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Tue, 10 Nov, 2026 at 07:00 pm UTC+00:00

The Draining of the Fens Talk

  • Church Walk, , PE5 7B · Peterborough
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The Draining of the Fens Talk
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🎙️ New Talk Coming Up in November! 🎙️
Please join us for this exciting upcoming talk - make sure to book your tickets via the website!
Peter Cross-Rudkin is a retired civil engineer and fellow/researcher at Coventry University.
He will explore the history of how the Fens came into existence, continuing through the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. He will explain how an area of nearly 1,500 square miles, now spanning Cambridgeshire,
Lincolnshire and Norfolk, became a dynamic ecosystem, and how Charles I later granted a royal charter to drain the land with help from the Dutch.
📅 Tuesday 10th November 2026
🕖 Starts: 19:00 (Doors open 18:30)
📍 The Cedar Centre, Castor (next to the church)
Book tickets: https://www.castorchurchtrust.co.uk/
A simple bar will be available.
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Church Walk, , PE5 7B, 7 Church Walk, Peterborough, PE1 2TP, United Kingdom

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