Fowlmere is one of the southernmost villages in
CambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
,
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. It is very close to the
Imperial War Museum DuxfordImperial War Museum Duxford is a branch of the Imperial War Museum near the village of Duxford in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, which houses the museum's large exhibits. These include nearly 200 aircraft, military vehicles, artillery and minor naval vessels in seven main exhibitions buildings...
, and 9 miles southwest of the city of
CambridgeThe city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. It is also at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen....
.
The village has an ancient landmark called the ‘Round Moat’, which is the remains of an early
SaxonAnglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading Germanic tribes in the south and east of Great Britain from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, to the Norman conquest of 1066...
settlement dating from around the ninth century.
The Census Records from 1841–1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the 1851 Census for Fowlmere is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the
Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
Fowlmere Airfield, formerly
RAF FowlmereRAF Fowlmere is a former airfield in the United Kingdom. The airfield is located six miles SW of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire.- RAF use :Flying at Fowlmere originated in 1918 when the airfield was used by Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Service Aero Squadrons...
, near the edge of the village, was the location for the 339th Fighter Group during
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Fowlmere is one of the southernmost villages in
CambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is very close to the
Imperial War Museum DuxfordImperial War Museum Duxford is a branch of the Imperial War Museum near the village of Duxford in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, which houses the museum's large exhibits. These include nearly 200 aircraft, military vehicles, artillery and minor naval vessels in seven main exhibitions buildings...
, and 9 miles southwest of the city of
CambridgeThe city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. It is also at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen....
.
History
The village has an ancient landmark called the ‘Round Moat’, which is the remains of an early
SaxonAnglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading Germanic tribes in the south and east of Great Britain from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, to the Norman conquest of 1066...
settlement dating from around the ninth century.
The Census Records from 1841–1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the 1851 Census for Fowlmere is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the
Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
Airfield
Fowlmere Airfield, formerly
RAF FowlmereRAF Fowlmere is a former airfield in the United Kingdom. The airfield is located six miles SW of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire.- RAF use :Flying at Fowlmere originated in 1918 when the airfield was used by Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Service Aero Squadrons...
, near the edge of the village, was the location for the 339th Fighter Group during
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. The Group flew its first combat mission on April 30, 1944, and its last on April 21, 1945. Modern Air was established at the airfield during September 1990 by Derick Gunning and Anna McDowell. Now the airfield now provides pilots with self-fly Piper aircraft and servicing, as well as
PPLA Private Pilot Licence/License or, in the United States of America, a Private Pilot Certificate, is a licence that permits the holder to act as the pilot of an aircraft privately, . The requirements to obtain the license are determined by the International Civil Aviation Authority , but the...
training.
- ICAO: EGMA
- Runway Length:
- Runway Surface: Grass
- Aircraft for hire (2009): 4
- PPR for visiting: 01763 208281
- Fowlmere radio: 135.7 MHz
Natural history
The Fowlmere nature reserve is situated between the villages of Fowlmere and
MelbournMelbourn is a large village in the far south west of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located next to the A10 just north of Royston. Melbourn has over 4400 inhabitants...
. With of nature trails, it attracts many visitors. Several special birds are be seen there, including:
KingfisherKingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia...
s,
Water RailThe Water Rail or European Water Rail is a small wetland bird of the rail family.Its breeding habitat is marshes and reedbeds across Europe and Asia. It nests in a dry location in marsh vegetation, laying up to a dozen eggs...
s, and
Grasshopper WarblerThe Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella naevia, is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds across much of temperate Europe and Asia. It is migratory, wintering from northwest Africa to India....
s.
Fowlmere, along with several other Cambridgeshire villages, lays claim to a sighting of the infamous
Fen Tiger wild
big catThe term big cat - which is not a biological classification - is used informally to distinguish the larger cat species from smaller ones. One definition of "big cat" includes the four members of the genus Panthera: the tiger, lion, jaguar, and leopard. Members of this genus are the only cats able...
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