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Flag Fen in Cambridgeshire

Plan your tour to Flag Fen

Category
Landmarks & Historic Sites
Address
The Droveway
Northey Road
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE6 7QJ
Opening times
1st March - 31st October
Tuesday - Sunday, 10 am - 5pm with last entry at 4pm.
Ticket prices
Adult: £5.00
Senior or Disabled Citizen: £4.50
Child or Student: £3.75
Family (2 adults and 3 children): £13.75
Children under 5: FREE
Flag Fen
Flag Fen is a Bronze Age site which probably had religious significance and comprises over 1,000,000 timbers arranged in five very long rows about a kilometer long. It connects Whittlesey Island with Peterborough across the wet fenland. The site has been dated to around 1365BC - 967BC a period during which there was large environmental changes occurring.

The site has been perfectly preserved due to being covered in air free soil which had accumulated over the many years - this prevented the timbers from rotting away.

The attraction has a well-organised visitor centre with museum and exhibitions with 2 reconstruction round houses from the Bronze age and one from the Iron age.


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