Editing Cambridgeshire (section)

==Geography==
: ''See also [[Geology of Cambridgeshire]]''

[[File:Northamptonia Bedfordia Cantabrigia Huntingdonia Rutlandia Atlas.jpg|thumb|250px|Hand-drawn map of Northampshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Rutland by Christopher Saxton from 1576]]
Large areas of the county are extremely low-lying and [[Holme Fen]] is notable for being the UK's lowest physical point at 2.75&nbsp;m (9&nbsp;ft) below sea level. The highest point of the modern administrative county is in the village of [[Great Chishill]] at 146&nbsp;m (480&nbsp;ft) above sea level. However, this parish was historically a part of [[Essex]], having been moved to Cambridgeshire in boundary changes in 1895. The historic county top is close to the village of [[Castle Camps (village)|Castle Camps]] where a point on the disused RAF airfield reaches a height of {{convert|128|metre}} above sea level (grid reference TL 63282 41881).

Other [[topographic prominence|prominent]] hills are [[Little Trees Hill]] and [[Wandlebury Hill]] (both at {{convert|74|m|abbr=on}}) in the [[Gog Magog Hills]], [[Rivey Hill]] above [[Linton, Cambridgeshire|Linton]], [[Rowley's Hill]] and the Madingley Hills.

[[Wicken Fen]] is a {{convert|254.5|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] west of [[Wicken, Cambridgeshire|Wicken]]. A large part of it is owned and managed by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wicken-fen-nature-reserve|title=Wicken Fen Nature Reserve|publisher=National Trust|access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref>

The [[Cambridge Green Belt]] around the city of Cambridge extends to places such as [[Waterbeach]], [[Lode, Cambridgeshire|Lode]], [[Duxford]], [[The Abingtons, Cambridgeshire|Little & Great Abington]] and other communities a few miles away in nearby districts, to afford a protection from the conurbation. It was first drawn up in the 1950s.