Welcome to Visit Borough Fen Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Borough Fen
Visit Borough Fen places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Borough Fen places to visit. A unique way to experience Borough Fen’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Borough Fen as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Much of the land in the 19th century was owned by Sir Culling Eardley, 3rd Baronet, a strong supporter of the local boys’ school. The land has predominantly been used for agriculture and cattle farming. When you visit Borough Fen, Walkfo brings Borough Fen places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Borough Fen Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Borough Fen
Visit Borough Fen – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 6 audio plaques & Borough Fen places for you to explore in the Borough Fen area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Borough Fen places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Borough Fen history
Population
Before 1811 the nearby Parish of Newborough was a tract called Borough Fen Common. Once Newborough became a parish some of the population was returned to Borough Fen explaining the rise in population between 1801 and 1811. Population increased substantially between 1921 and 1931 a key era in the further industrialisation of England.
Industry and employment
In 1881 the majority of employed residents in Borough Fen (87.5%) were employed in the agricultural sector. At the 2011 census the number only stood at 16.2% of all employed residents. This shift can be explained by the rise of the retail and mechanical sectors.
Energy Farm Plan
In March 2013 a plan was put forward for a collection of wind and solar farms in Newborough Farm (part of Borough Fen), along with nearby America Farm and Morris Fen. They were expected to cost around £200 million covering 900 acres of Peterborough farmland. However, in 2014 due to a change in government energy tariffs and a lack of support for the project was scrapped.
Historic sites
Borough Fen has two notable historic features. The duck decoy was in operation intermittently between 1776 and 1959. World War II pillbox fortification was built in 1940 as a component of the British anti-invasion preparations.
Why visit Borough Fen with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Borough Fen places with Walkfo Borough Fen to hear history at Borough Fen’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Borough Fen has 6 places to visit in our interactive Borough Fen map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Borough Fen, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Borough Fen places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Borough Fen & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 6 audio facts unique to Borough Fen places in an interactive Borough Fen map you can explore.”
Walkfo: Visit Borough Fen Places Map
6 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Borough Fen places to visit
Borough Fen has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Borough Fen’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Borough Fen’s information audio spots:
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plaques
here Borough Fen has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Borough Fen plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Borough Fen using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Borough Fen plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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