Towns in Cambridgeshire
County Town : Cambridge
Main Towns : Cambridge | Wisbech
Coastal Towns :
All Towns: Cambridge | Ely | Wisbech
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Known throughout the world due to the academic achievments and at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire is an area of alluvial fenland, rising to the low, chalky East Anglian Hills in the south, with the Gogmagog Hills near Cambridge the most conspicuous feature.
The main rivers are the Ouse, with its tributaries, and the Nene. Efforts to reclaim the fens date back to the days of Roman occupation, but in the subsequent periods of invasion by Danes, Saxons, and Normans they were abandoned. The fens were drained after the Dutchman Cornelius Vermuyden completed a vast drainage project in 1653. Agriculture and light industry are the dominant economic activities. Wheat, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, and fruits are raised. Food processing is an important industry as well as radio engineering and the manufacture of cement, bricks, and scientific instruments.
The town of Ely has been an ecclesiastical center for centuries. The University of Cambridge dates from the early 13th cent.