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Coordinates:52.254, 0.247
OS grid ref:TL 53 64
Population:704
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Lode is a small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, in the heart of the low-lying fenlands of Cambridgeshire. It sits among a network of drainage channels and "lodes" that give the area its name, a landscape shaped by peat cutting and historic drainage schemes; the village is close to the National Trust reserve at Wicken Fen and is within easy reach of both Cambridge and the nearby village of Bottisham, making it a quiet rural base with good access to larger centres.

The local economy remains largely agricultural, while nature tourism and recreational walking or cycling around the fens bring visitors, especially to Wicken Fen. Socially it feels like a close-knit village community with the rhythms of fenland life and wildlife strongly present, and its history is visible in the waterways, reedbeds and the surviving farmed landscape that characterise this part of the county.

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Transport links

  • Stansted Airport 25.5 miles41 km
  • Luton Airport 37 miles59.5 km
  • Waterbeach Railway Station 2.2 miles3.5 km
  • Cambridge Railway Station 6.2 miles9.9 km

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Local points of interest

  • Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 4.4 miles7 km
  • Abbey Stadium Stadium 4.9 miles7.8 km
  • Newmarket Racecourse Recreation 5.5 miles8.8 km
  • Bridge Road Stadium 5.7 miles9.1 km
  • Grand Arcade Shopping centre 6.3 miles10.1 km
  • Trinity College College 6.3 miles10.2 km
  • Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum 6.4 miles10.3 km
  • University of Cambridge University 6.4 miles10.3 km
  • The Fitzwilliam Museum Museum 6.5 miles10.5 km
  • Cambridge University Botanic Garden Gardens 6.6 miles10.6 km
  • Ouse Washes Nature reserve 14.2 miles22.8 km
  • Wimpole Estate Estate 14.8 miles23.8 km