The Fens Attractions
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Counties: Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk
The Fens or Fenlands are an area of 1,400 sq.mi/3,500 sq.km of marsh and moor around the Wash basin, a dead flat expanse of alluvial land on the East Coast watered by the rivers Ouse, Nene, Welland and Witham. There is a distinct difference between the fertile silt fens near to the coast (marsh) and the peat fens (moor) situated further inland.
In the time of Hadrian there were large Roman settlements here engaged in growing corn and winning salt, and the process of draining the Fens was begun by the Romans.
The Fens or Fenlands are an area of 1,400 sq.mi/3,500 sq.km of marsh and moor around the Wash basin, a dead flat expanse of alluvial land on the East Coast watered by the rivers Ouse, Nene, Welland and Witham. There is a distinct difference between the fertile silt fens near to the coast (marsh) and the peat fens (moor) situated further inland.
In the time of Hadrian there were large Roman settlements here engaged in growing corn and winning salt, and the process of draining the Fens was begun by the Romans.
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Fens Nature Reserves
The Fens Nature Reserves protect original undrained peat fens, including Wicken Fen.