Burnt Fen
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Burnt Fen is an area of low-lying land crossed by the A1101 road between Littleport in Cambridgeshire and Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. It is surrounded on three sides by rivers, and consists of pri
The Engine Drain where it meets the River Lark at Lark Engine House
A sugar beet clamp on Burnt Fen. The flat nature of the terrain can be seen.
Diagram showing the arrangement of an electric powered vertical spindle pump
River Lark
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The River Lark crosses the border between Suffolk and Cambridgeshire in England. It is a chalk river and a tributary of the River Great Ouse, and was extended when that river was re-routed as part of
Burnt Fen
…comprise the River Great Ouse (or Ten Mile River) on the north western edge, the River Little Ouse (or Brandon Creek) on the north eastern edge and the River Lark on the south western edge. The area is crossed by the A1101 Littleport to Mildenhall road, which runs broadly north west to south east, and the Ely to…
The river near Icklingham
Barges on the River Lark, c. 1910
The Drainage Engine Museum at Prickwillow