, and Here against William the Conquerer on the Isle of Ely. of Isle the on Conquerer the William against Inquiries Inquiries Follow the country code – why? – code country the Follow Council website Council nobleman who, in 1071, made a final stand final a made 1071, in who, nobleman National Rail Inquiries 08457 484950 08457 Inquiries Rail National the hot summer’s day. summer’s hot the are available at libraries, TICs and at the County the at and TICs libraries, at available are Hereward the Wake was an outlawed English outlawed an was Wake the Hereward at Ely and the Woodmans Way at March. Leaflets March. at Way Woodmans the and Ely at and Ely and edges after the rich sedge-grass, or wallowed in the mire through mire the in wallowed or sedge-grass, rich the after edges Survey Explorer sheets 227 and 228 and 227 sheets Explorer Survey 201X. 3rd Edition. Artwork by 2dgraphic.com by Artwork Edition. 3rd 201X. Cambridgeshire County Council, the Bishops Way Bishops the Council, County Cambridgeshire Stations in Peterborough, Whittlesey, March March Whittlesey, Peterborough, in Stations route at a scale of 1:25000, from Ordnance from 1:25000, of scale a at route © Cambridgeshire County Council. Published XX Published Council. County Cambridgeshire © metes dotted with a million fowl, while the cattle waded along their along waded cattle the while fowl, million a with dotted metes links into two circular walks published by published walks circular two into links provides Ordnance Survey mapping of the whole the of mapping Survey Ordnance provides By train By Way near Thetford. The Hereward Way also also Way Hereward The Thetford. near Way countrysideandrights golden under autumn sun; shining ‘eas’ or river reaches; broad reaches; river or ‘eas’ shining sun; autumn under golden are marked with yellow waymarks. This leaflet This waymarks. yellow with marked are and from Ely to the southern end of the Peddars the of end southern the to Ely from and Stagecoach in Cambridge 01223 423578 01223 Cambridge in Stagecoach www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/ Way’. Changes of direction away from the road the from away direction of Changes Way’. velvet alder beds, long line of reed-round, emerald in spring; and spring; in emerald reed-round, of line long beds, alder velvet Peterborough to join the Viking Way at Oakham, at Way Viking the join to Peterborough all the signs bearing the logo or name ‘Hereward name or logo the bearing signs the all Stagecoach in Peterborough 01733 554575 554575 01733 Peterborough in Stagecoach CB3 0AP Tel 0345 045 5212 045 0345 Tel 0AP CB3 Public footpaths link the Hereward Way from Way Hereward the link footpaths Public beyond it, the browner peat, or deep fen; and amongst that, dark that, amongst and fen; deep or peat, browner the it, beyond The route is signposted from the roadside, with roadside, the from signposted is route The Council, Castle Court, Castle Hill, Cambridge, Hill, Castle Court, Castle Council, By bus By absolute tranquillity. tranquillity. absolute Environment Services, Cambridgeshire County Cambridgeshire Services, Environment The firm horse-fen lay, bright green, along the foot of the wold; the of foot the along green, bright lay, horse-fen firm The accommodation and refreshment for the traveller. the for refreshment and accommodation wilderness of big skies, beautiful sunsets and sunsets beautiful skies, big of wilderness How to get there get to How linking the historic centres of Ely and Peterborough and Ely of centres historic the linking Public Rights of Way and Access, Box CC1305, Box Access, and Way of Rights Public public transport. Fenland towns offer good offer towns Fenland transport. public Hereward knew, but is still an exhilarating an still is but knew, Hereward at sea. at A long-distance walking route using fenland rights of way of rights fenland using route walking long-distance A improvement. This walk is readily accessible by accessible readily is walk This improvement. any comments you may have. may you comments any The landscape is now quite different from that from different quite now is landscape The island communities, drainage and agricultural and drainage communities, island the earth, the distant trees and islands were hulled down like ships like down hulled were islands and trees distant the earth, the have enjoyed the walks and would appreciate would and walks the enjoyed have ancient track through the Cambridgeshire Fens. Cambridgeshire the through track ancient Come and enjoy it enjoy and Come The Hereward Way Hereward The has an ancient and tangible history of flooding, of history tangible and ancient an has rights of way in Cambridgeshire. We hope you hope We Cambridgeshire. in way of rights F footpath across the land he knew, following both following knew, he land the across footpath away, illimitable, to an horizon where, from the roundness of of roundness the from where, horizon an to illimitable, away, engineered landscapes in the country, this area this country, the in landscapes engineered use and enjoyment of some of the many public many the of some of enjoyment and use Today his name is given to a long-distance a to given is name his Today countrysideandrights walking experience. Probably one of the most the of one Probably experience. walking or always, from the foot of the wolds, the green flat stretched flat green the wolds, the of foot the from always, or Cambridgeshire County Council to encourage the encourage to Council County Cambridgeshire www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/ vanished with his men into the marsh. the into men his with vanished lowest land in England, providing an unique an providing England, in land lowest This leaflet is one of a series produced by produced series a of one is leaflet This Cambridgeshire County Council website at website Council County Cambridgeshire finally took his stronghold and Hereward and stronghold his took finally section runs for 43 miles through some of the of some through miles 43 for runs section LA 07649X LA Access for All walks is available on the on available is walks All for Access held out for eight years before the Normans the before years eight for out held Rutland and Thetford in Norfolk. The fenland The Norfolk. in Thetford and Rutland Cambridgeshire County Council Licence number Licence Council County Cambridgeshire road is good. More information about other about information More good. is road T at Ely, protected by the surrounding marsh. He marsh. surrounding the by protected Ely, at runs for 110 miles between Oakham in Oakham between miles 110 for runs lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. civil or prosecution to lead and access to sections of the route from the from route the of sections to access and Hereward gathered together the English barons English the together gathered Hereward he Hereward Way Long Distance Footpath Distance Long Way Hereward he reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may and copyright Crown infringes reproduction uneven underfoot in summer. There are no stiles no are There summer. in underfoot uneven Stationery Office © Crown. Unauthorised Crown. © Office Stationery droves which although muddy in winter are firm if firm are winter in muddy although which droves Peterborough to Ely to Peterborough the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Her of Controller the of permission the enjoyed by EVERYONE.