Ramsey Heights

Ramsey Heights
Ramsey Heights Location within Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference	TL2585
District	Huntingdonshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Huntingdon
Postcode district	PE26
Dialling code	01487
Police	Cambridgeshire
Fire	Cambridgeshire
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Cambridgeshire 52°27′12″N0°09′28″W / 52.4532°N 0.1577°W / 52.4532; -0.1577

Ramsey Heights is a village in Ramsey civil parish, part of the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England.

The Ramsey Heights nature reserve is located on the edge of the village and the larger Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve is 2 miles (3 km) to the southwest of the village.

Despite its name, the village is low-lying and straddles the zero-metre contour line in the flat fenland. ^[1]

History

On 22 November 1940, a Supermarine Spitfire, flown by Pilot Officer Harold Penketh, crashed into Holme Fen.

In October 2015, archaeological work to recover the Second World War Spitfire was undertaken. The dig's project director was Stephen Macauley of Oxford Archaeology East (OAE). A film of the dig was shown at the Great Fen's Countryside Centre, Ramsey Heights on 27 September 2019. ^[2]

Notable residents

• Sybil Marshall (1913–2005), writer, academic and social historian was born in the village.

References

1. Peterborough March, Whittlesey, Chatteris & Oundle (Map). 1:25,000. Ordnance Survey.
2. Fitton, Caroline (2019). "Great Fen Spitfire". The Fens: Wisbech & Surrounding. 18: 32.