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Morton Drain
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1623
A gravity drain relieving the water from Morton Fen and passing it through a... (more)
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To clean the screen
by Bob Harvey
for square TF1627
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Feeding the pump
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1627
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Sign on the pumping station
by Bob Harvey
for square TF1627
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Dunsby Fen pumping station
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1627
This station lifts water from a network of drains on Dunsby into the south forty... (more)
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The South Forty Foot Drain
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1623
Looking South.
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Private footbridge
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1623
A footbridge across the South Forty Foot. There was a wooden bridge here until... (more)
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Earthen Bank
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1839
The large earthen bank is the retaining wall of the South Forty Foot drain on... (more)
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An ancient landscape
by Bob Harvey
for square TL2299
Flag fen, near Peterborough, seen from within the archaeological museum of the same name.
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Willow Tree Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1722
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Visitor's centre
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1722
A machinery byre converted into an exhibition area and covered picnic spot for... (more)
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A shrunken Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF3132
The embankment on the right is the straight sided raised bank of the River... (more)
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Pipe bridge and screen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2121
The infeed to the original pumping station at Pode Hole is still used and is... (more)
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The South Forty Foot in its landscape
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1627
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River Glen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1722
Taken from the south bank, opposite Guthram Gowt. Access via the visitor centre... (more)
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Acer pseudoplatanus
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1627
A sycamore on Dunsby Fen
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On Morton Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1623
A panorama of Morton Fen, with the observer standing at the point where Morton... (more)
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Pumping station outfall
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1858
Fed from the Engine Drain, on the fen behind, this is the sluice and pumphouse... (more)
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Timberland Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1659
Typical bit of fen countryside.
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The Counter Drain
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1417
Ruler-straight across the fens, toward a right-angled junction with the Gravel... (more)
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Looking upstream
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2319
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Information board
by Bob Harvey
for square TF2729
This interpretation board next to Surfleet Sluice is about the fens, rather than... (more)
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Where waters meet
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2121
Two major fenland drains converge on Pode Hole. The drain on the left is... (more)
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Brown Fen Trail
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2419
On the west of the New River, is a bridleway to Spalding called the New River... (more)
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Looking toward the pumping station
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1627
This is a panorama of 14 images stitched to give a view of the fens near to... (more)
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Pole transformer
by Bob Harvey
for square TF1627
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Building work
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1527
The agricultural building in the distance is being enlarged and rebuilt as a... (more)
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The Big Sky
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1627
One thin that the fens are not short of is sky, and on days like today it is an... (more)
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Populus nigra
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1326
Two fine specimens of Black Poplar growing on Dunsby fen.
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Morton Fen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1123
A panorama composed of 17 images of Morton Fen, stitched with Microsoft ICE.... (more)
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The unnamed bridge
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1417
A few of these minor service bridges over things like the Counter Drain (seen... (more)
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The low wash
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF1417
One of the three sections of the Baston Fen Nature Reserve, the Low Wash is... (more)
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The gate is locked
by Bob Harvey
for square TF1417
This is an unusual occurrence, the wetland reserve at Baston Fen is normally... (more)
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Historic drainage windmill at Wicken Fen nature reserve
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TL5670
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Spalding Power Station
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2625
Spalding Power Station is a combined cycle gas fired power station operated by... (more)
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Silted up
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2625
The gap between the spile, or river-edge pilings, and the bridge pier has been... (more)
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Bramble patch
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2319
A patch of brambles near the River Welland. A fenland view beyond.
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The track down to the riverbank
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2319
The riverbank in question is, as the sign on the bridge says, the River Welland.
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The River Welland
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2319
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Welland Bridge
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2319
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Deck of a bridge
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2319
This bridge carries the A1175 over the River Welland to the south of Spalding.... (more)
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The tidal Welland
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2625
Viewed from under the bridge looking toward Spalding. Spalding power station is... (more)
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Central pillar
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2625
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Bypass over the Welland
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2625
The A16 here is the Spalding Bypass, and it crosses the Welland on this bridge.... (more)
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Path and Bank
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2729
This, the southern bank of the River Glen, is the route of the Macmillan Way... (more)
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Tidal River
by Bob Harvey
for square TF2829
In sharp contrast to TF2729 : River Glen, the downstream side of the sluice is tidal,... ( more)
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River Glen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2729
The River Glen, looking upstream from the bridge over the Sluice at Surfleet... (more)
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Looking toward the sluice
by Bob Harvey
for square TF2729
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Embanked river
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2829
This raised bank is the embankment of the River Glen, and all the fenland you... (more)
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Lowish tide in the Glen
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF2829
This short length of the Glen is tidal, from the sluice a few hundred metres to... (more)
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