The Fens

What are the Fens?
- The Fens are grasslands that are in East Anglia, UK. We were told that the Fens used to be the place where England attached to the mainland.  As the country began to separate part was left under the water.  The people of the area discovered that the land was very fertile so they began to pump the water into deeply dug ditches.  Eventually the ditches lead out into water ways that drained the whole area and they planted lots and lots of Rye!

The Fens ditches now run along side of the road and can be up to 40 ft deep. Makes for very dangerous roads in the winter! People also can be founded boating down the water ways. Basically the Fens are swamp land but without a lot of animals. Very interesting...