Borough Fen
Parish in Peterborough, England
| Coordinates: | 52.649, -0.21 |
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| OS grid ref: | TF 21 07 |
| Dialling code: | 01733 (Peterborough) |
Borough Fen is a small, low-lying rural parish within the unitary authority of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, set in the characteristic Fenlands. The landscape is dominated by flat, reclaimed agricultural land, with drainage ditches and pumping infrastructure on rich peat and silt soils, so arable farming and market gardening have long been the economic mainstays while the nearby city provides services and commuting options.
Historically the fen was progressively drained from medieval times and more intensively in the 17th–18th centuries, and that legacy of enclosure, water management and scattered farmsteads still shapes the parish. Socially it is a small, dispersed community with strong rural traditions; the quiet lanes and wetland margins also attract walkers and birdwatchers, giving the area a modest recreational as well as agricultural value.
Postcode districts covering Borough Fen
Most populated places nearby
- Peterborough 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Corby 22.9 miles36.8 km
- Boston 23.7 miles38.2 km
- Wisbech 15.8 miles25.5 km
- Spalding 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Huntingdon 21.4 miles34.5 km
- March 14.3 miles23 km
- Stamford 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Bourne 10.7 miles17.3 km
- Market Deeping 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Whittlesey 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Oakham 21.9 miles35.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Newborough Built-up area 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Crowland Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Eye Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Peakirk Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Gunthorpe Ward 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Eye, Thorney and Newborough Ward 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Werrington Ward 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Paston and Walton Ward 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Deeping St. James Built-up area 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Dogsthorpe Ward 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Glinton Built-up area 3.7 miles6 km
- Northborough Built-up area 3.7 miles6 km
Example postcodes in Borough Fen
Transport links
- East Midlands Airport 48.4 miles77.9 km
- Luton Airport 53.9 miles86.8 km
- Peterborough Railway Station 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Whittlesea Railway Station 7.9 miles12.7 km
Hotels near Borough Fen Ad
- The Deeping Stage 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Park Inn by Radisson Peterborough 3 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Thorpe Lodge Hotel 5.7 miles9.1 km
- The Bull Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection 4 5.3 miles8.6 km
- Black Horse 7.3 miles11.8 km
- The Pearl Hotel 4 5 miles8.1 km
- Newark Hotel Peterborough 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Holiday Inn Peterborough West 4 6.7 miles10.7 km
- The Haycock Manor Hotel 4 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Holiday Inn Express Peterborough 3 8.4 miles13.5 km
Local points of interest
- Fengate Archaeological site 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery Museum 5.5 miles8.9 km
- London Road Stadium Stadium 6 miles9.6 km
- Must Farm Pile-dwelling Site Archaeological site 6.6 miles10.7 km
- Burghley House Historic site 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Vaudey Abbey Historic site 14 miles22.5 km
- Sawtry Abbey Historic site 15.3 miles24.7 km
- Walcot Hall Estate 15.9 miles25.6 km
- Normanton Park Estate 17.1 miles27.5 km
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 17.3 miles27.8 km
- Spanhoe Wood Forest 18.4 miles29.6 km
- Lyveden New Bield Historic site 19.6 miles31.5 km