- For the Nene Valley Railway station of the same name, see Ferry Meadows railway station
Ferry Meadows is a country park and recreation area that occupies a large portion of the Nene Park in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, which stretches for six miles along the banks of the River Nene. The Nene Valley Railway (NVR is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Ferry Meadows is a station on the Nene Valley Railway between Wansford and Orton Mere. A country park is an area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment Nene Park is a country park in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Opened in 1978 it occupies a site approximately three and a half miles long from slightly west of History Early history Present-day Peterborough is the latest in a series of settlements which have at one time or other benefited from its situation where the Nene History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate The River Nene is a River in the east of England that rises from three sources in the English County of Northamptonshire. It is managed by the Nene Park Trust[1] and lies to the west of Peterborough city centre.
The area is often used by people for activities such as pleasant walks, picnics and barbecues, coarse fishing, bird watching and at the watersports centre, dinghy and board sailing are available. Coarse fishing is an angling method mostly popular throughout the United Kingdom and mainland Europe. Birdwatching or birding is the observation and study of Birds with the naked eye or through a visual enhancement device like Binoculars. Additionally it has a miniature railway[2], occasional pony rides, sculptures and cafés. It also includes a group camping site (tents) and a year-round touring caravan Caravan Club site. The Caravan Club is an organisation representing caravanners in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. [3]
Ferry Meadows is one of the major destinations and attractions signposted on the Green Wheel cycle route. The Peterborough Millennium Green Wheel is an 80km network of cycleways footpaths and bridleways
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- Places to Visit: Ferry Meadows Peterborough Evening Telegraph, 08 December 2006
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