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Photograph © Bob Paterson
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Wicken Fen Pump
Location
Grid reference: TL 562 705
OS sheet: 154
Postcode: CB7 5XP
About 9 miles south east of Ely, on A1123, at Wicken Fen Nature Reserve. Follow brown signs.
A small smock windpump, probably built about 1912. Moved to its present site from Adventurers' Fen
and restored in 1956 by the National Trust. The last surviving wooden windpump in the Fens. Still
in use occasionally in summer. Nature reserve. Visitor centre with shop and café.
Opening times
All year, daily, dawn to dusk. For booked school parties there is an education officer on site.
National Mills Weekend opening times
Saturday and Sunday, dawn to dusk.
Contact
National Trust Wicken Fen, tel. 01353 720274.
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