East Cambridgeshire: London Plane of Ely
Ely straddles the raised ground of the former Isle of Ely and the surrounding Fens in eastern England, a position that made this cathedral city a conspicuous landmark above a once-waterlogged landscape. The London Plane of Ely stands close to Ely Cathedral, a large medieval church whose lantern-topped Octagon is among the defining forms of English Gothic architecture. London planes, hybrids of the American sycamore and Oriental plane, are widely planted in British towns for their tolerance of urban conditions and broad crowns. Here, the tree brings a leafy counterpoint to the cathedral precinct and its historic brick buildings. Ely’s identity remains tied both to the open Fenland and to the religious community established around the cathedral.
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East Cambridgeshire is best known in England for Ely Cathedral, the monumental medieval church rising above the Fens. The district stretches across low-lying, carefully drained farmland east of the River Great Ouse, where broad skies, straight waterways and productive fields shape the local setting. Market towns and villages retain strong links with Cambridge and the cathedral city of Ely. Wicken Fen, managed by the National Trust, preserves a contrasting wetland of reedbeds, sedge and grassland. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how East Cambridgeshire relates to the surrounding Fens and waterways.
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