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Introducing Ely
An easy and rewarding day trip from Cambridge, Ely (ee-lee) is a charming and historic city-town with a dazzling cathedral, scrupulously tidy Georgian and medieval centre and pretty riverside walks running out into the eerie fens around it. It’s a thriving place, and while it used to be something of a joke that such a diminutive town could technically rank as a city, these days it’s one of the fastest-growing cities in Europe. The odd name harks back to the days when Ely was an island marooned amid the undrained fens, which were inhabited by an abundance of eels that still make it into local cooking pots today.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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