Beating Heart of the Wetland
An area of Cambridgeshire's Great Fen has benefited with a generous grant from Viridor Credits and the Landfill Communities Fund
Great Fen news from the Wildlife Trust
Sarah Lambert
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Spitfire excavation
A week-long excavation to unearth a Mark 1A Spitfire, which crashed at Holme Lode in the Great Fen in November, 1940, took place in October 2015, honouring the life of the young pilot who died on…
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