Down Field
Built-up area in East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.321, 0.357 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 60 71 |
Down Field is a small, rural locality in the district of East Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire, England. Sitting within the low-lying Fenland landscape, it is characterised by open arable fields, straight drainage ditches and quiet country lanes, with nearby market towns such as Ely providing the closest services and amenities.
The area’s economy is largely agricultural and shaped by centuries of fen drainage and land reclamation, which has created productive farmland and a strong local farmstead culture. Socially it tends to be a small, close-knit community with easy commuting links into Cambridge, and the surrounding wetlands support notable birdlife and walking country that attract visitors interested in nature and rural history.
Postcode districts covering Down Field
Most populated places nearby
- Cambridge 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Bury St. Edmunds 16.6 miles26.7 km
- Haverhill 16.7 miles26.9 km
- Thetford 17.8 miles28.7 km
- Huntingdon 22.8 miles36.8 km
- March 19.4 miles31.2 km
- Newmarket 5.3 miles8.6 km
- Ely 6.9 miles11 km
- Royston 24.6 miles39.6 km
- Saffron Walden 21.2 miles34.1 km
- Mildenhall 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Downham Market 19.5 miles31.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Soham Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Fordham Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Soham South Ward 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Wicken Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Landwade Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Isleham Built-up area 2.8 miles4.4 km
- Fordham & Isleham Ward 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Burwell Built-up area 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Soham North Ward 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Chippenham Built-up area 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Freckenham Built-up area 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Barway Built-up area 3.8 miles6.2 km
Example postcodes in Down Field
CB7 5BP, CB7 5BG, CB7 5AU, CB7 5AZ, CB7 6AW, CB7 5AL, CB7 5AX, CB7 5AS, CB7 6AU … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 30.5 miles49.2 km
- Luton Airport 43.6 miles70.1 km
- Newmarket Railway Station 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Ely Railway Station 6.1 miles9.9 km
Hotels near Down Field Ad
- The Jockey Club Rooms 5.7 miles9.3 km
- The Old Hall Ely 5 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Bedford Lodge Hotel & Spa 4 5.4 miles8.8 km
- Riverside Inn 5 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Poets House 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Worlington Hall 4 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Tuddenham Mill Luxury Hotel 5 7.8 miles12.5 km
- Best Western Heath Court Hotel 3 5.7 miles9.1 km
- The Riverside House Hotel 3 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Lamb Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 6.8 miles10.9 km
Local points of interest
- Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Newmarket Racecourse Recreation 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Abbey Stadium Stadium 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Bridge Road Stadium 11.6 miles18.7 km
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 11.8 miles19 km
- Ouse Washes Nature reserve 12 miles19.3 km
- Grand Arcade Shopping centre 12.8 miles20.5 km
- Trinity College College 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum 12.9 miles20.7 km
- University of Cambridge University 12.9 miles20.8 km
- The Fitzwilliam Museum Museum 13 miles21 km
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden Gardens 13.1 miles21.2 km