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✦ Historic site

A Bronze Age post alignment and timber platform at Flag Fen and associated Bronze Age and later field systems and settlement to either side of the Northey Road

✦ Ancient woodland52 ha

📷 Jo and Steve Turner · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

HeritageWildlife
Free entryDogs welcome52 ha

Getting here

52.57589, -0.18545

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Best for

2 activities

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Ancient woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

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2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
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Cycling

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133 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Dodds CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Wellingtonia CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef WellingtoniaLocal cycle route

About this historic site

Scheduled Monument

Wildlife to spot

Photos

22 photos from nearby open sources

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Bronze Age Settlement, Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre and Archaeology Park

📷 Jo and Steve Turner · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bronze Age Settlement, Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre and Archaeology Park

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Visiting this spring

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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  • 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

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Café

Flag Fen Cafe · 291m

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Parking

1 nearby · 317m

✦ AncientFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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