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Foul Anchor Cambridgeshire Map

Traditional county: Cambridgeshire · District / Borough: Fenland · Region: Eastern

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Place	Foul Anchor
Traditional County	Cambridgeshire
District / Borough	Fenland
Region	Eastern
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	52.736625
Longitude	0.167789
Place Type	Village

About Foul Anchor

Foul Anchor emerges from the flat, reclaimed expanse of the Fenland, a place where the horizon exerts a gravitational pull on the wide, pale sky. It lies 3.9 miles south-south-east of Long Sutton (from Long Sutton: bearing 150°T, OS grid TF 464 176), and is situated east-south-east of Tydd Gote village. The landscape here is defined by the rigorous geometry of drainage, where the North Level Main Drain marks a straight, silent border just half a mile to the north-east. Water defines the character of Foul Anchor, as the land exists in a perpetual negotiation with the silt and the tides of the Wash. To the east, the low-lying terrain of East Marsh stretches out, an open stage for the shifting light that bleaches the colour from the tall, swaying reeds. The air carries the sharp, saline memory of the sea, which once pushed much further inland before the industrious hand of man tamed the silt. In the quiet hours, the stillness of the fields reminds one that the ground beneath is as much a construction of human will as it is a geological fact. Foul Anchor remains a sentinel of the drained plains, a place where the earth is thin and the sky is overwhelmingly vast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

North Level Main Drain (River) — 0.5 mi, 047° NE
East Marsh (Wetland) — 0.6 mi, 098° E
Tydd St Mary's Marsh (Wetland) — 0.8 mi, 345° NNW
South Holland Main Drain (River) — 1.7 mi, 032° NNE
Walpole Saint Andrew Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 2.3 mi, 093° E
White Cross, 80M North Of Poultry Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.8 mi, 283° WNW
Moated Enclosure 230M North-West Of Faulkner House (Scheduled Monument) — 3.1 mi, 139° SE · 1 ha
Mill Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.3 mi, 335° NNW
Boundary Cross, Manor Hill Corner (Scheduled Monument) — 3.5 mi, 266° W
Fenland And West Norfolk Aviation Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 161° SSE
Roman Sea Bank (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 195° SSW
The Foal Ground (Park) — 4.6 mi, 200° SSW
The Boat House (Yacht Club) (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 185° S
Young Memorial (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 181° S
Wisbech Park (Park) — 4.9 mi, 180° S
Peckover House (Historic Park or Garden) — 5.0 mi, 186° S
Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 185° S
Wisbech & Fenland Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 183° S
The Castle (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 183° S
Peckover House & Gardens (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 186° S
Angles Theatre (Theatre) — 5.0 mi, 184° S
Luxe Cinema (Cinema) — 5.1 mi, 184° S
The Fleet (Lake / Reservoir) — 5.2 mi, 062° ENE
Elgood's Brewery Visitor Centre and Gardens (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 188° S
Light Cinema (Cinema) — 5.9 mi, 190° S
Islington Heronry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 6.6 mi, 101° ESE · 1 ha
Horseshoe Hole (Lake / Reservoir) — 7.2 mi, 059° ENE
The Wash (National Nature Reserve) — 7.8 mi, 013° NNE · 88k acres
clock tower and war memorial (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 181° S
Wiggenhall St. Germans Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 8.1 mi, 109° ESE · 5 ha

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