Towns & cities · East of England
Cambridge and the Fens
Eight hundred years of college quadrangles, three cathedrals on the edge of England's flattest landscape.
Cambridge has 31 colleges, the oldest founded in 1284, and a river you can punt down between them. Just outside, the Fens — the flat, drained, 1,500-square-mile expanse of east England — host three of England's most beautiful cathedrals (Ely, Peterborough, Norwich) within a two-hour drive.
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Flagship📷 10Towns & cities · East of England
Cambridge
Cambridge — city in Cambridgeshire, England.
📷 5Chapels · East of England
King's College Chapel
King's College Chapel — chapel in King's College, University of Cambridge, UK.
📷 5Galleries · East of England
Fitzwilliam Museum
Fitzwilliam Museum — art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 4Cathedrals · East of England
Ely Cathedral
Ship of the Fens — Norman cathedral with a unique octagonal medieval timber lantern.
Flagship📷 5Cathedrals · East of England
Peterborough Cathedral
Norman cathedral with a unique 13th-century painted wooden nave ceiling. Catherine of Aragon's tomb.
Flagship📷 4Cathedrals · East of England
Norwich Cathedral
England's second-tallest spire, with 1,106 carved Bible scenes on the cloister bosses.
Flagship📷 10Wildlife reserves · East of England
Wicken Fen
Wicken Fen — nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
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