The Top 9 Natural Monuments in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 9
beautiful natural monuments in Cambridgeshire. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments in Cambridgeshire. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: October 1, 2025
Part of the RSPB Nature Reserve, Far Fen Lake is recognisable by the island near its eastern shore.
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They may look like strange green lampposts but Holme Posts are part of history. The posts were buried in 1848 to measure how much the land sunk after Whittlesey Mere, …
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Nature has reclaimed Coploe Hill Pit since its days used as a chalk pit. The area is now a haven for wildlife, home to many species of birds, insects and …
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The Ouse Washes is a SSSI and an internationally important wetland habitat. Stretching from St Ives to Downham Market it serves as a flood storage area and is often under …
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On Stow cum Quy Fen is a small rectangular pond. It is likely this is a filled in pit from the 19th century when coprolite was quarried in the area. …
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Small mound to the right of the viewing platform.
Mining bees live in this bank; if you look closely you can see the small holes which they dig and lay …
Mining bees live in this bank; if you look closely you can see the small holes which they dig and lay …
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This is the site of an ambitious project, a partnership between the RSPB and Hanson to transform a working sand and gravel quarry into a thriving nature reserve.
When it …
When it …
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Go to the rear of St Mary's churchyard and there is a dirt path that runs over an old railway bridge and you will end up at Bartlow Hills
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Orwell Clunch Pit is a 1.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Orwell in Cambridgeshire.
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