THE COUNTY of Cambridgeshire is one of
stark contrasts. Mile after mile of rolling hills,
flat fenlands and waterways provide stunning
scenery, while ancient towns and cities of narrow
streets and imposing buidings stud the
landscape.The county is, of course, most famous
for Cambridge itself, and its many colleges.
Add to this mix a thousand or more
market towns, villages, hamlets, and scattered
farms, and you get the feeling that this glorious
county is very much lived in and loved.
Cambridgeshire also revels in some wonderful
watercourses including the River Cam
and the River Great Ouse, while countless
dykes, ditches and lodes have been cut
through the fens over time, providing a beautiful
patchwork of marsh, field and wood.
These diverse and important habitats play
host to some of Britain's most interesting
wildlife species too, and while this book aims
to introduce you to the whole of the county
landscape within its pages of more than 140
stunning photographs, there are also superb
images depicting the natural world which
forms such an important aspect of Cambridgeshire,
the Glorious County.