Mare Fen

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title: "Mare Fen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["local-nature-reserves-in-cambridgeshire", "fens-of-england"] description: "Nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, England" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_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
name	Mare Fen
photo	Mare Fen - geograph.org.uk - 752078.jpg
type	Local Nature Reserve
grid_ref_UK	TL 366 698
location	Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England
area	16.3 hectares
manager	Not known
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| name = Mare Fen | photo = Mare Fen - geograph.org.uk - 752078.jpg | photo_caption = | type = Local Nature Reserve | grid_ref_UK = TL 366 698 | location = Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England | area = 16.3 hectares | manager = Not known Mare Fen is a 16.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, England. It is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council, and was formerly managed by the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Naturalists Trust (now part of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire), but as of December 2016 it is not listed on the Trust's web site. In 2015 Swavesey Parish Council expressed concern at the failure of the Environment Agency to carry out flood prevention works at Mare Fen.

This pasture in the floodplain of the River Great Ouse is used for grazing in the summer and allowed to flood in the winter. It has wildfowl such as mute swans, wigeons, teal and shovelers, mammals include badgers and muntjac deer. There are diverse aquatic plants.

There is access from Station Road.

References

References

1. (21 February 2013). "Mare Fen". Natural England.
2. "Map of Mare Fen". Natural England.
3. (7 May 2016). "Celebrating Sir David Attenborough at 90". [Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
4. "Find a nature reserve". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
5. "Response to the Environment Agency Produced Document Entitled: Briefing for Northstowe Joint Development Control Committee, 25th March 2015, Swavesey Drain Conveyance Improvements Project". Swavesey Parish Council.
6. "Mare Fen". Cambridgeshire County Council.

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