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5 unusual facts about Bourn Brook


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The mediaeval village was in a wooded valley and developed along both sides of the Bourn Brook.

A small stream called Bourn Brook runs through the village, eventually joining the River Cam.

Roman remains have been found along the Bourn Brook and near Bourn Hall and there is evidence of Romano-British activity along the top of the valley on the airfield and in the direction of Caxton.

Bourn Brook, Cambridgeshire

Upon meeting the B1046 it turns east and runs alongside the former Varsity Line railway that closed in 1968.

It has its source just to the east of the village of Eltisley, 10 miles west of Cambridge, where the hills rise to around 60 metres above sea level.



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