3 days ago · Explore Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire, the National Trust’s first nature reserve and one of Europe's most important wetlands with over 9,000 species to discover.

Explore the diverse landscape and wildlife at Wicken Fen. Discover the ancient Sedge Fen, grazing Konik ponies and Highland cattle, and the iconic windpump.

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Discover rare species on a 3-mile walk along the National Trust's Wicken Fen, near Ely, Cambridgeshire

Wicken Fen features the last surviving wooden windpump in the Fens. It is a small smock wind pump, which was built by Hunt Brothers Millwrights, Soham, in 1908 at nearby Adventurers' Fen (see below) for drainage of peat workings. It is an iron-framed structure with wooden weatherboarding.

Wicken Fen offers a glimpse into the ancient fenland landscape of East Anglian lowlands with its reed-bed, wet woodland and open water, on a deep, peat soil kept wet by rainfall and clean, chalky river water.

Wicken Fen provides a window on a 'lost landscape' – a unique remnant of un-drained fenland which once covered the vast lowlands of East Anglia. Wicken Fen is one of Britain's oldest nature reserves and was the first to be cared for by the National Trust.

Starting at the impressive Ely Cathedral, known as the ‘Ship of the Fens’, this route takes you across the uncluttered landscape of the Cambridgeshire fens to Wicken Fen Nature Reserve, an internationally important wetland habitat and home to more than 9000 species.

Wicken Fen is a last remaining example of the once extensive Great Fen Levels and the oldest nature reserve owned and managed by the National Trust, who first acquired parts of it in 1899. It is one of the most important wetland habitats in Britain …

As the oldest nature reserve of the National Trust, it boasts an impressive array of over 9,000 recorded species including rare butterflies, dragonflies, birds, and plants. The raised boardwalks offer a unique vantage point to observe the marshlands and its diverse wildlife.