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Holme Fen is a 269.4-hectare (666-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Holme in Cambridgeshire. [1] [2] It is also a National Nature Reserve [3] and a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. [4] It is part of the Great Fen project, which aims to create a 3,700-hectare wetland wildlife area including Holme Fen ...
- Holme, Cambridgeshire
Holme Fen is the largest Silver birch woodland in lowland...
- Holme, Cambridgeshire
Managed by Natural England, Holme Fen is a thriving nature reserve across 657 acres of landscape. Explore the finest silver birch woodland through a network of paths and discover the famous Holme Post, where you will be 2.75 metres below sea level, the lowest land point in Great Britain.
Holme Fen in Cambridgeshire, is around 2.75 metres (9 ft 0 in) below sea level. Within the Fens are a few hills, which have historically been called "islands", as they remained dry when the low-lying fens around them were flooded.
- 1,500 sq mi (3,900 km²)
Holme Fen is part of a nature reserve containing the largest pure birch woodland in the country together with raised mire and heathland habitats. A variety of bird life can be found including siskin, nightingale, redpoll, blackcap, woodpecker and long-eared owl alongside 450 different species of fungi!
A short walk at Britain's lowest point. At seven metres below sea level, Holme Fen is the lowest place in Britain. It's also the largest birch woodland in lowland Europe and the most south-easterly example of a raised bog in England. Holme Fen is also an island, although not the kind of island you might expect.
Holme Fen is the largest Silver birch woodland in lowland Britain. More importantly it contains approximately 5 hectares of rare acid grassland and heath and a hectare of remnant raised bog, an echo of the habitat that would have dominated the area centuries ago. This is the most south-easterly bog of its type in Britain.
