Flag Fen
Flag Fen is an archaeological open-air museum in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Around it, within 15 km, lie 15 more places, Peterborough Cathedral (3.3 km) first on our list. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 8 languages.
Museum near Peterborough
Just outside Peterborough
Flag Fen is 700 m east of Peterborough. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month
If warmth matters, go May to September: Peterborough reaches 18–23°C.
Flag Fen
Archaeological open-air museum in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
700 m east of Peterborough.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 8 languages
- Town
- 700 m east of Peterborough
- Official site
- flagfen.org.uk
Getting your bearings
Flag Fen sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list Flag Fen
Peterborough, with 190,592 people, is the largest of the 8. Each town here links to its own guide.
Peterborough
Whittlesey
Eye
Farcet
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Flag Fen is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterborough | 700 m west of it | 190,592 | 10 |
| Whittlesey | 2.7 km east of it | 13,833 | 3 |
| Eye | 3.2 km north of it | 5,419 | 6 |
| Farcet | 4.3 km southwest of it | 1,596 | 6 |
| Newborough | 7.4 km north of it | 1,469 | 0 |
| Yaxley | 7.7 km southwest of it | 9,403 | 4 |
| Coates and Eastrea | 7.7 km east of it | 2,313 | 2 |
| Thorney | 8 km northeast of it | 1,655 | 2 |
Make a day of it near Flag Fen
3 museums, 2 castles and 2 abbeys or priories are among the 15 within 15 km.
CathedralPeterborough Cathedral3.3 km away2
CastleWoodcroft Castle10 km away3
Castle · English HeritageLongthorpe Tower6.6 km away4
MuseumPeterborough Museum and Art Gallery3.8 km away5
Abbey or prioryCrowland Abbey12 km away6
Abbey or prioryThorney Abbey7.6 km away7
MuseumRailworld4 km away8
MuseumWhittlesey Museum4.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Flag Fen: questions
Where is Flag Fen?
Flag Fen is 700 m east of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
What is Flag Fen?
Archaeological open-air museum in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Flag Fen?
May to September are the warmest months in Peterborough, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Flag Fen?
Within 15 km: Peterborough Cathedral (3.3 km), Woodcroft Castle (10 km), Longthorpe Tower (6.6 km) and Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery (3.8 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Flag Fen: The original uploader was Kev747 at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peterborough Cathedral: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodcroft Castle: Andrew Kerr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Longthorpe Tower: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crowland Abbey: Thorvaldsson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thorney Abbey: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Railworld: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whittlesey Museum: Chalkietom, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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