Fulbourn Fen

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title: "Fulbourn Fen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["wildlife-trust-for-bedfordshire,-cambridgeshire-and-northamptonshire-reserves", "sites-of-special-scientific-interest-in-cambridgeshire", "fulbourn"] description: "Nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, England" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulbourn_Fen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, England ::

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Field	Value
image	Moat in Fulbourn Fen - geograph.org.uk - 1046542.jpg
image_caption	Moat of the former Zouches Castle
name	Fulbourn Fen
aos	Cambridgeshire
interest	Biological
gridref
area	27.3 hectares
notifydate	1986
map	Magic Map
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|image= Moat in Fulbourn Fen - geograph.org.uk - 1046542.jpg |image_caption = Moat of the former Zouches Castle |name= Fulbourn Fen |aos= Cambridgeshire |interest=Biological |gridref= |area= 27.3 hectares |notifydate= 1986 |map= Magic Map Fulbourn Fen is a 27.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire. It is privately owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

There are ancient meadows on calcareous loam and peat which have never been intensively farmed, so they have a rich diversity of flora and fauna. Herbs in drier areas include cowslip and salad burnet, while wetter areas have tall fen vegetation.

There is access by a track from Stonebridge Lane.

There are eight separately named woods in Fulbourn Fen:

1. The Cringles - north & north-east
2. Moat Wood - north-west
3. Thackets Wood - west
4. Ansett's Wood - south-west
5. Old Orchard - south
6. Hancock's Wood - central
7. Widow's Wood - south-east
8. Old Orchard - south

and five separate meadows:

1. Ox Meadow - west
2. Moat Meadow - north-west - the site of the remains of Zouches Manor
3. Long Fen Pasture - central
4. East Fen Pasture - east
5. Four Acre - south-east

Zouches Manor

Main article: Zouches Manor

Fulbourn Fen contains the moated remains of a Saxon manor known as Zouches Manor and then Dunmowes Manor. It was one of the Five Manors of Fulbourn and was built by Alan la Zouche, Earl of Brittany (the same family that held Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire).

References

References

1. "Designated Sites View: Fulbourn Fen". Natural England.
2. "Map of Fulbourn Fen". Natural England.
3. "Fulbourn Fen". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
4. "Fulbourn Fen citation". Natural England.
5. (2013). "A Walking Guide to the Fulbourn Area". Fulbourn Village Library.
6. ""Fulbourn conservation area" - South Cambridgeshire District Council (2007)".

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