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Ramsey Heights is a village in Ramsey civil parish, part of the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England.
Ramsey Heights | |
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Location within Cambridgeshire | |
OS grid reference | TL2585 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Huntingdon |
Postcode district | PE26 |
Dialling code | 01487 |
Police | Cambridgeshire |
Fire | Cambridgeshire |
Ambulance | East of 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
editIn October 2015, a dig to recover a WW2 Spitfire fighter plane was carried at Holme Fen. 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
edit- Sybil Marshall (1913–2005), writer, academic and social historian was born in the village.
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Ramsey Heights.
- ^ Peterborough March, Whittlesey, Chatteris & Oundle (Map). 1:25,000. Ordnance Survey.
- ^ Fitton, Caroline (2019). "Great Fen Spitfire". The Fens: Wisbech & Surrounding. 18: 32.