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Ely Circular Walk

An easy walk through open Fenland, The River Great Ouse, 'big' skies, tree-lined farm tracks, historic Ely Cathedral and a quayside stroll at the end

Cambridgeshire Circular Easy

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Ely Cathedral from River Great Ouse, near Cuckoo Bridge

SWC Walk 118 Ely Circular (off-route off the Ely Extension)

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Braham Dock Drain, with swan

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The Great Ouse

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Flowery ditch

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Ely Cathedral

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Along a catchwater

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The Burying Way

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Boat on River Great Ouse

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Big Skies in Fenland, w/o Ely Cathedral

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Ely Cathedral

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Stretham

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Stretham

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Prominent Bridge

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Hogweed, Poppies and Wheat

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Grunty Fen Drain

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through wheat

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Wheat

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Umbrella Fella

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A bad knight out

Ely Circular St James Church, Stretham

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Altar window

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Lone tree

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The Burying Way

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Rapeseed

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Between fences

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Dragonfly and Cathedral

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Ely Cathedral

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Ely Cathedral

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Octagonal lantern

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Octagonal lantern

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James Woodford

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Cathedral cows - with pink lady

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The Great Ouse

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Willows

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Grunty Fen Catchwater Drain

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Gate by the drain

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Where Pea Soup Comes From

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Onto the Burying Way

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The Burying Way

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The Burying Way - The Others

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The Burying Way

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Ely Cathedral

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View from Cuckoo Bridge

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Ely Cathedral from River Great Ouse, near Cuckoo Bridge

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Canada Geese, River Great Ouse Meadows

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Cows, River Great Ouse Meadows

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Row of Poplars beyond Great River Ouse

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Embankment of River Great Ouse

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River Great Ouse Meadows at start of walk

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Poplars and Grassy Stuff in River Great Ouse Meadows

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Trees in River Great Ouse Meadows

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Barge on River Great Ouse

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Trees swaying in the wind

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Moored to Eternity

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First Sight of Ely Cathedral, from Braham Dock (Drain)

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Raised Railway Line in Fenland

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Tree-Lined Farm Track (towards Holt Fen Drove)

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Thetford Cow Common

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Stretham (on a 'hill')

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Investment Opportunity, Stretham

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The Red Lion, Stretham

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St. James's, Stretham

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Windmill, Stretham

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Along the Burying Way (Stretham to Little Thetford)

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Big Skies in Fenland, with Ely Cathedral

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Along the Burying Way (Stretham to Little Thetford)

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Along the Burying Way (Stretham to Little Thetford)

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Along the Burying Way (Stretham to Little Thetford)

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Along the Burying Way (Stretham to Little Thetford)

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Ely Cathedral in the distance

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Ely Cathedral Roof and Towers from afar

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Gateway to King's and Cathedral Precinct, Ely

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Octagonal Tower, Ely Cathedral

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Priory, Ely

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Ely Cathedral, from the south

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Ely Cathedral, main tower

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Sundial, Ely Cathedral

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Ely Cathedral, easterly view

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Ceiling, Ely Cathedral

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Nave, Ely Cathedral

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Ely Cathedral, from the west

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Cromwell's House, Ely

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Ely Cathedral, from garden of the Almonry Restaurant

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Almonry Restaurant, Ely

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The Maltings, Ely Quayside

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Ely Quayside (River Great Ouse)

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Ely Quayside (River Great Ouse)

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Teasels near the Ouse

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Prominent footbridge

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Long straight bit

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Level crossing stile

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Another straight bit

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And another

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2 days too late

Heart shaped puddle Ely Circular

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The cathedral

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In the cathedral

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