Wicken
Parish in East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.326, 0.28 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 55 72 |
| Population: | 698 |
| Dialling code: | 01353 (Ely) |
Wicken is a small rural parish in East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, set in the flat, low-lying fenlands a few miles from Ely. The parish is dominated by reedbeds, drainage ditches and grazing marsh and is best known for Wicken Fen, one of Britain’s oldest nature reserves, famous for its rare wetland plants, birds and insects and for long-running ecological research.
Local life reflects the fenland heritage: agriculture, traditionally peat cutting and drainage, still shapes the economy while conservation and tourism linked to the nature reserve bring visitors and jobs. A small, close-knit community centres on a medieval parish church and village amenities, and the area’s history of reclamation and wildlife protection gives it a distinctive cultural and historic character.
Postcode districts covering Wicken
Most populated places nearby
- Cambridge 10.6 miles
- Bury St. Edmunds 19.8 miles
- Wisbech 24 miles
- Haverhill 18 miles
- Thetford 20.7 miles
- Huntingdon 19.6 miles
- March 17.4 miles
- Newmarket 7.5 miles
- Ely 5.3 miles
- Royston 22.9 miles
- Saffron Walden 21 miles
- Mildenhall 9.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Soham South Ward 1.1 miles
- Wicken Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Barway Built-up area 2 miles
- Soham Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Thetford Parish 2.8 miles
- Little Thetford Built-up area 3 miles
- Stretham Built-up area 3 miles
- Down Field Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Chittering Built-up area 3.4 miles
- Soham North Ward 3.4 miles
- Reach Parish 3.9 miles
- Burwell Built-up area 3.9 miles
Example postcodes in Wicken
CB7 5YF, CB7 5HY, CB7 5YA, CB7 5XS, CB7 5XX, CB7 6BG, CB7 5YE, CB7 5YD, CB7 5XY … See all
Transport links
- Stansted Airport 30.5 miles
- Luton Airport 41.6 miles
- Ely Railway Station 4.5 miles
- Waterbeach Railway Station 5.6 miles
Hotels near Wicken Ad
- The Old Hall Ely 5 3.9 miles
- Poets House 5.2 miles
- Riverside Inn 5 4.7 miles
- The Jockey Club Rooms 7.8 miles
- Lamb Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 5.2 miles
- Bedford Lodge Hotel & Spa 4 7.7 miles
- The Three Pickerels 4 9 miles
- The Red Lion 9 miles
- Best Western Heath Court Hotel 3 7.8 miles
- Novotel Cambridge North 4 8.7 miles
Local points of interest
- Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 1.1 miles
- Newmarket Racecourse Recreation 7.3 miles
- Bridge Road Stadium 9.1 miles
- Abbey Stadium Stadium 9.5 miles
- Ouse Washes Nature reserve 9.9 miles
- Trinity College College 10.7 miles
- Grand Arcade Shopping centre 10.7 miles
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum 10.8 miles
- University of Cambridge University 10.9 miles
- The Fitzwilliam Museum Museum 11 miles
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden Gardens 11.3 miles
- West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Historic site 15 miles