Editing River Nene (section)

===Peterborough===
Having passed among the gentle hills of Northamptonshire the river enters the rural part of the [[City of Peterborough]], passing the [[Nene Valley Railway]] and through the [[Nene Park, Peterborough|Nene Park]]. {{convert|1/2|mi|m|-2}} upstream of the city centre is Woodston Wharf&mdash;the site of the old sea lock&mdash;originally the extent of the tidal River Nene until the Dog-in-a-Doublet lock at [[Whittlesey]] was opened in 1937.  To the east of Peterborough city centre a branch of the river passes under the former Great Eastern Railway, now connected to the main East Coast main line and running through to Cambridge via Whittlesey and Ely. The branch terminates, for navigation, at [[Stanground]] Lock, a connection to the Middle Levels, the drainage system of the Fens through which access is possible to the River Great Ouse. Below Peterborough, the river forms the border between Cambridgeshire and [[Norfolk]] for about {{convert|3.7|mi|km}}.

Continuing downstream leads to the 'Embankment' area and after the [[cathedral]] city itself, passing through [[Whittlesey]] the landscape changes to the [[Nene Washes]] in [[The Fens]] and their vast horizons. Beyond [[Flag Fen]] the river flows under the A47 bridge at [[Guyhirn]], through the [[port]] of [[Wisbech]], then [[Sutton Bridge]] in [[Lincolnshire]], and it finally enters [[The Wash]] between two towers known as "the lighthouses".

The Nene links the [[Grand Union Canal]] to the [[River Great Ouse]], via the [[Middle Level Navigations]]. Much of its route has been upgraded to a wide canal with locks at regular intervals. Some sections where artificial cuts run adjacent to the course of the river are known as the "Nene Navigation".

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File:Peterborough River Nene.jpg|River Nene from Frank Perkins Parkway, Peterborough
File:Cross Keys Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 28541.jpg|[[Cross Keys Bridge]] swing bridge on the Nene before the mouth of [[The Wash]], built in 1897, in the village of [[Sutton Bridge]], south Lincolnshire
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