Appleacre
Park
Located at the southern end of the village and set in 3 acres of orchard land, this small, pleasant tourist site offers all the facilities for a comfortable stay including:
Pitches
for caravans and awnings
- Spaces for motor caravans and tents
- Showers & Toilets
- Laundrette and washing up facilities
- Electric hook-up points
Appleacre also includes a
small residential park with homes for the retired and
semi-retired. The village shop, pub and restaurant are all
within close walking distance and the stop alongside the
Park provides regular bus services to Cambridge and
neighbouring villages.
Park residents are welcome to walk across the road and visit Fowlmere Sports & Social Club where they can enjoy the children's play facilities outside or relax inside with a drink in the comfort of the licensed bar.
Click on www.fowlmeresocialclub.co.uk
Fowlmere Village
Fowlmere is one of the southernmost villages in
Cambridgeshire. It is next to the RSPB Nature Reserve, very
close to the Imperial War Museum, Duxford and only nine
miles from the historic city of Cambridge. Fowlmere boasts
two public houses, one with its own restaurant and a post
office stores selling food, confectionery and newspapers.
Village History
The village is steeped in history and has an ancient
landmark called the 'Round Moat' - the remains of an early
Saxon settlement where villagers lived and kept livestock in
the safety of a moated enclosure. The Domesday survey
records the name of the village as Fuglemaere, which is
translated as the lake of the fowls. Fowlmere has a long
association with aviation. During the Battle of Britain the
RAF used the fields of Manor Farm as an airfield and in 1943
it was expanded to become a USA Air Force station and was
used by the 339th Fighter Group flying P51 Mustangs. A
memorial stone, next to the footpath to the Nature Reserve
has been erected to commemorate this turbulent period of
Fowlmere's history. Visit the village's two websites www.fowlmere.com
and www.fowlmerevillage.com
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