Diggers have begun creating a vast new wetland area in the Great Fen in Cambridgeshire.

After a year of work the latest addition to the Great Fen is now complete. Diggers have left New Decoy Farm after creating 25 hectares – 60 football pitches - of new wetland.

The Great Fen in Cambridgeshire welcomed the Duke of Gloucester yesterday (03/07/25) - his first visit as patron of the peatland conservation vision.

Work at the Great Fen in Cambridgeshire to grow trial crops in wet peat beds has been given a boost thanks to a new EU-funded project.

Groundwork has begun to create a huge new area of wetland habitat at the Great Fen in Cambridgeshire. The work starts as the Great Fen partners celebrate 25 years since the ambitious project first…

The first stage in a huge wetland creation project has begun in Cambridgeshire as a former farm has been sown with a crop of grass for the first time.

Two procurement opportunities on the Great Fen's Peatland Progress National Lottery Heritage Fund Heritage Horizon project

The new Fen vision is officially launched as Peatland Progress project gets lift off - thanks to generous funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund

The National Lottery Heritage Fund have confirmed their award of £8m for the Great Fen's Peatland Progress project - let the restoration work of 120 hectares commence!

In the biggest ever appeal launched, our Trust is looking to purchase and restore a pivotal area of land at the Great Fen