Kingston and Bourn Old Railway

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Kingston and Bourn Old Railway
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TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationKingston, Cambridgeshire, England
OS grid TL 339 559
Area1.9 hectares
Managed byCambridgeshire County Council

Kingston and Bourn Old Railway or Kingston Amenity Area is a linear 1.9-hectare (4.7-acre) Local Nature Reserve between Kingston and Bourn in Cambridgeshire, England. It is owned and managed by Cambridgeshire County Council. [1] [2]

Kingston, Cambridgeshire a village located in South Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Kingston is a small village and parish in the East of England region and the county Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. Situated 7 miles to the west of Cambridge, the population at the time of the 2001 census was 214, increasing to 238 at the 2011 Census.

Bourn village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Bourn is a small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. Surrounding villages include Caxton, Eltisley and Cambourne. It is 8 miles (12 km) from the county town of Cambridge. The population of the parish was 1,015 people at the time of the 2011 census.

Cambridgeshire County of England

Cambridgeshire is a county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The city of Cambridge is the county town. Modern Cambridgeshire was formed in 1974 as an amalgamation of the counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and Peterborough, the former covering the historic county of Cambridgeshire and the latter covering the historic county of Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough, historically part of Northamptonshire. It contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen.

The sides of this old railway bank are woodland, with ash, field maple and oak the main trees, while the top of the bank is unimproved grassland. [3] There is also an area of wetland with mature pollarded willows. [1]

There is access from the B1046 road, which runs along its southern boundary.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kingston and Bourn Old Railway". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Map of Kingston and Bourn Old Railway". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Kingston and Bourn Old Railway". Cambridgeshire County Council. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

Coordinates: 52°11′06″N0°02′34″W / 52.185°N 0.0428°W / 52.185; -0.0428

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